California has the worst quality of life in America

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Here are reasons CA has a good quality of life:

1. Thriving economy and job opportunities for young people (as long as you can find somewhere to live and/or can have mom or dad help with the rent)

2. Renowned public universities that are reduced or no-cost for working-class families. (But K-12 generally stinks.)

3. Low property taxes (Yeah, which is one of the why the cost of housing is so sky-high. People are disincentivised to make transactions as their property taxes really only catch up with their house value when they are bought and sold.)

4. Strong environmental protections

5. Strong consumer protections

6. Enormous agriculture center and strong farming community: we grow what the world eats. (Why would this make my life better?)

7. Gorgeous, beautiful slow life (This is a myth for anyone in tech)

8. Fun, fast paced city life (Except the lack of public transport makes it no fun to get around)

9. Family friendly, kids-riding-bikes suburban life (Except the schools suck)

10. Warm weather, sunny blue skies (Wild fires, 100+ degree heat, drought)

11. Entrepreneurial, creative, optimistic people (Asshole, bro, sexist culture in tech)

12. Excellent hospitals and health care

13. Successful public health care programs including the exchange “Covered California”

14. Free or low-cost amenities throughout the entire state: camping, hiking trails, wildflowers, beaches , state parks, national parks, etc. (Everywhere has these. Though CA's landscape is great.)

15. Gorgeous, protected open space

Corrected that for you.

As someone who lived in LA for 10-years - thanks for posting the rebuttal. IMO the things that make CA great do not trump the bad.

Also to add onto #2 - they've been under-funding state schools for years - students can't even graduate in four years, see impacted classes. Never mind that it's difficult for in-state students to get in because the schools that are "renowned" want that out-of-state $. So not only do you have crappy public schools for K-12 but state funded colleges and universities have a lot of issues.

Loved the weather, but no thanks.

[Anonymous]

A lot of the ultrarich in places like ND have their own planes. That makes it a lot more tolerable because you can easily get away for stuff like medical appointments and cultural activities. They also have second homes in places like hawaii where they can get away when the weather is depressing. Montana and wyoming also have a lot of those rich folks.
Also, ND has a ton of fracking money so at least for a bit, people are sitting on easy street. It will be a boom/bust situation, though.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:California is a dystopian version of liberal politics. I much prefer the New England variety.

Ugh, no. Look at the difference between CA and the northeast in this pandemic. It's light years apart. CA is far more organized and successful.

I will give it to Gavin Newsom. He has done a good job so far, but we're not through the pandemic yet.

New England especially Massachusetts has good public schools whereas California's are more hit and miss which contributes to its widespread inequality. CA does have a better state university system if you can get in. Massachusetts, Connecticut and other NE states consistently have some of the best k-12 schools though.

[Anonymous]

Smart set is out of California