your reasons that california isn't that cool

theres always some thread, some kid wanting to leave where they are to move to california.. but i'm tellin' ya.. it's not like you think it is. it's expensive. people aren't all hippies. my brain hurts.. help me out here.. what else about cali isn't that cool?

 

The middle of it's filled with rednecks.

 

The Death of Hippie March was commemorated back in October, 1967, at the Haight-Ashbury neighborhood, San Francisco.

I guess, most of us here are 41 years late. :rainbow:

 

massive air pollution, high prices, high taxes, rampant consumerism...

 

the people are bitchie.

NO, YOUR DREAMS WILL NOT COME TRUE HERE.
its NOT full of famous ppl.
but... its full of bumbs, so that must tell you that we have a high unemployment rate.

 

too much traffic in the parts I like. Too expensive in the parts I like. Or there isnt any work in the parts I like.

 

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Mad amounts of plastic surgery and an unrealistic image to live up to, traffic, pressure to have the newest bag, clothes etc. people maitaining these things by living off their credit cards and credit being percieved as cash.
Unreal home prices...my mom lives in a modest neighborhood in a 3 bedroom home, 1/4-1/2 acre in North County San Diego and her home is worth about 750,000. I can't see us affording a home like that anytime soon.

 

Although, California, particularly in the Haight-Ashbury neighborhood, was one of the places where the hippie scene originated in the 60's as an outgrowth of the Beat Generation of the 50's, California today is nowhere near what it was from back in the 60's.


Although, relics from that era can still be found here and there, California sadly, today, is no longer that same California, that was immortalized by the Mama's and the Papas, in California Dreaming, or even that place called San Francisco, in "Flowers in Her Hair" sang about by Barry McGuire.

 

:goin' to california with an achin'... in my heart.."

gonna have an ache in your wallet!

 

if a metreo hits the pacific ocean.. bye bye cali

 

Let's see...I currently live in SoCal....so...where do I even begin?

The smog, the pollution in general, there are just too many people here, too expensive, people are materialistic, people do not look you in the eye when they talk to you or hold doors open for you, or even use pleases and thank-yous. I also think people in California think they are BETTER than you BECAUSE they live in California...though this thread makes me feel better about feelng the way I do.

Northern California is a bit different, but at least here in SoCal it is the above things.

 

U guys listed the same exact things that are happening in every city in this country. Don't be mad and complain, embrace the fact that we have these new buildings, new jobs, etc...I can't say anything about the materialism with people and insecurities. Fake titties and lips on my chick is not what I want but if that's what they wanna do, so be it...we have the technology, what makes you think that 100 years ago people wouldn't be doing the same thing if the discoveries and technology was there?

California is just expensive, alot of people addicted to Meth and fucking up their lives, also we have some of the craziest drivers and yeah...

I think we used to be the laidback state, but now everyone is trying to live the fastlane because they are watching these damn idiot box too much.

 

I'm not meaning to cramp any of your styles, but you're all being a bit silly about this. While yes, younger kids tend to idealize the place, most Californians I've known really don't know how good they have it. I've lived in both California and other 'shithole' states (currently Oklahoma, don't get me started), and I can tell you that of the forty or so I've been to, and the six I've lived in, California has the highest quality of living by far, and really does have some of the nicer, if sometimes superficial (but who are any of you to judge how others choose to live their lives?), people I've ever met.

Honestly, come live in the Bible Belt sometime, you'll gain a new appreciation for California.

 

I hate standing in line!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

And, first and foremost, that's what LA is all about.

 

amen! i just moved from virginia to norcal... it's a bit pricey but i don't require much in the way of cost of my living so it suits me just fine. there's so much more of an open mind out here. it was stifling back where I came from

 

I lived in Santa Cruz for a couple of years before I left because people in that area of California suck and it is so expensive…
Not everyone but the majority of the people are just rat race that care about no one but themselves.
You’ll be just driving down the road and someone will just fly by you flip you off and threaten you for no reason, maybe you made them 30 seconds late for their t.v, show.

So much meth.. tweaked out scumbags everywhere..

It is so expensive to live, last time I was visiting the economy was shit and they were renting one-bedroom apartments for $900. Then you look at the job section and the jobs were $8 -$10 an hour.
How the hell can you rent a small apartment for $900 making $10 an hour?.. Impossible.

I love the country and the climate so nice… And the ocean is a peace of my heart..I miss it!!

But the people are just rat race and the cost of living is insane.

 

My reasons why California is not that cool is... its in the USA, all of the complaints I hear sound like the purposes America has grown to the size it has, consumerism, racing for the "America Dream" and any metropolitan city is going to have traffic, thats where all the jobs are at. I totally understand the complaints but fuck America if you ask me.

 

your all talkin bout the citys.. shit like that happens in most metropolitan areas granted cali still sucks i.e. the biggest firework is pretty much a sparkler and its damn near impossible to buy a gun...

but for the most part everyone here describes SoCal get up above sac and you dont have to wry bout smog, or hardly any of that other crap.. course theres no major cities up here either... still high cost of livin tho

 

^I agree Nth Cali is a whole different place then Sth.

I love the Arcata area I’ve though about moving there a few times but just to Expensive.. and pretty much has no real economy.