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Posted: 7/29/2018 10:11:53 AM EDT
[#1]
Yes, if you got rid of the 25,000,000 most liberal people in the state, it'd be like heaven on Earth. Since that isn't going to happen it's a lot closer to hell. I don't set foot in that shit hole unless I absolutely have to (work).
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Posted: 7/29/2018 10:27:22 AM EDT
[#2]
California will get worse.
This piece of shit will be the next governor of california. 
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Posted: 7/29/2018 10:27:56 AM EDT
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Yes, if you got rid of the 25,000,000 most liberal people in the state, it'd be like heaven on Earth. Since that isn't going to happen it's a lot closer to hell. I don't set foot in that shit hole unless I absolutely have to (work). |
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Posted: 7/29/2018 10:31:57 AM EDT
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My grandparents left California after WW2 because it was getting too crowded, and liberal infestation.
My parents moved there, and lived there, I was born there. Then my parents left, because it was getting too crowded, and liberal infestation. I went out there for work - for 6 months. Beautiful place, but I could not wait to get back home, because it was too crowded, and liberal infestation. Seems like every generation says the same thing. |
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Posted: 7/29/2018 10:58:59 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: That’s like saying I won’t go to Washington because Seattle is a shithole. Not the whole state is bad. |
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Posted: 7/29/2018 11:03:52 AM EDT
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N I live in Irvine (pretty nice place to live - still leans right) and we are boarded on one side by Santa Ana which is a mostly Hispanic area. The guy that takes care of a lot of yards in our area is named Manny. I have lost tract of how many of his employees he has introduced to me over the past 16 years that are now US citizens. Manny was a "wetback" (and proud of it) became a citizen, owns property and a very successful business. He takes pride in the USA and flies a American flag on all his trucks. He works his ass off and pays taxes (this I know because his accountant is a friend of mine) His goal is to help his workers gain US citizenship. I never asked him about his political beliefs because he is not a dick and as a US citizen he can be whatever he chooses. Guessing he leans conservative because he bitches about the taxes he has to pay. 
I will take more immigrants like Manny. We often share a beer on my front porch as his guys are finishing up. |
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Posted: 7/29/2018 11:05:03 AM EDT
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California will get worse. This piece of shit will be the next governor of california. https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-RrCuYShb2h8/WJVXmaLbBQI/AAAAAAAB6W0/PX2J2pySYtYMnj-BnvusnkgSE6o3Bba7ACLcB/s1600/11gavin.png CA has not seen it's ultimate worse yet, and as such the correction is likely many years off. A.W.D. |
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Posted: 7/29/2018 11:14:54 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Amgen? Not sure what that is. Unfortunately we were there to shut down jobs for my company and move them to Atlanta. Taxes, regulation and salaries made it cost prohibitive. Soon my company will have taken all jobs out that aren’t required to be there to do business with the State. I felt like the grim reaper. Some darned fine people to have to do it to as well. |
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Posted: 7/29/2018 11:24:46 AM EDT
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Meh, you want fantastic scenery, with a lot less people, certainly a lot less F**ked up people. Try Alaska in the summertime. Sure, winters are harsh; but if I was rolling in the dough, so to speak, I would go back to Alaska practically every summer.
PS: Been to San Fran and nearby areas several times, (including a trip to Yosemite) in the 90's and early 2000s. Beautiful scenery once you get away from the cities, but I felt on "High Alert" in the cities and on main highways. We had a free place to stay when a relative lived near Franklin and Jackson St., but they got wise and took a transfer to Phoenix when it was offered. There were plenty of homeless and dregs then, but you didn't see trash, needles and feces on the sidewalks then. |
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Posted: 7/29/2018 11:26:20 AM EDT
[#10]
I don't believe the hate is based off of geography….
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Posted: 7/29/2018 11:28:30 AM EDT
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The concept of the neutron bomb was designed with CA in mind. Get rid of the infestation and leave the infrastructure in place...
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Posted: 7/29/2018 11:34:26 AM EDT
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While Illinois in no way compares to California in beauty and splendor, I have the same feeling about my home state as people do about California these days. If it wasn't for our corrupt, establishment, liberal, communist politicians, this would be a wonderful state, like it used to be. Just today I was doing a memorial ride through some rural areas I had never been to and the beauty of the rolling hills and fields along with the lazy country roads was wonderful. So many nicely maintained homes and farms, lush lawns, little traffic, generally low cost of living (except housing prices and property taxes) four seasons, beautiful cities, etc and it's all being systematically destroying by the liberal democrats who have just about completed the total takeover of state politics. Very shortly we will have virtually the same laws and lack of freedoms that California has. Will be starting in January, 2019. |
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Posted: 7/29/2018 11:35:07 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Thousand Oaks is definitely Middle class. But It does have some sections of nicer neighborhoods. I live about a mile from TO. CA is really not as bad as most on here make it to be. I bet most just watch FOX news and minds are made up about it.... people are mostly nice weather is great. I spend a lot of time there. There are a lot of liberal idiots running around there, and the government there has destroyed the state. I don't know if it can be saved. Most of the people fleeing there appear to be liberal idiots that don't understand they are the ones that ruined the state. |
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Posted: 7/29/2018 11:37:02 AM EDT
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The only thing wrong with California is the liberal infestation. |
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Posted: 7/29/2018 11:37:32 AM EDT
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It isn't the place it's the people. Save for @CarmelBytheSea et al and resident GD folks. 
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Posted: 7/29/2018 11:40:20 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Thousand Oaks is definitely Middle class. But It does have some sections of nicer neighborhoods. I live about a mile from TO. CA is really not as bad as most on here make it to be. I bet most just watch FOX news and minds are made up about it.... people are mostly nice weather is great. |
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Posted: 7/29/2018 11:42:31 AM EDT
[#17]
You're not paying CA income taxes or property taxes.
You aren't commuting daily in the atrocious traffic. You aren't giving up nearly all of your gun rights. You haven't been jailed for using a plastic straw, yet. No one denies there isn't physical beauty and generally nice weather in CA. But the libtards and the oppressive government intrusion have ruined it. A nice beach isn't worth the price of admission. |
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Posted: 7/29/2018 11:44:19 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: I am originally from Thousand Oaks. Quite a few celebs live behind those gates, I did security there once. Then you have some big houses on Westlake Blvd between Arboles and TO. |
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Posted: 7/29/2018 11:45:20 AM EDT
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Oh yeah no question Cali has great beaches and mountains and weather and basically the land itself is awesome!! The people are what's wrong with it. Especially their politicians. California is a great place to visit, but I could never live there.
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Posted: 7/29/2018 11:48:18 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: That’s what one person living there said....”we live here and my kids haven’t been to the beach in 3 years”. Why? All this beauty sitting right there in front of you and it’s being ignored. |
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Posted: 7/29/2018 11:54:22 AM EDT
[#21]
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California will get worse. This piece of shit will be the next governor of california. https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-RrCuYShb2h8/WJVXmaLbBQI/AAAAAAAB6W0/PX2J2pySYtYMnj-BnvusnkgSE6o3Bba7ACLcB/s1600/11gavin.png |
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Posted: 7/29/2018 11:54:57 AM EDT
[#22]
Nice place to visit, but I wouldn't want to live there. Says it all.
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Posted: 7/29/2018 11:55:10 AM EDT
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It's like going to a really good restaurant and finding roaches and rats. Do you want to go back? San Francisco is a beautiful place except for the shit, needles, homeless and Nancy Pelosi's personal MS13 detail. But other than the exorbitant prices what's not to love? I heard it said decades ago "California is like a box of granola, what ain't fruits & nuts is flakes".  Frank Zappa - Flakes |
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Posted: 7/29/2018 11:56:25 AM EDT
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Where are the pics of feces and needles littering the streets as well as the tent cities? |
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Posted: 7/29/2018 12:21:55 PM EDT
[#25]
When my Aunt passed away, I went down to CA and handled her affairs, and met some of the best people I could imagine.
I could never live there but there are some great people in CA. I just wish they could flush their government. |
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Posted: 7/29/2018 12:37:10 PM EDT
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Nice place to visit, but I wouldn't want to live there. Says it all. A.W.D. |
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Posted: 7/29/2018 12:38:33 PM EDT
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I love the place! Company sent me out with a team to SoCal. We were in the Thousand Oaks area. It's an amazing place. Of course, I was out there on their dime and staying at the Four Seasons. 30 minute drive through canyons that were anazing...to gorgeous beaches and there's so much to see that it's hard to decide what to see. http://i68.tinypic.com/2utgb2d.jpg |
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Posted: 7/29/2018 12:41:04 PM EDT
[#28]
I enjoyed my 5 years in Camarillo.
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Posted: 7/29/2018 12:45:33 PM EDT
[#29]
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You're not paying CA income taxes or property taxes. You aren't commuting daily in the atrocious traffic. You aren't giving up nearly all of your gun rights. You haven't been jailed for using a plastic straw, yet. No one denies there isn't physical beauty and generally nice weather in CA. But the libtards and the oppressive government intrusion have ruined it. A nice beach isn't worth the price of admission. Lack of the high cost of HOA fees in most areas make it damn near a wash, really. A.W.D. |
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Posted: 7/29/2018 12:46:10 PM EDT
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But the Four Seasons had some yoga program for non-guests that was dragging in the hotties like crazy. |
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Posted: 7/29/2018 12:48:02 PM EDT
[#31]
Great I am sure the money you spend there will help oppress more gun owners.
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Posted: 7/29/2018 12:54:16 PM EDT
[#32]
But the pot needles?
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Posted: 7/29/2018 12:56:17 PM EDT
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I truly believe it is the most naturally beautiful state in the country, but it is a progressive shithole. |
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Posted: 7/29/2018 1:02:40 PM EDT
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The only thing wrong with California is the liberal infestation. |
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Posted: 7/29/2018 1:14:20 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted:
The only thing wrong with California is the liberal infestation. |
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Posted: 7/29/2018 1:42:19 PM EDT
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OP might like Simi Valley's residents but I recommend a cruise down Topanga Canyon. There's some mega rich in Thousand Oaks and a couple run down, 'immigrants' / maids areas but no reason to go to those Quote HistoryQuoted:
Quoted: Thousand Oaks is definitely Middle class. But It does have some sections of nicer neighborhoods. I live about a mile from TO. CA is really not as bad as most on here make it to be. I bet most just watch FOX news and minds are made up about it.... people are mostly nice weather is great. I went when Obama was in office and you could—if the wind was low—heat Ronnie spinning in his grave. I went to the gift shop and saw rolled up constitutions in scroll form. I asked the young lady if they shipped purchases and she said yes. So I picked up a scroll of the constitution and asked if she could ship a copy to 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue in DC. It took her a second and then she started snickering....so I suppose she wasn’t a libtard. |
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Posted: 7/29/2018 1:42:46 PM EDT
[#37]
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[/s] I live in Irvine (pretty nice place to live - still leans right) and we are boarded on one side by Santa Ana which is a mostly Hispanic area. The guy that takes care of a lot of yards in our area is named Manny. I have lost tract of how many of his employees he has introduced to me over the past 16 years that are now US citizens. Manny was a "wetback" (and proud of it) became a citizen, owns property and a very successful business. He takes pride in the USA and flies a American flag on all his trucks. He works his ass off and pays taxes (this I know because his accountant is a friend of mine) His goal is to help his workers gain US citizenship. I never asked him about his political beliefs because he is not a dick and as a US citizen he can be whatever he chooses. Guessing he leans conservative because he bitches about the taxes he has to pay.
I will take more immigrants like Manny. We often share a beer on my front porch as his guys are finishing up. You, sir, are part of the problem and the reason why CA has become what it is. Shame. On. You. If it was up to me, all Manny's peeps would be sent back home, and Manny would be held accountable for sneaking in and aiding and abetting. The other problem is that 87% of the illegals aren't like Manny. They are here for all the goodies they can get - free school for their 8.7 chilruns, sanctuary cities, ad nauseum. |
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Posted: 7/29/2018 1:45:02 PM EDT
[#38]
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In my AO. Get some good fish tacos and Indian food somewhere. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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I love the place! Company sent me out with a team to SoCal. We were in the Thousand Oaks area. It's an amazing place. Of course, I was out there on their dime and staying at the Four Seasons. 30 minute drive through canyons that were anazing...to gorgeous beaches and there's so much to see that it's hard to decide what to see. http://i68.tinypic.com/2utgb2d.jpg I wish I could franchise one in Atlanta! |
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Posted: 7/29/2018 1:46:11 PM EDT
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Hah, oh yeah that sounds about right. That is the Westlake side and that is definitely the wealthy area, I went to high school there, I may have been the only 16 year old who didn't have a brand new Lexus, BMW, or Audi. When my brother was in junior college he was a poolside waiter there. There was no shortage of locals who go there. I know he waited on Heather Locklear and George Lopez. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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But the Four Seasons had some yoga program for non-guests that was dragging in the hotties like crazy. 
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Posted: 7/29/2018 4:45:44 PM EDT
[#40]
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The only thing wrong with California is the liberal infestation. |
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Posted: 7/29/2018 5:02:50 PM EDT
[#41]
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and the cost of living |
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Posted: 7/29/2018 5:08:52 PM EDT
[#42]
Superb wines.
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Posted: 7/29/2018 7:09:50 PM EDT
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Growing up living and driving in CA, you learn to drive in an offensive manner out of necessity. The sheer volume of vehicles on the road in many areas, at all times of day, insists on it. A.W.D. No, I'm not buying that. It is not a necessity to be an ass. But what do I know, the 15 is only dangerous according to the stats just on the CA side of it... and that road goes straight to Canada. Me me me me driving is not safe, it's not a virtue, and it needs to be taken to task for it. |
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Posted: 7/29/2018 7:13:53 PM EDT
[#44]
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Folks like myself that grew up and lived in this neighborhood all their lives, found it pretty tolerable, except for gun laws. Generally higher wages offset much of the cost you speak of. Illegals are everywhere, though not quite as catered to in CA, I'll give you that. Never once lived or felt like I was going to be "arrested or beat up because of difference in opinion." CA drivers intimidate lots of folks from around the country, honestly because much of the country doesn't know how to drive. A.W.D. https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6a/Lake_Mission_Viejo_photo_D_Ramey_Logan.JPG/1200px-Lake_Mission_Viejo_photo_D_Ramey_Logan.JPG No, they don't know how to drive. If it's just CA, against the other states, then that's your first clue, or should have been but those apologist glasses of yours are blinding you to the actual reality of it. If CA is so awesome, why did you leave? Oh. That. We're done here. |
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Posted: 7/29/2018 7:24:22 PM EDT
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Driving in CA requires that you drive like you're trying to win the race ;) A.W.D. I'd like to know why I had to watch a rancher die because he had right of way and was still cut off by a CA plated car and driver who did an aggressive rolling stop at the stop sign and still made the decision to go for it and collided? What in the world is the fucking prize for that?? Hint, there is none. |
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Posted: 7/29/2018 7:27:10 PM EDT
[#46]
If you could surgically exise San Fran, Los Angeles, Sacramento, and Berkely; it's probably be fairly tolerable.
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Posted: 7/29/2018 7:27:58 PM EDT
[#47]
Gold is just laying around on the ground . Pick me , Pick me
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Posted: 7/29/2018 11:35:15 PM EDT
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With regard to that part, CA property taxes are far less than here in Texas. Lack of the high cost of HOA fees in most areas make it damn near a wash, really. A.W.D. |
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Posted: 7/30/2018 2:35:48 AM EDT
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Yeah, 13% state income taxes ain't no joke. TX has high property taxes, but if you've got lots of income it's not gonna be a "wash" unless you choose to live in a mansion or something.
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Posted: 7/30/2018 2:49:23 AM EDT
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There's no disputing California's beautiful landscape and awesome weather. It's the shitheads that live there and govern it that make it undesirable.
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