California’s got the beaches… but that’s about it. The days of ‘California Girls’ by the Beach Boys are long gone. Want attractive women? Go to Texas instead. Unless you have a thing for blue hair and the scent of rats, I guess. Let’s take a walk through the modern day reality of The California Socialist Republic and discover 50 Reasons Why California Sucks!
If it isn’t enough to be surrounded by hostile politicians and communists, you also have the luxury of dealing with all of these issues discussed below.
(*Side-note: I originally got the idea for this article from an TheEconomicCollapse article by Michael Snyder. That article was written in 2012, and many of the facts are no longer accurate [such as some unemployment metrics], so I felt such a legendary article deserved an update. This is the modernized version for 2017, with some updates thereafter).
50 Reasons Why California Sucks
1. California ranked dead last in Chief Executive magazine’s annual Best and Worst States for Business survey in 2016. Oh, and it also was ranked dead last for every other year that the survey has been conducted.
2. In 2015, the state of California ranked 50th out of all 50 states in new business creation.
3. According to a recent study, California is the worst-governed state in the entire country for two years in a row!
4. Even after Proposition 30, California still boasts the highest state income tax rate in the nation.
5. Even though California continually (Prop 55) raises taxes dramatically on the wealthy, state revenues are falling like a rock and debt is still adding up.
6. California has the highest sales tax rate in the United States.
7. California has the 9th highest corporate income tax rate in the country.
8. California has the highest “minimum corporate tax” in the country. It is the only state where a corporation must pay money to the state even if a corporation does not make a single dollar of profit.
9. California has the 2nd highest gas tax in the country. And don’t worry, if you drive an electric car they’ll still charge you a $100 annual fee for “offsetting your gas taxes”.
10. California is the only state in America that taxes carbon emissions.
11. The state of California issues some of the most expensive traffic tickets in the nation. It is actually the highest when you count in the insurance premium hit.
12. California has historically had the third highest unemployment rate of any state, and has the highest under-employment rate.
13. California scored 45th on “The Nation’s Report Card” for public school test scores, indicating significantly sub-par scores on Math and Reading and generally poorly educated students.
14. The state of California requires licenses for 198 different occupations (the most in the nation). The national average is only 96.
15. California teachers are the 5th highest paid in the nation, but California students rank 46th in math and 49th in reading.
16. California accounts for 12.15% percent of the U.S. population, but a whopping 30% percent of Americans that receive TANF (Temporary Assistance for Needy Families) and MOE live there. This amounts to almost 7 billion dollars per year.
17. California now has the lowest credit/bond rating in the entire country (Yes, it even surpassed Illinois).
18. Including unfunded pension liabilities, the state of California has more than twice as much debt as any other state does. Their total state debt (w/o unfunded pension liabilities) is second only to New York.
19. Average pay for California state workers has risen by 100 percent from 2005 to 2012, and 120 percent from 2012 to 2015. That is awesome news for those state employees, but it is terrible news for the taxpayers that have to pay their salaries and their pensions (Which we already have mentioned are currently unfunded).
20. California has the worst healthcare system in the country. This occurred because of illegals using the healthcare and not paying for insurance or services, hospitals closing down, and increased costs on providers.
21. Since 2007, the number of children living in poverty in the state of California has been steadily increasing.
22. Sadly, an astounding 58.6 percent of all students attending California public schools now qualify for free or reduced-price school lunches. To qualify, the family income must fall below 185% of the poverty line.
23. The American Tort Reform Association has ranked the state of California as the second worst “judicial hellhole” in America, and the worst state-wide “judicial hellhole”.
24. Absurd regulations in California have been increasing in number and scope, while also becoming significantly more problematic for operating businesses within CA.
25. According to the Milken Institute, operating costs for California businesses are 23 percent higher than the national average.
26. The state of California had the worst “small business failure rate” in America in 2010. It was 69 percent higher than the national average. They also have 4 out of the 5 cities in the category of “Top 5 Worst Places For Small Businesses“.
27. California has the third highest homelessness rate (Number of people homeless: 367 per 100,000).
28. Residential customers in California pay about 50 percent more for electricity than the national average.
29. The State of California has the lowest number of emergency departments per capita of any state (6.7 per 1 million people). They scored an F on the “Access to Emergency Care” Report Card.
30. Insane political correctness.
31. One California town is actually considering making it illegal to smoke in your own backyard.
32. The traffic around certain big cities in CA is ranked as the 1st and 3rd worst in the nation.
33. Los Angeles. (Do I really even need to explain?)
34. San Francisco.
35. Oakland.
36. Frivolous spending on unnecessary government services.
38. The rampant gang activity in the state gets even worse with each passing year. (Los Angeles is deemed the “Gang Capital of America”).
39. California’s violent crime rate is the 13th highest in the nation.
40. Back in 2010, the city attorney of San Bernardino, California told citizens to “lock their doors and load their guns” because there is not enough money to pay for adequate police protection any longer.
41. California is incredibly lawsuit happy, coming in as one of the Top 5 “Lawsuit Climate” states.
42. They have three of the top 10 most violent cities in the US.
43. In Stockton, the police budget cuts got so bad that the police union put up a billboard at one point with the following message: “Welcome to the 2nd most dangerous city in California. Stop laying off cops.”
44. California doesn’t respect the rights of parents. (Sound like socialist utopia yet?).
45. The absolutely insane California state legislature. Oh, and Jerry Brown.
46. Wildfires, mudslides, and impending giant earthquake.
47. 1.5 out of 10 drivers in the state do not have car insurance. California also has one of the lowest minimum coverage rates. This led California to being ranked #1 in the “Top 5 Riskiest States For Drivers“.
48. In the past decade, over 5 million people left California with only 3.9 million moving in. This has created a loss of over 1 million people, and a budget reduction of 26 billion in annual income.
49. Illegals control the state. Double-digit billions of dollars go to illegal immigrant aid-related expenses (such as housing, K-12 schooling, English supplementation courses, free college for the “undocumented”, healthcare, etc). This is after accounting for tax revenue they contribute.
50. California has the highest school system revenue of any state, but one of the Top 10 Lowest Per Pupil Spending.
Bonus Reasons Why California Sucks:
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51. Two fault lines in California have actually been discovered to be one mega fault line, that was labelled “locked, loaded, and ready to go“.
52. BIG UPDATE: California has surpassed Mississippi in the Poverty Capital of the United States in early 2018. California now has the highest poverty rate in the entire nation. Great job, guys!
53. Prop 47 has resulted in a virtual get out of jail free card. Police are forced to “catch and release” people that are caught with heroin, meth, crack, etc. This includes people with 13 + drug charges. This has dis-incentivized treatments, because it is a lot easier to just take a ticket than 18 months of rehab. Numerous drug treatment programs and courts have closed in high usage areas, and crimes have increased because criminals realize that they won’t actually face any punishment.
54. California’s Police Use of Force Policy does not allow officers to use deadly force when the offender’s only weapon is a vehicle. So if someone is mowing down innocent people or trying to run over police, LEOs are not authorized to shoot them.
55. Even the criminals think the California laws are ridiculous. Because of (Again, Prop 47) California laws, any theft under $900 is also a required “catch and release”. There was a known gang member near Palm Springs who had been caught with a stolen gun valued at $625 and then reacted incredulously when the arresting officer explained that he would not be taken to jail but instead written a citation. “But I had a gun. What is wrong with this country?” the offender said, according to the police report.
56. They were rated as one of the “Top 5 Worst States For Gun Owners” for being exhaustively restrictive on 2nd amendment rights. (Yet still has the 13th highest gun murder rate per capita and the 9th lowest gun ownership as % of the population).
57. You have to pay to not license your vehicle. (Courtesy of Guest Comment).
58. All dog bite cases are to be reported by the hospital to Animal Control. And if your own dog bites you, you will be fined. (Courtesy of Guest Comment).
59. California has gone so overboard on global warming/climate change that they have regulated cow farts. No, seriously.
60. California reduced KNOWINGLY transmitting HIV/AIDS to another person to just a “misdemeanor”. So be careful sleeping with anyone in Cali. They could give you AIDS and just get a slap on the wrist.
61. Hollywood sexual victimization.
62. The drug problem is so bad that state officials say things like this: “Many of the city’s intravenous drug users inject openly in public places such as parks and public transit stations, leaving dirty needles strewn about.” So what is their solution? To create “Safe Injection Sites” where drug users can go to shoot up, hang out, then leave. Maybe the drug problem wouldn’t be so bad without point #53, but the Californian legislature is too stupid to figure that out.
63. When looking at Americans burdened by housing costs, California has 7 of the top 20 ‘Cost Burdened %‘ metropolitan areas for renters, including #2 on the list, which is LA. It also has 9 out of 20 of the worst metro locations when looking at owners of houses.
64. California was ranked dead last (#50 out of 50 states) in “Quality of Life” by a U.S. News Study published this year.
65. The state has handed out over a million driver’s licenses to illegal immigrants. (Which is all you need to vote).
66. Cali’s gun laws are constantly changing and are incredibly difficult to follow. And if you try in good faith to follow them, you may get raided by SWAT and hit with 12 felonies.
67. Cali also has the 3rd lowest average IQ in the entire nation (ranked by McDaniel’s Estimated Average IQ Score on all 50 US states)
68. Santa Barbara, CA recently imposed fines for establishments that provide plastic straws. Yes, seriously. And not a small fine, either. Offenses range from $1,000 to 6 months of jail time for EACH plastic straw provided. Councilman Jason Dominguez had this to say about it: “we can’t always count on common sense,” and therefore, “we have to regulate every aspect of people’s lives”. The definition of totalitarianism: “Totalitarianism is a political concept where the state recognizes no limits to its authority and strives to control every aspect of public and private life wherever feasible“. The councilman literally just said the definition of totalitarianism is their policy.
69. Three parts to this one (source for all 3):
- California has 8 out of 10 of the most polluted cities by Ozone (even despite their insane regulations)
- It also has 7 out of 10 of the most polluted cities by ‘Year Round Particle Pollution’
- And it has 7 out of 10 of the most polluted cities by ‘By Short-Term Particle Pollution’
70. California also holds the record for most wildfires by state since 2002 at a whooping 87,742, over 20,000 more than the next state on the list. This placed them at the top of the 2017 list for most wildfire prone states and ‘households at high or extreme risk of wildfire‘ (by households).
71. Cali is ranked 48th in “Overall Freedom” by Cato in FI5 (2018) which analyzes states by the policies that shape personal and economic freedom. The Golden State received the lovely title of “most cronyist state in the union“
72. This lovely state is the first in trying to normalize pedophilia by encouraging child sex play and telling parents to let their kids watch porn.
73. The State of California has now spent over $5 billion on its long-delayed high-speed rail project. Roughly the same amount of money that Democrats are refusing to provide President Donald Trump for his border wall proposal. They killed 73% of the bullet train, but are keeping 100% of the taxes. Expense for this ‘train to nowhere’ has increased from $33 billion to $98.1 billion. Remember: this is for a train. That’s $189 MILLION per mile.
74. Cali decided that it is offensive to have American flags on police cars. Yeah, they actually had complaints about the police department just because the cops wanted to put the flag of their country on the police cars.
75. The Bubonic Plague itself is likely already in California. Why? Well, due to the mounds and mounds of trash and overabundance of rats, obviously.
76. Rats. In fact, LA is now known as the “City of Rats” as its nickname.
77. San Francisco is ranked Number 1 in property crime in the entire United States.
78. Skid Row
79. The utility companies in California have to shutoff power to hundreds of thousands of people to stop wildfires because the state’s infrastructure is so horrible.
80. Cali implemented a zero-bail policy amid COVID-19 which has worked out how you would expect: one California man was arrested three times over the course of just 12 hours, including one instance of leading officers on a pursuit, and only given citations and released due to the new policy.
That’s all for now! Don’t worry, I’m sure we’ll have more soon. California has been no stranger to keeping this list growing over the years.
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I’m a hardworking contractor and 3rd generation Santa Barbaran. I now hate this state. YUK! Deep corruption in every city. Illegals with attitude and just downright weird and rude people everywhere.
John Frank, bye felicia
What a childish response from someone with a clearly low IQ
Responding to a clearly racist and prejudice filled response, and he chose to approach it wit humor. Harmless humor. And you resort to calling him stupid, so I’m led to believe that you’re a hick who went to got lucky to go to high school and luckily has access to a computer. Am I right in saying it? No! Jesus christ everyone here acts like California is uniform. Everyone is liberal, everyone is pc, everything is illegal, it’s like you guys don’t understand the concept of variability. I’m not gonna sit here and try to convince you that it’s perfect, but in the same way that you’re glad that you don’t live here for things like liberals, taxes, and political correctness. I’ve heard citizens here being glad for not living in the “Hick town mid west” or in the “stupid south”. But of course, wherever you are, you can attest to the fact that most generalizations are not even close to representing where you’re from.. Most here seem to lack any sense of perspective and critical thinking, but you, you take the cake. “A clearly low IQ” reeks of an inflated ego, and your name is Doug. It’s an ugly name.
Your a moron illegal immigrants are not s race Dumbass. California sucks hope u all fall into the ocean and ur state disappears. Cali sucks
Illegals don’t belong here he has a right to complain idiot
Everyone has a right to want better. If you want to talk about illegals lets go back to the beginning of California history. Bet you’re an illegal too
Mexico the cowardly government
Had a bunch of literal rapist soldiers roam the countryside in search of fun!!!
Bye bye
Heard of disgusting Pancho Villa?
Your hero ?
No humans illegal
Then all Europeans should come here
And build a real so ciety
Immediately kick out all the boarder hoppers
Along with ms13
And all the other disgusting freaks
Why cant they deal with the fact alot of people including Mexicans dont want them here
This the USA. Not south America!!! Illegals do nt belong here. WE HAVE BORDERS JUST LIKE ALL COUNTRIES. Why the hell does the law enforcement not stop them at the border???? THESE CRIMINALS, THIEFS, MURDERERS AND SICK SOUTH AMERICANS; IN PARTICULAR MEXICANS. These criminal aliens don’t want to be here. They are here because we are not enforcing the US laws. They steel your money, our jobs are lost, our pay is low as hell. They are stealing yours and my money!! GET IT!!! Remember the MINUTE MEN that had to sit outside their homes in the southern states because these ugly Mexicans committed crimes on their properties and invaded their homes;!!! I now had my job stolen, ripped from me 4-20 , No EDD payments (they have given that money for the past 450 days to illegals). IS THIS LAW AND ORDER??? Justice?
I do not unerstand . All you people in racist CA voted for Dems for the past 20+ years. What gives. This is your doing!!!
No not all of us voted democrat. Northern Californians are mostly voting Republican. We live in the part of the state that has all the resources but lack the population. We are not represented because we are not the majority. People in the North are completely different from folks in the South. Another thing worth noting. Most politicians are giving so much money and services to illegal immigrants, because they are buying their votes. All you need to vote here is a drivers license. Most illegals have a valid California drivers license.
Northern Cali needs to secede. But then you’d probably just get overrun by Cali refugees like what happened with Oregon and Washington.
I’m in my late 60’s and was born and raised in Southern California. My husband and I raised our daughters there, too. We have wonderful memories of California as it used to be. Especially in the 60’s and 70’s. After the ‘08 recession, we temporarily moved to Northern California to build homes for 5 years. Northern California has wonderful, down to earth people who believe in hard work and community.
Our plan was to move to Charleston, South Carolina so we could be closer to our daughters and grandchildren. We have been in Charleston for 4 years now and we love it here. It’s wonderful being in a state that generally supports our political beliefs. I’m grateful that we could make the move. I love my home state but it’s changed almost beyond recognition in so many ways. Very sad. Such a beautiful state with so much potential.
It is a shame it has fallen in the ways it has.
There are millions of lawful immigrant applicants who have to wait because illegals jump the cue. And what is the idiotic idea that “illegal immigrant” is a race? Must be a California education at work. Yikes.
At least ppl in middle America and the south are nice and normal and less pollution and regulations and less housing costs
Are you f.. kidding me? Cali sucks a lot because of the “variability” …… of illegal immigrants. This f.. state gives money to anybody for being illegal. I am paying taxes that go for support of illegal immigrants.
It is horrifying; but I found out that the corrupt Dems are behind it all> Please President Trump come back; you are legally our PRESIDENT.
I was just looking at a page that lists IQ by state. The ones on the bottom of the list have the highest number of blacks and Hispanics, the ones on the top the lowest. You PC liberals should consider not insulting the black man by insulting the south.
1. Massachusetts: 104.3
2. New Hampshire: 104.2
3. North Dakota: 103.8
4. Vermont: 103.8
5. Minnesota: 103.7
6. Maine: 103.4
7. Montana: 103.4
8. Iowa: 103.2
9. Connecticut: 103.1
10. Wisconsin: 102.9
11. Kansas: 102.8
12. New Jersey: 102.8
13. South Dakota: 102.8
14. Wyoming: 102.4
15. Nebraska: 102.3
16. Virginia: 101.9
17. Washington: 101.9
18. Ohio: 101.8
19. Indiana: 101.7
20. Colorado: 101.6
21. Pennsylvania: 101.5
22. Idaho: 101.4
23. Oregon: 101.2
24. Utah: 101.1
25. Missouri: 101
26. New York: 100.7
27. Michigan: 100.5
28. Delaware: 100.4
29. N. Carolina: 100.2
30. Texas: 100
31. Illinois: 99.9
32. Maryland: 99.7
33. Rhode Island: 99.5
34. Kentucky: 99.4
35. Oklahoma: 99.3
36. Alaska: 99
37. W. Virginia: 98.7
38. Florida: 98.4
39. S. Carolina: 98.4
40. Georgia: 98
41. Tennessee: 97.7
42. Arkansas: 97.5
43. Arizona: 97.4
44. Nevada: 96.5
45. Alabama: 95.7
46. New Mexico: 95.7
47. Hawaii: 95.6
48. California: 95.5
49. Louisiana: 95.3
50. Mississippi: 94.2
can you provide the name of the article and publication? thanks very much.
https://worldpopulationreview.com/state-rankings/average-iq-by-state
100 is average. These stats are useless. The differential is statistically insignificant.
I libes in Illinoi and Forida and we are not dumby states. My kids all have college degrees and one will be getting a masters in educationn at Havard.
Glad I’m in the upper 3rd. 😊
Yeah, only big city communist BIGOTS say that crap about the South and Midwest. I live in the Bay Area and most of the people here are awful sanctimonious kents just like you.
Are you kidding? The rest of the country laughs at this state
All of it
Where are the conservatives that care soo much? They’re probably hiring illegals along with their Democrat chums playing golf in LA Jolla
Apparently you have trouble understanding reality
I am here!!! CA is so corrupt due to destructive Democratic tech companies!!!
9-3-21
Lawlessness and Civil Rights Violations currently in the state of CA.
I “lost” my position 518 days ago. Traumatic and senseless. I have now on top of “breathing “difficulties noticed civil rights violations and discrimination in the wording for posted jobs at job sites. SimplyHired and Indeed among others. This is by the employers as well as the Recruiters. As a career professional and private citizen, the wording that has now appeared on job sites are discriminatory and a civil rights violation since the position has nothing to do with my private life. These are job postings. I am devastated over this 2nd ”loss” of my job (was laid off summer of 2017) and now out of work for over 518 days. I HAVE THE RIGHT TO WORK. I love what I do.
Businesses, Sacramento Capitol and County offices has inflicted as of today, for the past 518 days, inhumane mental and physical abuse to people and their children: i.e. Mental and physical torturing, battering and Civil Rights Violations. The state of CA has a child abuse epidemic! Every teacher in CA should be put in prison for child abuse; every parent should be punished for severe child abuse. Sacramento, all businesses, the communist death camp, a.k.a cdc will pay for their inhumane treatment against us professionals (who had our jobs stolen) and our kids. The severe damage these entities, employers, businesses, and the state, will NOT go unpunished. The severe physical and mental damage you have inflicted for the past 518 days by forcing us to wear suffocating face garbage and depriving me of oxygen; will come at a price. Parents will pay dearly and will have NO right to complain come next year and thereafter and will “pay” for the mental and physical abuse of their children! Teacher’s paranoia (which is an illness), repulsive and atrocious attitudes and non-actions; refusal to educate our kids and the theft of MY TAX DOLLARS will hit them HARD the coming year and beyond!
You are letting in Foreigners at our US border! I do not see any of the CA State officials or the Feds sticking needles in them!!! I do not see any of these illegals, murderers, rapists, child abusers, women beaters, drug riddled Mexicans and these south american’s ( and others you are letting into my country ILLEGALLY) wearing dog muzzles (they serve NO purpose) !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
CA is a lawless, hateful, racist and CORRUPT state.
FYI; Physician – Patient confidentiality
“SAY NO TO DRUGS”.
Whoever said the “stupid south”. The high school I went to in louisiana was ranked #1 in the entire counrty. Since california is ranked lowest IQ’s in the counrty, I would sit this one out if I were you.
Thats all you have ? Bye Felicia?
A excerpt from a retarded movie ?
No bye liberals democrats
Your not needed here
You know you are quickly disassembling a once great place to live
Now California is resembling a burnt pile of excrement
Literally!!!!!!!!
San Francisco
Aids needles
Heroin needles
Mass amounts of Homeless
Human feces
Los Amgeles
Insanely high rents
Illegals committing murder
One million licenses for illegal citizens
Totally corrupt and stupid
What could be a beautiful state
Is a overproced pile of garbage
With rat infested palm trees
Enjoy your phony paradise
You’re disgusting
California is more disgusting!
It has been corrupt for so long; (I DID NOT KNOW THIS BECAUSE I AM A SINGLE PARENT) Because of the racist, hateful B. Obama and all the racist people in Sacramento and all the HYPOCRITES, RUDE, INTISOCIAL, HATEFUL, men women and children in PALO ALTO, MENLO PARK, MOUNTAIN VIEW AND LOS ALTOS; I NEED 9K to leave/MOVE. This has been on my mind since the state and the county stole my income, my lively hood and my JOB!! I made the decision that I AM LEAVING BUT I AM SO UPSET BECAUSE I HAVE NO ASSISTANCE FROM THE STATE OF CA. THERE WE GO WITH THE HATE AND THE CORRUPTION!!!
I feel your pain.
Democrat run **** HOLE
All & Only White countries are bringing in millions of non-Whites.
All & Only White people are demanded to “mix” with them to prove they aren’t “naziswhowanttokill6millionjews.”
All & Only White children are expected to become minorities and eventually extinct EVERYWHERE.
So called “anti-racists” are the ones demanding these anti-White policies. It’s Genocide.
Anti-racist is a codeword for anti-White.
Sadly only a select few Millennials understand this like me. Most have been brainwashed by the liberal media to think that being white is somehow wrong. Ridiculous.
I am not white, but to shame white people for being white is crazy. Black supremacy is BS. What happened to merit and qualifications? Actions having consequences? America needs to grow up and stop acting like children. Liberals are all idiots. and Democrats are best friends with the idiots. TRUMP 2020 is the only way, sadly.
God Bless you , dude. God Bless
51. It’s full of liberals
Pretty accurate. ThoughtCo listed them as #1 for “Worst Places For Conservatives” https://www.thoughtco.com/the-most-liberal-states-the-worst-places-for-conservatives-3303457
Exactly why me and my family left CA as soon as we humanely could
Smart choice Mat
Everything is geared toward the Wealthy who control the media in calif. My Dad passed with malpractice and i had clear proof. The hospital he was in owned the nursing home and ambulance company. The courts allow this collusion to go on and the law firms are for the rich by the rich. Get out of calif. while you still can!!!!
The number one saddest reason why California sucks is that Native Californians think it’s normal to be this way because they have never felt the freedom of being on the outside. For that reason, it will never change.
It’s really disappointing, such a beautiful state. I just hope as more Californians move out to escape the terrible governmental structure they have setup, they don’t also bring the same problems with them (As we’ve seen in Oregon and now we’re seeing in places like Austin, Texas)
Not true, for me anyway. I am here because of my children, and I can hardly wait to get out of this hell-hole state when the time is right!
Denise,same here my wife wanted to move from the east coast.For the children who have nothing to do with me and use their mother as an unpaid baby sitter.I hate kalifornia and at my age will likely die in this crap hole,probably homeless and starving after these nuts vote in gruesome newsome.This state is hopeless even worse than NY a once great state run into the ground by that idiot cuomo
I hope you get the chance Denise.
Same with me,my wife wanted to move here because our two children moved into this hell hole,my son moved here two years ago got married now with a child and is complaining that the schools suck so bad he will have to send him to private school.And he will never be able to afford a house,even though they have a combined income of over 200,000 a year.And my wife and I are on a fixed income with no increases in income in the future.I hate it here,but my wife refuses to go back East
Yes unfortunately. I want to go to Texas and okan on hitting the road Aug 2019. I just hope that CA folks that go there don’t bring their garbage with them….if they have garbage.
I left California in 2017, and moved to Texas. Trust me I didn’t bring any crazy liberal ideologies with me, because I’m not liberal. Everything is cheaper for me now, and my pension isn’t taxed to death. California is a beautiful state but, it has been corrupted, and destroyed since 2001.
Thank you. Glad your here. Please vote.
They already are. In droves. Bad policies and all. California politics will eventually destroy the Texas economy.
Don’t mess with Texas!
Dam your right
Beautiful?
Brown landscape
Thick smog that makes your eyes feel like theyre going to burst because it’s soo dirty and greasy
Overcast sun that will give you that desired tan everyone dreams of
Are californians going to man up and admit this state is a complete laughing stock?
Have you even ever been to cali? its not anything like that. The pollution is down and the weather is fine. Atleast we have opportunities here, and the weather is a lot nicer then other places so don’t act like cali is trash bc it’s not like ur states any better. And california is not a person dummy you can’t just have it get up and tell you its a laughing stock, people here grow up with opportunities and having illegal immigrants be able to get a drivers licenses is fine, they are only looking for a better life and it sure is better then leaving them homeless on the street.
You guys got it wrong Cali is the place to be, I understand your envy, California, continues to be the best state in America, the wealthiest, with the most opportunity. you can go back to your midwest if you want to watch the cows go by. nothing wrong if you want to be a farmer. let me tell you why you should live here, sunshine almost year round. national park galore. all the tacos you can eat.haha for all you racist.beautiful beaches. world class cities. fresh produce round year. top notch wine, giant trees. A diverse culinary scene, sports teams., excellent coffee. if you have a dream. for success, Hollywood, silicon valley. ect… been living here for over 50 years. and it keeps getting better. Be great if all the kool aid drinkers leave, that would bake California better. Thanks pathetic. you know what time it is.
ALFONSE IF YOUR STATE IS SO GREAT WHY ARE THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE MOVED OUT OF YOUR LIBERAL CORRUPT STATE OF CALI.
I feel sorry for you, Alfonzo. I think the smog has gone to your head!
Sorry to say, but I actually feel bad for you, because you are twice as pathetic than any other state, including new Jersey, Alabama, etc.
Just don’t come to Texas please.
Native Californians are nothing like what you people are talking about. They can’t stand the SoCal attitude, are pragmatic, and are completely unrecognizable to the transplants and tourists who come to California from points East after watching one season too many of Entourage and quite literally, BECOME the Californians the rest of the country equates with Native Californians. So when you want to talk about what you hate about Native Californians look in the mirror and realize the people you hate came from where you are and now they play Californians in the streets.
I doubt they came from Kansas, we think California is the home of the Craziest people ever. We also despise the East Coasters. As a flyover state, we pray that none of you ever stop or stay. Take your crazy to the coasts and leave us alone. We are all just farmer rubes, nothing to see here.
Farmer rubes — you said it! I escaped Kansas in 1968 — whew!
I am a Native Californian and am not a liberal nor am I lacking in IQ. I see the governmental decay and want to get out of is while I still can (with some sanity still intact.)
Where are these natives? I was born in Vallejo California
And want to exit this insane Desert
Its such a shame but i have to agree, the golden era of California faded decades ago. For me its the people i didnt care for. Ive lived in San Diego, LA. And the bay area. It just sucks the positive life out of you. San Diego being my favorite of the 3. Its just so soulless, pretentious, and void of down to earth people. Especially the bay area.
Waaaay to many illegals and non-conformist foreigners. It has been destroyed, and any worthwhile people are and have left. I think silicon Valley is the worst place ive ever spent time. Social awkward indifference. The Tech industry has ruined palo alto all the way up to SF. No sense of real community, just drones going to work avoiding eye contact.
Just people not giving a shit about anyone outside anything they know. Its just depressing. Ive been out here a year and am so looking forward to getting out! I dont know how people do it. You have two choices here, Become phony and souless, or get the fuck out. I am choosing the latter.
Im very glad you mentioned the bay area/silicon valley. Im in SoCal and despise it. Family is urging me to go up the the bay area but I have been questioning it as I don’t like California in general (mostly the people. ) I needed to hear an opinion from someone other than my Ca worshipping family to tell me what its really like in the Bay area. I hope you are finding a better place to head towards.
Happiness come with in, if you’r happy now, you can be happy anywhere in the world. or you can just be miserable and stay where you are. I Love Los Angeles, been living over 40 years, it Amazing so much to do. so many opportunities. so many cultures. If you listen to negative people they will bring you down. and keep you down. yes it’s prize but it’s worth every penny.
So true, 3rd worlders have ruined this country. When you bring in 3rd worlders you turn into a 3rd world.
This sums it up perfectly… I lived in HB, CA would travel to LA. It’s not everyday you notice a bad person, but it is all over the social media pages with just pretentiousness.
Also the job market while great, is difficult to break into unless you have a lot of experience, so many graduates like myself have been working minimum wage jobs for years… its really sad.
I regret growing up here, in a way its a beautiful place with beautiful weather, but if you aren’t wealthy, and aren’t socially acceptable of every bit of news that doesn’t directly involve you then you won’t fit in.
It’s also so difficult to find a genuine partner to date, for me as a male it has been so disheartening, if a female is reading this, it isn’t one thing or another but they can be defensive, insecure or downright negative to you as young man trying to be kind and also act with an individual mindset.
It’s almost surreal… I agree i’m not perfect, but the way people act in dating here is almost sickening. This is facts, and honestly I’ve really enjoyed most foreign women if they weren’t already affected by California’s attitude (it’s sad they grow up here and become pretentious as well…).
best of luck but it hasn’t changed in 10-15 I’ve been trying to meet someone, I think I’m done and will meet someone who isn’t from here.
To me, LA and the surrounding areas have always felt like a huge tourist attraction with transplants that are extremely friendly and those like other commenters have mentioned are completely absorbed into the news, media heavy agenda CA is known for.
My complaint is people aren’t real anymore, lets change that. But heck I may move soon
I absolutely agree with you! It sucks the life out of a person. Financially, emotionally, and socially!’ Superficial people who have to have a designer purse and avoid eye contact. And the arrogance. 22 years in Bay Area. I want to get out of here so bad. Political correctness overload and no religion is what a lot here are.
California is proof of how liberal policies work. California truly sucks and only an idiot would argue with that. America needs to wake up.
California needs ro wake up and take their state back. who keeps voting these communists in? The militia should be taking over that state, and locking Brown in prison with all his thugs,
And some of the worst gun control laws in the nation
Oh lest we forget 3 more reasons Cali really sucks… Pelosi… Waters… Schaffer… Y’all can have em!
No thank you.
Don’t forget about Newsome too.
You forgot point 52. The fault line i gonna break any day now and send the whole state into the ocean… well I guess for the rest of us that’s a great thing in all honesty.
come on fault do your thing!!
Please let me leave first!
But when the disaster strikes, the feds will make all of us pay!