When things get bad enough there will be a change in leadership (probably soon). I would be pretty upset if I were a California resident.
I mean I’m not UHNW and I think living here is pretty wonderful. It’s pricey, but we are doing fine. Certainly not the same can be said for everyone, but not everyone needs to live here (or any particular place). It’s not like the problem is unique to CA, politics or otherwise.
10% of the country lives in this state. I would be happy if a couple million more left. There is a bad side to living anywhere.
I’ve been there. There is a lot to love about the state’s beauty, but not a lot to love about how they do things.
I’ll take their weather and beaches every day of the year over Chiraq
What's amusing is that Newsom thinks his resume is strong enough to make a run at the Presidency in 2024. I guess surviving a recall is a real resume builder.
I believe Newsom banned Montana for travel and then went to Montana on a trip shortly thereafter. His cover story was that it wasn't an Official trip, so it didn't count. I guess it must not have been an Official dinner in the French Laundry, when Cal was having an official lockdown. Apparently, laws & rules only apply to the little people in California...
Says the guy, who's probably never been in either state.
I live in FL.and I love it.No state income tax and reasonable property tax, beaches and plenty of sunshine.
I’ve been to California multiple times and love it but it has structural problems that no one has the balls to fix (homelessness, cost of living, housing costs, etc…).
How much time have you spent in inland California? Disney is only being dealt with by Florida because they have a major business enterprise, which enjoys tremendous benefits which were granted to Walt Disney ( Who would fire the whole kitten kaboodle of executives which have turned his company upside down) and their shortsighted leadership thought they could tell people in Florida how to live, but their Governor believes people should have the right to determine how they live. Expensive? you know nothing about living in Florida. The tourists pay the high sales tax thst supports the state’s services. They do not have state income tax and property taxes are quite low because that is not how they fund schools. Why did Disney end up in Florida? Because it had all those benefits and at the time allowed him to covertly purchase thousands of acres to build Disneyworld. Inland Florida offers the Villages with some 60,000 retirees with lots of money living in a massive residential complex. My property taxes on a $550K home in Destin were $3,200 a year. In Texas I Paid $15K a year on property taxes for my home of comparable value. The Texas house was 6,200 sq feet. The Florida house was 3,200 sq feet. What would the California taxes be?
DeSantis is going to be one heck of a president.
California property taxes are actually not that bad as they have a limit on increases of 2% a year from the baseline purchase. I bought my house at the bottom in 2011 and it has tripled in value with my property taxes increasing 20%. Now with income taxes get a really good trust attorney.
We (wife and me) did our part and moved to an even bluer state (Hawaii) last year. The ironic thing is we vote primarily Republican but after each move we have lived in a red to a deeper shade of blue (Indiana, Michigan, California and now Hawaii) but our quality of life improved after each move. I wish Tulsi was still our Congresswomen
Typically lefty lib dem.
