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While looking into other states to move to, I keep noticing all the grumbling about Californians. I notice it from people from Texas, Oregon, Colorado, Washington, etc.
Why does it seem like Californians are universally hated? Do they really behave differently, or are people worried about their cities becoming flooded and overpopulated by Californians?
But those that do hate California do so because you guys are the popular kid on the block who gets all the attention and they are secretly jealous of that.
People usually hate Californians because of California politics. everywhere I go i meet somebody who complains about California being too politically liberal. Californians tend to think they live in the best state which is fine because California one def one of the best states but Texans, NYers also have a similar claim.
People usually hate Californians because of California politics. everywhere I go i meet somebody who complains about California being too politically liberal.
That is such a misnomer.
A state that voted down gay marriage twice, and once passed a proposition that wouldn't have allowed illegals to receive any type of social services?
Granted, I'm not in the West, so Californians are a novelty here. But I think the hostility to them in other parts of the West is because they essentially gentrify entire states. They move there, property values rise, and all the sudden housing is unaffordable and the local culture begins changing.
A similar dynamic happens in the east, particularly in Vermont with New Yorkers, and New Hampshire with Massh*les.
+1. I ripped on a coworker from San Diego for 15 minutes at a restaurant when we were in Spain for work for doing this. He did it for MONTHS all over Europe and I had had enough. It seems that no Californian can appreciate a place without comparing it to something they have in their state. I'm sure even the dingiest cow pastures of Fresno next to a highway McDonalds are more bucolic than the ones here in Nowhere, Oklahoma but we don't need or want to hear about it [sarcasm].
Last edited by flyingcat2k; 10-22-2014 at 07:27 PM..
Reason: Emphasized sarcasm for those in CA. They might have mistaken that for a compliment.
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