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Michigan is kind of scenic in places, like those pictures, but the California coast is just drop-dead gorgeous. Though I guess the Oregon and WA coasts are similarly beautiful and have few mosquitoes.

Yes sir, Michigan is truly beautiful in spots, especially the upper peninsula. I passed through Kalamazoo a few years ago and thought it would be a nice little town to settle down in. The Mid West is home to some of the finest examples of 20th century architecture in the country, too, if you're concerned with that kind of thing.

I also agree about the Oregon coastline. Shockingly beautiful.

Ceffer says

If you put "weather" in one column and put all of the negative trend lines in the other, looking at a future of at least 15 percent sales taxes, gasoline at $8 per gallon, property tax at 1.5 percent without prop 13, not to mention the horrific fiscal crisis that will take place with the expensive railway system boondogles, productive businesses and people bailing out, how long before that "weather" column isn't looking so good any more? The gov, the welfares, the prisoners and the rich staring at each other over the smoking crater that was once CA's economy?

at one time we had both weather, productive business and economy, and a sane public.
but your right on spot here.. its the weather and big welfare state of CA which will be left.

Nobody says

This is a dumb question. We have plenty of investors from China. Notice we don't see ducks in our parks?

APOCALYPSEFUCK is Shostakovich says

Gay gold-shitting Chindian aliens from outer space.

edvard2 says

As far as Boomers, well the average boomer has saved less than $40k for retirement. A lot of them will never be able to retire. And as far as who will buy California homes? Well there's also a TON of people from other states who move here as well. Its not like the state is going to become abandoned. Where would you rather live: the rust belt or Cali?

You should ask the many many native Californians who have moved out to the South ... and some who are contemplating it today ... many are disgusted with the crap they see today.

This California isn't the California many natives grew up in... its Different but for some who came here from elsewhere dont get it yet...

California Dreaming is long long gone... fact is we were more like the South in decades past than what many would see today.