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SF has been getting $0 from me since we moved.
mell saysSF has been getting $0 from me since we moved.
When you left SF (which part?), how did you decide where to relocate to?
Pac heights. We moved to wine country.
mell says
Pac heights. We moved to wine country.
Thank you for sharing.
Wow! Pacific Heights to Wine Country! You da man!
Why do people stay in SF? I suppose, a Proposition-13 basis could be a reason. Rent controlled residence could be another (those are both sort of the same thing). Apart from that, why do others stay?
mell saysEasy decision
Apart from the rent control and Prop-13, why do others stay?
mell saysEasy decision
Apart from the rent control and Prop-13, why do others stay?
B.A.C.A.H. saysmell saysEasy decision
Apart from the rent control and Prop-13, why do others stay?
The physical location of SF remains spectacular.
We need to take it back.
Apart from the rent control and Prop-13, why do others stay?
I'm so proud of the people at the gym taking off their masks. It's a sure sign that the regular people, not just the small group of committed evaluators of non MSM information, have caught on that Covid and the mandates are bullshit. I thought that would happen a lot sooner, but better late than never. Even fake Omicron doesn't seem to matter to them.
A few former students of mine have very well-paid, non-portable jobs in SF area.
weather is good
A few former students of mine have very well-paid, non-portable jobs in SF area.
WookieMan saysWhy would anyone vacation in their own state?
Californians do it all the time
I dream that one day we will have a https://infogalactic.com/info/Reconquista?source=patrick.net of California, like Spain was taken back from the Moors.
DECEMBER 3, 2021
Why the Right Needs a More ‘Muscular’ and ‘Masculine’ Conservatism
The conservatism demanded by the moment is one that fights the culture war with the aim not of “neutrality” but of outright victory. ...
The overarching issue is that the Fusionism of Conservatism, Inc., as a structural matter and due to the very nature of the liberal order on which it is necessarily dependent, is incapable of resisting the left’s “long march through the institutions,” let alone positing its own substantive vision of a good society and the good life. And it is incapable of doing so because it improperly relies upon the illusion of a values-neutral liberal order — a values-neutral free market, a values-neutral town square and a values-neutral U.S. Constitution — to secure its “private” culture at the same time that the progressive left champs at the bit to remold the nation in its dystopian image and subjugate us “deplorables” into second-class citizens.
History has shown that a values-neutral liberal order amounts to a one-way cultural ratchet. The wokesters are all too happy to fill the ever-larger void left behind by a “naked” public square. Indeed, the wokesters are abetted by Fusionist right-liberals who refuse to inject any sense of overt value or morality into the national fabric as a matter of high-minded principle and who instead prefer the relative governing safety of slashing taxes and regulations and calling it a day. In a nutshell, the left knows precisely which (immoral) values it stands for, and it aggressively seeks to advance and disseminate those values. Against such an unrestrained adversary, Fusionism’s plea for liberal procedural neutrality rings hollow.
The predictable result has been the unprecedented metastasis of the woke ideology through more and more of the nation’s leading institutions, from elementary school classrooms to Fortune 500 boardrooms. Against this terrifying new threat, the Fusionist playbook that reached its zenith during Ronald Reagan’s presidency is largely impotent. It makes no sense whatsoever to spout platitudes about corporate tax cuts and slashing unnecessary red tape when the new threats look more like critical race theory indoctrination in the classroom and forcing Christian bakers to bend the knee and “bake the damn cake” for a same-sex wedding. The issues confronting us have fundamentally changed. Any conservatism worthy of the name in 2021 must, to use a phrase associated with the “very online” right, “know what time it is.”
A conservatism that “knows what time it is” is one that robustly asserts and fights for its values in the public square, and that refuses to cabin itself to appeals to “live and let live” liberal bromides. The conservatism demanded by the moment is one that fights the culture war with the aim not of “neutrality” but of outright victory. In that structural sense, it is “muscular” and “masculine.”
History has shown that a values-neutral liberal order amounts to a one-way cultural ratchet. The wokesters are all too happy to fill the ever-larger void left behind by a “naked” public square. Indeed, the wokesters are abetted by Fusionist right-liberals who refuse to inject any sense of overt value or morality into the national fabric as a matter of high-minded principle and who instead prefer the relative governing safety of slashing taxes and regulations and calling it a day. In a nutshell, the left knows precisely which (immoral) values it stands for, and it aggressively seeks to advance and disseminate those values. Against such an unrestrained adversary, Fusionism’s plea for liberal procedural neutrality rings hollow.
We are going to Idaho next week, not vacation, looking at cities and properties.
We already seen Florida
We already seen Arizona
I will tell you, we are gonna be gone soon. It's hard, because we did like CA, for all it's problems, it was still a place where you could make it. But with constant lockdowns, constant harassment, there are literally signs everywhere in LA telling "unvaxed" to keep out, and all the gay/tranny shit in schools... we are just done with it. Friend recently left the state, about 6 month ago, he's telling me that he wished he left sooner, there is much more opportunity out there for him.
We are going to Idaho next week, not vacation, looking at cities and properties.
We already seen Florida
We already seen Arizona
I will tell you, we are gonna be gone soon. It's hard, because we did like CA, for all it's problems, it was still a place where you could make it. But with constant lockdowns, constant harassment, there are literally signs everywhere in LA telling "unvaxed" to keep out, and all the gay/tranny shit in schools... we are just done with it. Friend recently left the state, about 6 month ago, he's telling me that he wished he left sooner, there is much more opportunity out there for him.
I dream that one day we will have a https://infogalactic.com/info/Reconquista?source=patrick.net of California, like Spain was taken back from the Moors.
I'm calling on Pat-netters to consider taking their vacations out of state. Our economy has overheated and despite this, politicians continue to get creative on taxing us to death. There are all sorts of new fees on auto registration for example. Recently, I got a speeding ticket in an obvious speed trap, and even being in the lowest tier, it still cost me $295. Well, I got the last laugh as I am more than offsetting these outrageous fees to the state by giving my tax money to Hawaii and Nevada instead. Every chance I get, I am buying things from out of state and spending thousands on my leisure trips in Las Vegas or Hawaii.
This makes an impactful statement and I am encouraging everyone I can to "Keep it out of California!" That's my new tagline!