California sucks!!!11

[Tiberius Jim]

I'll add to the "California rocks" crowd, especially the Bay Area. Right now we're having some pretty wicked rain storms, resulting is lots of car accidents and power outages, but the spring and summer her more than makes up for it. Plus, we never have to deal with snow here. I believe it has snowed in my city *once* in about, oh...23 years.

I'm glad someone brought up AT&T Park, because no discussion about awesome baseball parks is complete without mention of it. I went to about 6-7 games last season not only because I love watching the Giants play but because it is just an amazing place to be. I feel really lucky to live here so I can go there so frequently.

I do have to wonder why anyone would like to visit here, but not want to live. I'm guessing the cost of living? If it's not that, I can't imagine any other reason.

 

[ShamelessMcBundy]

We do have everything, don't we?

 

[John Picard]

Just wanted to say, a lot of people have given California flak recently for many things--we're too liberal, our debt is too big, our governor sounds funny...

There are people who believe their homeland is better than California because they have four actual seasons or they get to see snow regularly or their people aren't weird.

I just want to say to all of them that I just went to the beach. In winter. On a Tuesday. In shorts.

^_^

I spent two years in the Bay area and can still remember having to walk over a half mile back to the ship buffeted by wind and the temperature was 50º. Oh, did I mention that this was in July at 11:30pm?

 

[Star Wolf]

I grew up in California (though I live in Indiana now), and to be honest, I never really cared for the beach. And I like snow. I know, I know, I'm weird.

But you'd be glad to know that I have finally trained my friends and family here to quit making "California" jokes around me. It took me years, too, but I did it - that's my gift to Californians everywhere. So I raise a margarita to you from the (still) frozen Midwest!

From my hill near Kenneth Hahn State Park I can look southwest and see the beach and look north or east and still see snow.

I LOVE LA!

 

[ShamelessMcBundy]

I can see the snow capped mountains from my house.

 

[DeVario]

California is great, especially Sacramento and San Francisco (one of the best cities ever). Only thing I don't like right now is this damn rain. This morning it was actually mostly clear, but it looks like another big mass of gray is coming this way as I speak.

 

[John Picard]

California is great, especially Sacramento and San Francisco (one of the best cities ever). Only thing I don't like right now is this damn rain. This morning it was actually mostly clear, but it looks like another big mass of gray is coming this way as I speak.

Please send some here. We're very dry and it's fire season with half of the State being red-flagged.

 

[ShamelessMcBundy]

We've been in a drought; we need the rain.

 

[Captain X]

Just wanted to say, a lot of people have given California flak recently for many things--we're too liberal, our debt is too big, our governor sounds funny...

There are people who believe their homeland is better than California because they have four actual seasons or they get to see snow regularly or their people aren't weird.

I just want to say to all of them that I just went to the beach. In winter. On a Tuesday. In shorts.

^_^

Yeah, well my state has over $1 billion in budget surplus.

 

[TGTheodore]

I've a native Californian and I love living in Silicon Valley. The cost of living is outrageous, but you have sand, snow, SF, LA, Yosemite, San Diego, Lake Tahoe, Shasta, Disneyland, Death Valley, Hollywood, and the Redwoods all less than an hour away.

And yet, I'm a strong proponent of splitting the state into at least two and possibly three states.

What was once truly the Golden State is now almost TOO diverse and large for one government and one budget.

And yet, I know I'll die here. Love, love LOVE living here.

--Ted

 

[Markas]

I chose this place after my first visit when I was 16. It took me until I was 23, but I don't think I will ever leave it.

 

[ShamelessMcBundy]

I must disagree. As one, CA is strong. We have everything. The infrastructure to create more states would be too much. And markas, we're glad to have you.

 

[tomalak301]

AT&T Park is South of Market (SOMA) on the bay. You can take BART into the city and either walk about 5 LONG blocks, or get on a street car that deposits you in front of the stadium. It is very easy to get to.

It is a great walk though. Doing it on a great day along the embarcadero, getting exercise. Good times. And yes, AT&T Park is the best baseball park in the Majors, and I've been to probably half of them.

As for California, yes it's awesome, both Northern and Southern. There's this whole rivalry between North and South but in reality its all in good fun. Both parts are awesome places to be, except for LA with all the smog. Also, California has damn good wine and it's awesome to live about an hour south of that damn good wine.

 

[Dale]

California is win, Southern California is super-win and The Inland Empire is paradise.

Mt. Baldy, meanwhile, is Heaven Jr.

Haters are jealous. And the Dodgers rule.

 

[TheBrew]

I'll add to the "California rocks" crowd, especially the Bay Area. Right now we're having some pretty wicked rain storms, resulting is lots of car accidents and power outages, but the spring and summer her more than makes up for it. Plus, we never have to deal with snow here. I believe it has snowed in my city *once* in about, oh...23 years.

I'm glad someone brought up AT&T Park, because no discussion about awesome baseball parks is complete without mention of it. I went to about 6-7 games last season not only because I love watching the Giants play but because it is just an amazing place to be. I feel really lucky to live here so I can go there so frequently.

I do have to wonder why anyone would like to visit here, but not want to live. I'm guessing the cost of living? If it's not that, I can't imagine any other reason.

This rain is starting to get real annoying. It has been nonstop this last month.

 

[ShamelessMcBundy]

Well we are in a drought situation.

 

[Bears Discover Fire]

One time, to prove to my family in Michigan that such things were possible in the span of one day, my sister and I began our day floating down the Colorado river in a boat, then drove west to Big Bear, where we skied half day, then drove down the hill to Huntington Beach, where we built a bonfire and roasted mashmallows.

A school friend had a pickup truck, so for his senior prank he and his girlfriend drove to the local mountains, loaded the truck bed up with snow, then drove to Newport beach and built a snowman on the sand.

Not too many places outside of California can you get away with stunts like that.

 

[ShamelessMcBundy]

That sounds like one hell of a day.

 

[Bears Discover Fire]

Best. Day. Ever.

 

[ShamelessMcBundy]

Sweet.