Smog? It aint 1975 anymore. You only really get smog when you're behind a yellow school bus or a car from Mexico. But then I spend a lot of time in Manila where there is still real smog.
California sucks!!!11
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Smog? It aint 1975 anymore. You only really get smog when you're behind a yellow school bus or a car from Mexico. But then I spend a lot of time in Manila where there is still real smog.
It's the best, isn't it?
CaptainHawk1
Commodore
I love everything about California except for the fact that it's the highest taxed state in the union and coincidentally the biggest welfare state as well.
Unfortunately, those two things aren't overcome by the fact that I can go to the beach in March.
Waitaminute...
I live 4 hours away from Southern CA beaches! So I can enjoy all the benefits easily with none of the crap.
Seriously, though, I would love to live in Southern California. I think it's the greatest place in the world and I'm originally a New Yorker. But the reasons I moved away from NYS (stifling taxes) are the same reasons I can't live in Cali.
Unfortunately, those two things aren't overcome by the fact that I can go to the beach in March.
Waitaminute...
I live 4 hours away from Southern CA beaches! So I can enjoy all the benefits easily with none of the crap.
Seriously, though, I would love to live in Southern California. I think it's the greatest place in the world and I'm originally a New Yorker. But the reasons I moved away from NYS (stifling taxes) are the same reasons I can't live in Cali.
On top of all this, here on the westside of LA, spring is starting up. The smell of honeysuckle is carried on the ocean breezes, making the entire neighborhood smell like a hit of Flonase.
They may not be as good, but the Northern California Beaches are awesome too. Some good stuff in the Half Moon Bay area, in terms of beaches and delicious seafood.
Carmel, Monterey, Santa Cruz, and number of beaches north of SF as well. The water may be colder, but the beauty is there.
--Ted
doubleohfive
Fleet Admiral
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.
I wish we'd been able to do that.
Yeah, the bay area is nice. The city itself looked kind of slummy, but that was just the part I drove through to get to the boats, so I can't speak for the whole town.
Hahaha, that's the beauty of SF. There are so many micro-neighboorhoods that you would swear you were in a completely diferent City if you going in between them.
So although one long street may look slummy, just 4 blocks up and all of a sudden you'll be in a completely different world where you notice there are door men in apartment buildings, and there are only BMW, Benz, Jaguar, Astin Martin's and Mazerati's parked.
Of course go another 4 blocks down, and you might be back in a questionable neighboorhood, haha.
So although one long street may look slummy, just 4 blocks up and all of a sudden you'll be in a completely different world where you notice there are door men in apartment buildings, and there are only BMW, Benz, Jaguar, Astin Martin's and Mazerati's parked.
Of course go another 4 blocks down, and you might be back in a questionable neighboorhood, haha.
A few years back after an extremely rainy winter, a friend and I drove to the Mojave one Saturday morning to hike in the poppies.
Then we drove to the mountains and went snowboarding.
Then we drove home and went surfing at sunset.
Then we changed and went for jazz and martinis on the beach.
Can't beat CA.
... and on your way to the hospital after stepping on the five used hypodermic needles, you were carjacked in the path of a wildfire.
And the ambulance driver stole your credit cards and sold them via the internet.
Joe, warm
Whatever fantasies keep you happy in Vermont.
Have you ever been to CA?
I was with the LAPD for one season, but then I moved back to Hazzard County.
Joe, Strate
SF is a great compact urban experience.
In the course of just a few hours, I took a limo, a bus, and a trolley. It was awesome
