Sacto Mitch posted:
Ahem, pay no attention to Stan's post about Kalifornia.
This state is, without question, the worst place to live in the country. You really don't want to be here. Please, stay away!
All of those folks who come here and pay all of these taxes and spend top dollar for housing regret their decision the instant they arrive. They immediately flock back whence they came. This is why our population has remained almost the same over the past 50 years.
If you insist on defying all common sense and come here anyway, at least move to the best part of our state - LA. It's the only place in the state that's tolerable. If you want friendly neighbors, you'll be surrounded by millions of them, no matter where you go in LA.
The rest of the state is completely uninhabitable, especially the northern half, where it's 140 degrees every day in the summer and gas is $8/gallon.
If you drive a Speedster, you'll hate this place even more. There are just no good roads. Ask anyone how to get anyplace and the answer is always 'Take 80 to 680, then the 101' or 'follow 680 to 5' or 'do 5 over the grapevine'. And trust me, endless views of the Pacific Ocean or the Sierra Nevada while you're driving are so overrated. Don't believe all that melarky from the Chamber of Commerce. You've seen one ocean or one snow-capped mountain, you've seen them all. And wine country, wine shmuntry! You can get wine in any market or liquor store from Duluth to Peoria.
So please, I beg of you, stay in Oklahoma or Nebraska or Alabama. If you've already made the mistake of moving here, save yourself while you can - go home.
I'm just telling you this for your own good.
..... “ And if you travel East from Sacramento, it get’s really terrible. Places like Auburn and Foresthill, Oh, don’t get me started” ... said no one ever ...