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edvard2 says

From October-May the weather was just outright crappy. As in if I didn't dry my hair it would sometimes freeze. Yes- that just sounds like more fun than a barrel full of monkeys.

And if you live northwest of the mountains like I do, you get the Great Lakes Permacloud too. Bleh.

I have a friend who lives in Chicago. Need I say more?

edvard2 says

I have a friend who lives in Chicago. Need I say more?

Chicago is just to the west of the Great Lakes Permacloud. Their winters are sunny compared to places downwind like Michigan, northeast Indiana, Ohio, and western PA/NY. The clouds are generated by the cold air passing over the warmer lake water.

When I moved to BA from East Coast I praised the weather to my friend in NYC. He sarcastically question: “If is so great there, why not everybody live in BA”
Well… people live everywhere, mostly due to job opportunities and some tradeoff is absolutely normal. Choosing place to live voluntarily is a little bit of luxury.

BoomAndBustCycle says

California is also the 8th largest economy in the world.

Stop your complaining, I live in New Jersey and I get the shaft, I'm last on the list, at 65 cents for every dollar I pay.

edvard2 says

freak80 says

But at least it's sunny unbearable weather.

That's sort of like saying that at least its sunny, frigid weather. Pretty to look at indoors, but miserable to be outside in. I was reminded of how miserable super hot weather can be recently. I drove up to Sacramento a few months ago. As soon as you leave the coast here the interior of Cali turns into a furnace. It was over 100 degrees that day. So hot that it just about knocked you down when stepping out of the car. It was downright unpleasant to be outside. Luckily for me all I had to do was drive back home. But imagine having to live in that sort of heat for 6 months out of the year?

So don't do it, everyone gets your point. Most people like changing seasons and weather. I've lived in climates from upstate NY to the Rio Grande valley to the Oregon coast and enjoyed them all. I've even spent time freezing my ass off seeing clients in San Francisco fog in "summer" then driving out to Walnut Creek the same day and broiling.

TechGromit says

Stop your complaining, I live in New Jersey and I get the shaft, I'm last on the list, at 65 cents for every dollar I pay.

Yea, but you've got some of the greatest windsurfing around down at lakes bay. Not to mention the scenic wonders of the pine barrens (just kidding, I like the pine barrens).

TechGromit says

Stop your complaining, I live in New Jersey and I get the shaft, I'm last on the list, at 65 cents for every dollar I pay.

CA is broke partially because it's too damn expensive to live here. 70% of us have no more money left to give to the blood suckers. If it weren't for the Miraculous Weather and Tits Geography, a lot of us would have left long ago to live in a crap state that pays 40% less but costs 60% less.

Funny how many of the people here bitch about all the crappy weather or jobs or whatever everywhere but the Coast of Cali. However they still expect the prices of real estate in this area to be the same price as in all those crappy areas than non of them want to live in.

I remember times when Connecticut had #1 spot in US economy and was the most desirable state in US. High salary, good benefits, plenty of jobs in manufacturing sector, low cost of housing. Suddenly everything changed when manufacturing sector moved out.

Heh... I like how chuffed with themselves some folks get when maybe two or three months before they committed to a mortgage in California, they were whining about how expensive it was, and how overrated the climate is, and how beautiful flyover country really is.

I've lived (and loved) all over, and I like all climates, even the ones people think of as being unpleasant. Comfort breads weakness.

The petitions for secession from the U.S. filed by Texas, Louisiana, and five other states have collected more than 25,000 signatures each, which the White House website says is enough for review and response.

http://news.msn.com/politics/seven-states-qualify-for-secession-response-from-white-house-3

REpro says

The petitions for secession from the U.S. filed by Texas, Louisiana, and five other states have collected more than 25,000 signatures each, which the White House website says is enough for review and response.

http://news.msn.com/politics/seven-states-qualify-for-secession-response-from-white-house-3

Wow, over 100k Texans out of 25 million want to succeed. Oh wait, anyone can sign, not just Texans. So 100k people out of 7 billion people on earth have signed. Msn had a really, really slow news day it looks like.

Check out some of the other petitions, funny stuff. I like the motorcycle riding judges petition.

REpro says

I remember times when Connecticut had #1 spot in US economy and was the most desirable state in US. High salary, good benefits, plenty of jobs in manufacturing sector, low cost of housing. Suddenly everything changed when manufacturing sector moved out.

Silicon Valley

Used to be, we exported real stuff to the rest of the USA and the ROW. Now, all we export is IP, and Cool-Aid.

REpro says

Why California is broke, and Texas is not

Prop 13, 1978

Dan8267 says

I thought this too, but Texas is one of the few red states that actually pays more in federal taxes than it receives in federal funding.

did you factor in how many moved to Texas and rest of the south over the past 10-20 years.

Only 33% in CA are natives.. the rest moved out to the south... you have a greater than 50% chance that you will also move south for either a job or retirement.

So get used to good old fashion smoked BBQ and lots of Beer...

Domestic Net Migration in the United States: 2000 ... - Census Bureau

www.census.gov/prod/2006pubs/p25-1135.pdf

by MJ Perry - Cited by 25 - Related articles

bob2356 says

Wow, over 100k Texans out of 25 million want to succeed. Oh wait, anyone can sign, not just Texans. So 100k people out of 7 billion people on earth have signed. Msn had a really, really slow news day it looks like.

Wanna count the number of names on the Declaration of Independence...

Miraculous Weather and Tits Geography
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

LOL, yeah that keeps me going too...

thomaswong.1986 says

Wanna count the number of names on the Declaration of Independence...

Only you would be silly enough to compare the Declaration of Independence signed by all the major leaders of the time to the white house website petition page.

Automan Empire says

Miraculous Weather and Tits Geography

^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

LOL, yeah that keeps me going too...

Me three! Chicks and weather are unbeatable.

marcus says

REpro says

Why California is broke, and Texas is not

Prop 13, 1978

How many places in CA have 1% straight tax today? Maybe bare land.

marcus says

Prop 13, 1978

This is actually a good point. Texas actually has a pretty aggressive property tax regime. Plus they didn't allow their economy to go flim-flam in the 2000s, by limiting people to 80% LTV ratios on refis etc (they learned from the S&L/oil patch crisis of the 1980s).

REpro says

How many places in CA have 1% straight tax today?

? It's not the rate it's the assessor valuation, which is limited to 2% per-year increase.

Thanks to Prop 13, the apartment I lived in in 1990 is now paying pretty much the same property tax it was then, even though rents have more than doubled (nearly tripled).

Land $1,302,912
Improvements $2,434,406

80 units so the assessor is valuing each unit at $46,000. Actual market value is around $300,000.

The assessed property tax per unit is $30/mo. Rents are $1700-2700.