Not to mention that housing prices are beginning rise again or recoup. Also when I moved here 20 years ago the U-Haul guy was so happy to see me because he now had another truck to rent to folks fleeing. It's a cycle.
On 01/01/2013 04:55 PM, [email protected] wrote: > Ha! That was funny - Barry2 and I posted responses with an identical > timestamp! > > What I wanted to say too, is one thing that aids creativity is natural > beauty, and we have that amazing Pacific coastline here, the bays, the > rivers, estuaries, mountains, valleys, and it all seems to relax people. > > Of course, the place is full of type A personalities, especially here in the > SF Bay Area, but the stress here really is dissipated by the natural > surroundings, making for a more laid back culture. Not that everyone is a > flake, either, but there is sort of this respect for differences that seems > to come naturally around here. Indians and Chinese, Vietnamese, Pacific > Islanders, Mexicans, Salvadorans, Guatemalans, Russians, Irish, Scandinavian, > Portuguese, you name it. No one gets up in anyone's face. And the weather > rocks, too. Excellent *quality* of life. > > --- In [email protected], doctordumbass@... <no_reply@...> wrote: >> California has always led the rest of the country culturally, and I am sure >> we will be in better shape economically soon, now that Jerry Brown is >> Governor, again. One of the few true civil servants, that guy. >> >> Also, the Republicans here are almost nonexistent politically (30% maybe), >> so despite there still being some very sleazy Democrats, the state govt. >> runs more efficiently as a result. >> >> California's strong suit is its creativity, both in high tech and >> entertainment. As long as that keeps going, we'll do OK. >> >> --- In [email protected], "seekliberation" <seekliberation@> >> wrote: >>> California is the epitome of the direction this country is going in. It >>> has the highest debt of any state, with a total of over 600 billion, and 1 >>> out of every 9 people are on food stamps. >>> >>> The scary part about it is that a lot of people there are moving to other >>> states now. They are typically the entepreneurs and self-sufficient tax >>> payers. Eventually one of two things will happen. Either a significant # >>> of 'atlas' type people will be gone and the state will collapse in the same >>> way the US probably will. Or the government will establish draconian >>> measures such as taxing people who try to leave by taxing their assets and >>> business they take with them. Welcome to stage 2 of socialism. >>> >>> seekliberation >>> >>> --- In [email protected], Bhairitu <noozguru@> wrote: >>>> California has over 900. I think in order to make a new law you need to >>>> do away with two. America has too many laws and it is stifling things. >>>> > >
