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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]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 [/quote]

Corrected that for you.[/quote]

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.
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