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Homicide rate is far worse in Alabama. Alabama has the 7th highest homicide rate in the USA. 8.3 murders per 100,000. Alabama has long been one of the most murderous states in the USA, going back to the 1960s.
Now California has some bad areas that I would not want to go to. Alot of Los Angeles' gang infested areas are among the places I want to stay away from. I wouldn't feel safe being in East LA or many parts of South-Central LA. On the other hand, I could give Santa Monica a try, San Diego, parts of the Bay Area, Redwood Country, Wine Country.
As far as CA goes I'm OK with Lassen, Sierra, Shasta, Modoc, Plumas, and whatever far Northern counties I missed. I actually love the countr yside in CA. Moro Bay I really like. Mendocino county has appeal. It's just a shame that all these places are in CA.
I think a good trade would be all those Northern CA counties become part of NV and we'll give CA Vegas and North Clark of Clark county to the Nye county line.
It's better than the weather in Maine, but I agree with Old Hag re the weather comparison between California and Kentucky, and with the other things Old hag wrote about the two (I'm a California native who lives in Texas, but has spent time in ME and KY, and 48 of our 50).
All your comparisons serve as proof of what Newsom said. There is no Kentucky "dream". People don't want to live there like they do in California. Demand is what makes CA so expensive. California has a mystique and an allure that no other state except possibly Alaska can offer. It's just reality.
more elitism??
I have visited EVERY state...all are beautiful, all have their problems
Did you even read the LA Times article you posted? It wasn't all puppies and kittens. As for Governor Newsom's, he's right, there is no Kentucky dream.
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