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FuckTheMainstreamMedia says

rocketjoe79 says

B.A.C.A.H. says

rocketjoe79 says

Where can I find a similar climate?

Sounds like rocketjoe is either

- A California ®ealtor

- A "civil servant" in California

- A close relative of one of those who is relying on it.

None of the above, but I have been thinking about where could I go with similar climate if I left NorCal?
Self-imposed limits:
1. Hate high humidity in the summer. High humidity for me is over 60%.
2. Refuse to shovel snow, or deal with it for 3 months.
3. I like sun and Blue sky. We get 330 days of sun a year now. I could deal with 300. Maybe 270.
3. I can handle 100+ degrees, but not three months worth. A month is ok.

Where can I live with these characteristics?

Sicily or canary islands.

https://weatherspark.com/map

Click on the city and look at temperatures, humidity, etc.

Hircus says

dreariness-index-shows-which-u-s-cities-have-the-lousiest-weather

De gustibus non disputandum est.

I like what other people call "dreary" weather. I get people encouraging me to move to sunny places. Fuck that!

I hate the sun. Absolutely hate it. Not a fan of cold winters, but certainly don't want to live anyplace as sunny as the Bay Area ever again.

clambo says

Texas (0% tax)

Yes, but they get you through property tax. The beautiful 1931 house where I lived in the garage apartment from 1967 to 1974 at 8122 Santa Clara Dr. in Dallas was sold to a younger couple in 1973 for $34K when it needed $10K in repairs the old couple who'd lived in it since 1940 could not afford. By 1970 it was $100K and today it's $800K. That $34K in 1973 is worth about $205K today so it's completely out of the range of the reservoir engineer I worked for at Lone Star Gas Co. and probably even the head of the Engineering Department. Taxes are probably $10K a year or more.

Property taxes are the low hanging fruit legislatures will be using to recover from the scamdemic. Even in CA (if the commercial repeal of prop-13 passes) I expect to see a longer term repeal of residential prop-13 but in the shorter run work around angles allowing them to indirectly tax your property as well.

Patrick says

Same situation for me.

When you constantly worry about money for retirement, whatever $$ you accumulate will never be enough. How many extra years of your life are you willing to sacrifice to be able to live where the climate is nice?

Health insurance is a big issue for many, and Medicare kicks in at 65. One argument for universal health care is freedom from employer provided coverage.

NDrLoR says

Taxes are probably $10K a year or more.

Holy crap. I looked up that place on zillow. $12k/year.

Also, if you can put off collecting soocial security from say, 66 to 70, you gain an extra 8%/year in annual payments. If you can't predict whether that is worth it for you, if you have a younger spouse, it will be worth it for her.

just_adhom_preaching says

in the shorter run work around angles allowing them to indirectly tax your property as well.

In Baltimore City, that's outrageous water bills.

Big exodus from NYC as well:

https://www.cnbc.com/2020/09/10/manhattan-rental-market-plunges-leaving-15000-empty-apartments.html

This link is better, has graph:

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8718757/Manhattan-rental-market-plunges-TRIPLE-time-year.html

U-Haul Introduces Armored War Rigs For Californians Trying To Flee State's Post-Apocalyptic Wasteland

CALIFORNIA—To help meet the demand of millions of people desperately trying to escape the dark, ravaged wasteland of California, U-Haul is introducing a new product in its moving van line-up: the War Rig. These weaponized, armored moving vehicles will ensure you and your belongings stay safe during the long and perilous journey out of the state.

"We knew it was time to introduce some more serious vehicles to our fleet," said local U-Haul franchise owner Glax Destroyer, who manages 12 locations in Southern California. "We brought in the War Rig to supplement our completely depleted fleet of moving vans. With everyone leaving in droves, we don't have much left. We're pretty much salvaging old trucks from the junkyard and then adding armor plating and mounted weapons."

Sources confirm that each War Rig will comfortably seat a traditionally-sized California family of one person. They boast a fuel economy of 6 miles per gallon of guzzoline, which the U-Haul location will provide.

"I live! I die! I live again!" cried one patriarch as he led his family through the desert and toward Arizona in one of the new U-Haul War Rigs. "Witness me!"

Mr. Destroyer encourages customers to come early to secure their rigs before his power goes out and everything bursts into flames.

Patrick says

CALIFORNIA—To help meet the demand of millions of people desperately trying to escape the dark, ravaged wasteland of California, U-Haul is introducing a new product in its moving van line-up: the War Rig. These weaponized, armored moving vehicles will ensure you and your belongings stay safe during the long and perilous journey out of the state.

B.A.C.A.H. says

NDrLoR says

Taxes are probably $10K a year or more.

Holy crap. I looked up that place on zillow. $12k/year.

It really depends on how you compare property taxes. That lot size and house square footage here in Sunnyvale would be "worth" $3MM, so figure $32k/year property taxes. If you bought 30 years ago at "only" $700k you'd be paying a mere $12k/year. If you wanted to buy a place here and only pay $12k/year taxes, you'd be getting a 2-bedroom condo that's 40 years old.

Ca exodus is a farce.

Sure people are leaving. But plenty are coming as housing prices show.

BayArea says

Ca exodus is a farce.

Sure people are leaving. But plenty are coming as housing prices show.

We'll see as California's population growth is trending lower for the last few years, even with its economy doing very well. It is projected to only grow from 40 million to 45 million over the next 30 years.

https://www.ppic.org/publication/californias-population/



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Obviously with a demographic like that, it makes sense to charge the illegals for reparations to the African Americans.

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BayArea says

Ca exodus is a farce.

Sure people are leaving. But plenty are coming as housing prices show.

We'll see as California's population growth is trending lower for the last few years, even with its economy doing very well. It is projected to only grow from 40 million to 45 million over the next 30 years.

https://www.ppic.org/publication/californias-population/



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Sweet, so when do “white” people get minority privileges, entitlements, and hand-outs? Should not Latinx people be vilified and de-considered in what makes workplaces/communities/committees/institutions diverse as they are now the majority in CA and that’s essentially been what has happened to “white” people for the whole diversity push?

B.A.C.A.H. says

NDrLoR says

Taxes are probably $10K a year or more.

Holy crap. I looked up that place on zillow. $12k/year.

That's child's play in IL. $800K valued house in IL would run you close to $20k/yr in property taxes depending on location. I'd gladly purchase an $800k house in TX and pay no income taxes, but dish out $12k/yr for property taxes. I pay a little over $10k in income taxes in IL. Moving to TX would be a massive savings for most from IL for sure.

I got lucky and bought at the right time and my taxes are $3,300/yr after appealing. So not moving anytime soon. You know that look you get when you can tell someone is mentally giving you the middle finger? Yeah, that's what I get from my neighbors. I live in a small town and most houses sell for $200-$350k. Outside of seniors, I don't know a single person in town paying under $6k/yr. Some are at $10-12k/yr on a $350k value and size around 2,600SF.

IL will continue to lose population from higher income earners. Not that hard for us to get the same paying job elsewhere in the country either. Moving to a no income tax state alone would probably cover the moving costs in a year without having to pay income taxes. And now IL is trying to pass a constitutional amendment to allow for a graduated income tax. Marketing it as saying only those over $250k of income will be affected. It's bullshit. It's like they're wantonly pushing out the people that produce and create the most tax revenue. Like we're not doing enough already fuck faces?

WookieMan says

$800K valued house in IL would run you close to $20k/yr in property taxes depending on location

Yikes! To pay that $20k/yr implies a high income, which also means a high income tax bill.

California reminds me of a guy I knew who ran a crappy professional services business tied in with union kickbacks and heavy advertising. The philosophy was that as long as the connections and heavy advertising kept people funneled in the front door faster than they complained and bailed out the back door, the business continued to make a profit.

Eventually, the business failed due to various lawsuits and fraud investigations. The model couldn't sustain when the inferior or unnecessary services were cynically tied to corrupt reimbursements.

That's what I think of when I conceptualize the working model of California governance. Keep cramming them in the front door faster than they flee and flip the bird leaving, and the abusive models can still make money for the crooks.

WookieMan says

It's like they're wantonly pushing out the people that produce and create the most tax revenue. Like we're not doing enough already fuck faces?

Yah Illinois is a double or even triple negative. High taxes and no great weather or beaches or any of the natural features of a California. We have really nice weather on the coast most of the year, not too hot and rarely humid, never all that cold and no snow. Plus high crime in Chicago and some other cities, and lefty government that never changes. I’ve lived there but as a student so it was different than as a taxpayer getting milked dry by the local government.

WookieMan says

IL is trying to pass a constitutional amendment to allow for a graduated income tax. Marketing it as saying only those over $250k of income will be affected.

What they fail to mention is that eventually everyone will be making over $250K because of inflation, but that income will be worth only what $25K is today.

So everyone will pay the higher tax, and be worse off.

ForcedTQ says

Sweet, so when do “white” people get minority privileges, entitlements, and hand-outs?

How about never?

B.A.C.A.H. says

WookieMan says

$800K valued house in IL would run you close to $20k/yr in property taxes depending on location

Yikes! To pay that $20k/yr implies a high income, which also means a high income tax bill.

Yes, by default you'd have to have a decent income to qualify for a $600-700k home loan in almost any area with a decent down payment. Doesn't mean you should take it up the ass in property taxes though. For a property of that value, most states are at minimum 20% lower and most are half that. A high income isn't a right for the government to take your money.

https://deadline.com/2020/09/the-daily-wire-ben-shapiro-jeremy-boeing-1234577589/?fbclid=IwAR3pSmH6SXdTP75UFY9awUugYpwZ8hfZ7ALAtgKp8r8D11Dd15bw8USqa5I

The Daily Wire, the conservative media company started by Ben Shapiro, Jeremy Boreing and Caleb Robinson, plans to move its headquarters from Los Angeles to Nashville.

Boreing said that the move was being made due to a declining quality of life in the city, including high housing costs and homelessness.

The publisher’s 75 employees based in Los Angeles are being given until Oct. 1 to decide whether to make the move, Boreing said. He said that it looked like about 80% would make the move.

80% of a 5 year old company! These aren’t people with a retirement or years vested. And they’re moving out of a major market for their type of work!

I have a good job but if I was starting out today, it wouldn’t be in California. I’d maybe put two years in to have legitimate experience on my resume and to save, but I’d start my life out in Texas, or somewhere much cheaper and less shitty than Los Angeles.

Was bugged by begging mexican guy in new car at gas station yesterday, cant go anywhere without lowlifes begging and always have to be ready for thug bs. Fuck CA leaving in 19hrs.

RC2006, my friend who lives near Watsonville said she saw a line of SUVs driven by Mexicans to pick up food at some giveaway program.

WookieMan says

you'd have to have a decent income to qualify for a $600-700k home loan

What about the folks who borrowed and paid off a lower amount, years ago, and are living on a low retirement income? They are screwed.

This scenario and a property boom in the mid-1970's that led to punishingly high assessments and taxes for younger tax donkeys were the impetus for Proposition 13 in California.

It was a flawed law as it also applied to commercial property. There's been efforts to reform it.

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/stripe-employees-relocate-20-000-182219744.html

Stripe Workers Who Relocate Get $20,000 Bonus and a Pay Cut

Stripe Inc. plans to make a one-time payment of $20,000 to employees who opt to move out of San Francisco, New York or Seattle, but also cut their base salary by as much as 10%, according to a person familiar with the matter.

The payments processor will make the offer available to workers who choose to relocate before the end of the year, said the person, who asked to remain anonymous to discuss private details. But employees opting to move may have to relinquish some of their base pay.

The new policy adds Stripe to the list of technology companies that have expanded opportunities for employees to work remotely while also signaling they may implement pay cuts if workers move to less-expensive cities. VMware Inc. told Bloomberg News on Friday it had instituted such a policy, and Facebook Inc., Twitter Inc. and ServiceNow Inc. have all considered similar measures.

Mike Manning, a spokesman for Stripe, declined to comment.

For many Americans, the Covid-19 crisis has upended the cost-benefit balance of living in expensive metropolitan areas, which for months have been devoid of their usual flair. With corporate campuses and office buildings still closed or only partially staffed, many companies have given workers more leeway than ever to decide where and how they want to work. That’s led scores of white-collar workers to move closer to loved ones or to more sparsely populated areas with less punishing living costs.

Pay cuts and a lesser need for pricey office space offer companies ways to save money. But a migration of workers from downtown headquarters also pose challenges for bosses who worry that remote work over the long term could stifle innovation or hamper productivity. It will also be financially challenging for coastal hubs that have long attracted large companies and their highly paid employees.

A city without entertainments and amenities is just living in a crowded dung heap with the extra dangerous crazies at street level.

https://twitter.com/jessiealene/status/1304653588539437056

@jessiealene

Concept: California simulator. Close all windows, turn off air conditioning, and maintain a room temperature above 85°. You can open a window if you want, but as punishment you go outside and smoke four cigarettes in a row. Also you light a $20 bill on fire every 5 minutes.

10:30 PM · Sep 11, 2020

Today was a blessed moment of respite from the smoke. In the morning, clear with sweet Pacific breezes, temperature 70. It was the way the boosters would have you think it is every day. I took advantage of the clearing window and took a 4.5 mile hike up the hills amidst the mansions and nature. I have been hacking lung shit every day.

Smoke is back a little bit this evening. It'll probably be some version of smoke tomorrow. It looked like a low pressure drew in some clear ocean air, but the smoke maps show that it is an island and that everywhere else is still choking.

zzyzzx says

Stripe Inc. plans to make a one-time payment of $20,000 to employees who opt to move out of San Francisco, New York or Seattle ... offer available to workers who choose to relocate before the end of the year

Hopefully, the payment is only "earned" when the employee has completed the relocation, otherwise, the state they are trying to escape is going to try to tax that $20k.

TrumpingTits says

SunnyvaleCA says

Hopefully, the payment is only "earned" when the employee has completed the relocation, otherwise, the state they are trying to escape is going to try to tax that $20k.

They still get to tax it. You pay both states in the year you move. Or in some cases, if you move in the first half vs the second half.

Hmm... this is actually a concern I have, given my desire to flee California. It was my understanding that money specifically "earned" in a given state is taxed in that sate only. For example, if you take a 3-month contract job out of state and move to that state for 3 months to do the work, you would only pay state income tax in that state.

... and, Ben Shapiro has left the building...
www.youtube.com/embed/u978w4CurDk

TrumpingTits says

Hey @epitaph

Here's some alternate profile pics for ya to use, if you are interested:

I know I should update my pic, a long time ago it was my dog, then it became the California state flag because I loved California. I still do in fact, it's just in a very sick state, and I think it's pretty critical right now, it might not make it back, which is sad, but I do hope for the best. I'm pretty moderate in my politics by all metrics, which makes me literally Hitler to most cali liberals. I'll update it though, maybe the great seal/flag of Jefferson?

epitaph says

then it became the California state flag because I loved California. I still do in fact, it's just in a very sick state, and I think it's pretty critical right now, it might not make it back, which is sad, but I do hope for the best.

I feel the same way about NY, except I won't go back to NY.