I live in much-more sane Nevada, though I regularly visit my girlfriend in Sacramento, so the comparisons are easy to see. First off, there's nothing to like about California anymore, short God's country, and of course the beach, where you cannot afford to live anyhow.
If I were to move to California, just real estate tax (equal property values) and State income tax alone would eat up 1/4 of my pension. That's in addition to what I already pay. That's before you account for fuel, which costs approx. 20% or more than it does in Nevada. In a nutshell EVERYTHING is more expensive. And what are you getting for that extra expense? Well, chaos and destruction. I consider Californians to be deprived of the most basic things, including freedom, peace, common sense and respectfulness.
Speak of freedom, folks in California are free to do all kinds of things. Expect people to throw garbage, even bags full onto your lawn. That's assuming you have a real lawn, they're steering toward fake grass, which is ironic, because they live in fabricated lives. People are free to rip off your property, that's just a way of life now, no matter where you live in the big cities. Don't leave anything out, because you'll soon loose it. No matter how nice the neighborhood, keep your garage closed. Imagine for a moment someone stealing a grand piano in the middle of the night, downtown Davis. Yep, happened to my girlfriend's dad after an estate sale, I couldn't believe it.
Places you'd never expect to require security have guards, such as for fast food. Bullet proof glass for ice cream shops. Everything other than food under lock and key at Walmart, what a neat place to live.
Doesn't matter if you're in a nice neighborhood, hit and run is common. Insurance is expensive. It's a damn racetrack everywhere you go. There's always someone on the freeway diving up your ass and cutting you off. I've learned to hate new muscle cars. And EV too, folks drive their shit 50 MPH through neighborhoods and bust shit up. You know you're in special place when police helicopters use loud speakers to be on the look out for............
Shit, just the other day some guy walks up to me and says how hot a homeless woman is. I know character, he has rapist, with crazy written all over his 30 some year old face. Go figure, next thing I know I see the guy on youtube as a "person of interest". That's just life in Ca.
Go downtown, and it doesn't matter how nice neighborhood is. My last visit there was someone across the street who spent his entire day pulling his pants up from his ankles. Sure, give him a belt, he'll just spend the day trying to put it on, that's just another day in Ca.
Oh sure, diversity is great isn't it? So great that people can't look you into the eye unless they're serving you. Check out all the fat dudes wearing dresses and sporting whiskers, "progress" is awesome. You want someone that is courteous and caring? Well you're sure not going to get that from a white male liberal, after all, they're special, smarter and better than you, just ask em.
You want services like garage door repair and plumbing? Be prepared for many estimates, because it's California custom to rip you off. Need a new switch for the garage door? Well that means you need an entirely new garage door and opener, just ask them.
One thing for certain, Californians are pampered. So pampered they're becoming vegetables as the Democrack's great dumbing down takes affect.
How's Democrat love of tax and progression working out? Here's a link making this thread "board legal".
Tax Burden by State in 2024
www.foxnews.com
