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Location: Live:Downtown Phoenix, AZ/Work:Greater Los Angeles, CA
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Originally Posted by Enean
To break this down - good weather is subjective. I love four seasons. I don't love snow, but it's annoying for only about 2 months. Palm trees are pretty, but I love deciduous trees, with the beautiful leaves changing color in the fall. Everyone doesn't prefer my preferences, nor do they yours.
We get a very brief fall foliage season for the few deciduous trees we have, it's just in December rather than October. And leaves are already sprouting again by February. And we have tons of palms and broadleaf evergreens to more than make up for it. Much better than having leafless dead trees from mid October to early May like back in the Northeast, that was very depressing
We get a very brief fall foliage season for the few deciduous trees we have, it's just in December rather than October. And leaves are already sprouting again by February. And we have tons of palms and broadleaf evergreens to more than make up for it. Much better than having leafless dead trees from mid October to early May like back in the Northeast, that was very depressing
Depressing, maybe, to you. I think "naked" trees are beautiful. I'm not trying to convince you, I, like you, am just stating my opinion. I find a lot of beauty in a monochromatic countryside.
I prefer to stay in the west coast for it's climate, outdoor recreation (think Lake Tahoe, oceans, beaches, mountains) and abundance of things to do. I don't think I could live in the midwest because there's nothing but cornfields. It's cities are mostly suburban sprawls with a Friday night high school football game as an only entertainment option and a WalMart supercenter as an only venue.
I prefer to stay in the west coast for it's climate, outdoor recreation (think Lake Tahoe, oceans, beaches, mountains) and abundance of things to do. I don't think I could live in the midwest because there's nothing but cornfields. It's cities are mostly suburban sprawls with a Friday night high school football game as an only entertainment option and a WalMart supercenter as an only venue.
Definitely, the highest degree of fake people in some areas out West. Your Quality of life depends on the attitudes and perception of people and not just mountains and the beach.
How does the West Coast have the most fake people? I'm sorry but that is just a generalization at best.
Here are a few reasons why I think the Midwest is dirt cheap (A huge number of posters are pro-Midwest):
1) Not much of a demand for housing. You never hear someone say "I wanna move to Wichita, Kansas so I can be rich and famous". Nor that people dream of living in a humongous mansion in Omaha.
2) There's also a huge risk of a tornado that would pick up your luxury dwelling and throw it across the state. Sure California has earthquakes but the last destructive ones were in 1989 (Bay Area) and 1994 (Northridge). By the way, the Pacific Northwest would have an earthquake 30x more powerful than if one hits SoCal.
3) Not much of a supportive industry. Another thing that contributes to the cheap housing. They don't call it the 'Rust Belt' for nothing. There was a booming economy in the 1950s, 1960s, perhaps the 1970s and after that industries have moved out.
By the way, when people on here talk about the West Coast, they only talk about California, Oregon, and Washington. They omit Montana, Idaho, Nevada, Arizona, Utah, Colorado, Wyoming, and New Mexico (Which is part of the West Coast).
Here are a few reasons why I think the Midwest is dirt cheap (A huge number of posters are pro-Midwest):
1) Not much of a demand for housing. You never hear someone say "I wanna move to Wichita, Kansas so I can be rich and famous". Nor that people dream of living in a humongous mansion in Omaha.
2) There's also a huge risk of a tornado that would pick up your luxury dwelling and throw it across the state. Sure California has earthquakes but the last destructive ones were in 1989 (Bay Area) and 1994 (Northridge). By the way, the Pacific Northwest would have an earthquake 30x more powerful than if one hits SoCal.
3) Not much of a supportive industry. Another thing that contributes to the cheap housing. They don't call it the 'Rust Belt' for nothing. There was a booming economy in the 1950s, 1960s, perhaps the 1970s and after that industries have moved out.
By the way, when people on here talk about the West Coast, they only talk about California, Oregon, and Washington. They omit Montana, Idaho, Nevada, Arizona, Utah, Colorado, Wyoming, and New Mexico (Which is part of the West Coast).
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I've never heard any of those states be called part of the West Coast. The only possible exception is when I hear people say Las Vegas or Phoenix is basically an extension of Southern California.
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