Captive audience, I suppose. And no doubt it’s beautiful, convenient and great weather. Boiled frogs. Well suited for rich or poor, but not so much middle or working class.
$5.50/gal gas
9.25% sales tax
13+% highest marginal income tax rates
Insane property taxes given housing prices
Not to mention ..
Anti-white UC and Cal State system
Overcrowding
Resource constraints
Traffic
Surveillance state
Increasingly poor schools
For CA residents, is the cost premium worth it?
Replies to: "For CA residents, is the cost premium worth it?"
- For CA residents, is the cost premium worth it? - LanceManion - 9:58am 4/25/22
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- After moving to CA from the Northeast in '74, there have been many changes... [LINK]
- TyroneIrish - 1:22pm 4/25/22
- Went to HS with Sam Liccardo (Bellarmine) and affordable housing is THE issue - LanceManion - 2:19pm 4/25/22
- IMO, Sam is a fantastic "Public Servant"...hope he continues to take on greater responsibilities... - TyroneIrish - 2:48pm 4/25/22
- PS - Bay Area in the 70s-90s was an amazing place to grow up. [NT]
- LanceManion - 2:21pm 4/25/22
- No question about it... [NT] - TyroneIrish - 2:44pm 4/25/22
- Went to HS with Sam Liccardo (Bellarmine) and affordable housing is THE issue - LanceManion - 2:19pm 4/25/22
- There is so much more to CA than just the coastal cities. - Shadow_of_the_Dome - 11:10am 4/25/22
- I grew up in San Jose area and attended UC Davis - LanceManion - 2:16pm 4/25/22
- and you're not a farmer? [NT]
- WestCoastIrishFan - 3:09pm 4/25/22
- I tried but I kill everything I grow. So I became a lawyer. [NT]
- LanceManion - 6:40pm 4/25/22
- So same work? [NT] - Stark Raving Dad - 10:09pm 4/25/22
- I tried but I kill everything I grow. So I became a lawyer. [NT]
- LanceManion - 6:40pm 4/25/22
- Brother and Sister in-laws are Davis "Aggies"...outstanding university that is getting more and more - TyroneIrish - 2:57pm 4/25/22
- and you're not a farmer? [NT]
- WestCoastIrishFan - 3:09pm 4/25/22
- I grew up in San Jose area and attended UC Davis - LanceManion - 2:16pm 4/25/22
- It's poorly managed, crowded, expensive. It's a better place to visit than live, yet it's been grac - WestCoastIrishFan - 10:11am 4/25/22
- Yep too bad it’s wasted on its residents. [NT] - PBHangingChad - 10:49am 4/25/22
- The state of California is beautiful. Too bad people live there. Let’s evacuate the entire state. - PBHangingChad - 10:06am 4/25/22
- I'm not sure evacuation is the answer. - Stark Raving Dad - 11:28am 4/25/22
- I agree, move to Texas and Alaska. [NT] - jimbasil - 10:09am 4/25/22
- Having grown up there, CA is a great place to be from. - Stark Raving Dad - 10:05am 4/25/22
- But they get to sit by the wildfires at night making s’mores talking about the good ole days. [NT]
- jimbasil - 10:02am 4/25/22
- The fires did make for some amazing photography opportunities [NT] - LanceManion - 2:21pm 4/25/22
- That's true. Good call. [NT] - Stark Raving Dad - 10:05am 4/25/22
- After moving to CA from the Northeast in '74, there have been many changes... [LINK]
- TyroneIrish - 1:22pm 4/25/22