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Old 11-22-2017, 04:09 PM
 
Location: Dallas
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High taxes and high cost of living make for a huge number of poor people.
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California has been the poorest state in the nation under the vastly more sophisticated “supplemental” poverty measure since the alternative statistic was created (Mississippi is poorest under the old measure). It’s not even really that close: Florida has the second highest rate, at 18.7 percent.

https://www.ac2news.com/2017/10/how-...ve-in-poverty/

 
Old 11-22-2017, 04:12 PM
 
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the state has money it's the people that are poor there
 
Old 11-22-2017, 04:18 PM
 
Location: Arizona
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California cost of living depends on family size.

If someone is single or has a roommate in a studio apartment it is only slightly more than other places.

If someone wants to buy a house or rent a house in a populated area with mild weather near the coast and has a large family it is extremely, extremely expensive.

The most affordable grocery stores I have seen are in California. Lots of discount stores also with lots of big bargains.

There are affordable areas in California with Midwestern and Southern cost of living before the sky-high taxes but they tend to be in areas that have extremely hot summers so the utilities are extremely high.

States with very high cost of living tend to not be much more if one is single or DINK couple.
 
Old 11-22-2017, 04:48 PM
 
Location: Sector 001
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If they can't afford it, they should move. Supply and demand.
 
Old 11-22-2017, 05:00 PM
 
Location: USA
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Another day on C-D Politics another thread bashing California for no reason. They ought to make a subforum so people can complain about it there.
 
Old 11-22-2017, 05:39 PM
 
Location: San Diego CA
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Oh well. It's sunny with clear blue skies and temps in the 80's here today. Keep up the criticism. We don't care.
 
Old 11-22-2017, 06:44 PM
 
Location: NC
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Originally Posted by It'sAutomatic View Post
Another day on C-D Politics another thread bashing California for no reason. They ought to make a subforum so people can complain about it there.
there are lots of reasons to bash California and its not just the backwards politics they have. Can they hurry up and leave the Union please???
 
Old 11-22-2017, 06:49 PM
 
Location: annandale, va & slidell, la
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Oh well. It's sunny with clear blue skies and temps in the 80's here today. Keep up the criticism. We don't care.
You'll care when the State finally has to reconcile their obligations to government employee pensions. Now go register your guns!
 
Old 11-22-2017, 06:55 PM
 
Location: Pacific Beach/San Diego
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Originally Posted by lovecrowds View Post
California cost of living depends on family size.

If someone is single or has a roommate in a studio apartment it is only slightly more than other places.

If someone wants to buy a house or rent a house in a populated area with mild weather near the coast and has a large family it is extremely, extremely expensive.

The most affordable grocery stores I have seen are in California. Lots of discount stores also with lots of big bargains.

There are affordable areas in California with Midwestern and Southern cost of living before the sky-high taxes but they tend to be in areas that have extremely hot summers so the utilities are extremely high.

States with very high cost of living tend to not be much more if one is single or DINK couple.
It's beyond them . . . they have no idea what they are talking about.
 
Old 11-22-2017, 06:56 PM
 
Location: Central Ohio
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Spent part of August in Oakland on business and the homeless are EVERYWHERE under every overpass. Unbelievable really.

I was at the downtown Hilton and they had to keep the front doors locked to keep the homeless from coming in setting up in hallways.

So pathetic.
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