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Yup, CA goes about its business. People putting off retirement because their pension are 1/4 of what they anticipated. Staying in crappy jobs because there's no better ones to be had. Staying in homes because they can't sell them. Trying for the short sale, but there are no buyers. Wishing they could move to get a better job, but can't sell their house. See "fees" creep into every part of life, because "taxes" can't be raised. Paying $4.50 a gallon for gas. Losing sleep because they're on their 2nd year of unemployment, with no job in sight. Prepping for the violence that will surely happen when the entitled govt employees are told to cut back.
Do I have that about right? Nothing desperate about speaking the truth.
You could really be describing any state in the above description.
You could really be describing any state in the above description.
Actually, I'm aware of very very few states that are in that situation. Maybe FL and NV but that's about it, and they have nowhere near the gas prices or the tent city sizes that CA has.
Actually, I'm aware of very very few states that are in that situation. Maybe FL and NV but that's about it, and they have nowhere near the gas prices or the tent city sizes that CA has.
I was under the impression that there is a job shortage in most if not all states as well as record foreclosures OR inability to sell homes. And I am very happy to report that at least in Santa Barbara, gas is below $4 ($3.85 yesterday). I do expect that to change several times this summer though.
Houston is loading up on superstar cancer scientists, bankrolled in part by a generously funded state program that's transforming Texas into the nation's center of research on the deadly disease.
Don't you find it a little ironic that the example you gave is to a significant degree the outcome of government-backed funding - i.e., not purely the private sector? I thought you guys should be against this sort of thing. Don't you consider it Communism?
I do consider income part of my quality of life. That's where we differ.
One thing I have noticed? Texans are much friendlier than Californians (who are pretty friendly to begin with). And Texans don't judge. Something more and more Californians are doing.
And Texans don't judge. Something more and more Californians are doing.
Yeah, right. If that's so true, then explain to me why every day brings another handful of threads on here written by gloating Texan muppets about how superior their state is and how happy they are that California is doomed, etc. etc. I don't see Californians constantly starting some **** like that.
But economy isn't life. Life can be far more satisfying in CA than in TX generally speaking. I've lived in both places and I would only reconsider one of them for quality of life. Heat, humidity, hurricanes, poverty, swamps, bugs, crime, etc. not on my list of must haves. While not perfect (earthquakes come to mind) CA is a better choice to live overall, current economy aside. There's a reason everyone moved there instead of Texas for so many years.
Yeah, I used to date a really hot nymphomaniac but really can't afford her any more.
One thing that California is a larger number of top university graduates. The UC system has nearly 200k students. California is also home to Stanford, Cal Tech, The Claremont Colleges, USC, Pepperdine. These are some top universities in the nation...if not the world. Texas simply does not have the same numbers of graduates from top tier institutions.
This often translates to innovation. There is a reason why the Bay area has the highest concentration of high tech companies in the US. There is a reason why Southern California is home to one of the largest Biotech hubs in the world.
California is down, but not out.
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