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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]We moved here from D.C. A few years ago and hate it.  The area sucks (filthy, so many homeless people, terrible public transportation), the housing is so expensive (and were also lawyers).  I don't understand the mentality of spending so much to get so little.  It's really left a bad taste in my mouth.  i hope to move in the next year.[/quote]

The past ten years it has really gone down hill in California.

I can't believe that regular job holding bill paying citizens of many parts that state haven't openly revolted yet.

We lived there twice. Once in the late 90s/2000 and later around 10-12.  The difference in squalor vs cleanliness in those two time periods was significant.[/quote]
Revolt? Nobody cares. Those who care leave.[/quote]

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While I agree that SF is filthy, California is still a gorgeous and stunning place to live. I feel blessed to be here. Friendly people, sunshine, nature.
Lots of anti-California messaging is happening lately. I'm suspicious of it. After all, if people truly want to target high tax states, then why not target NJ or CT? If people want to target states with high Latino populations, then why not TX, NM or AZ? If people want to target states with poor schools, why not all the states in the south?

California is a beacon of opportunity, a wonderful place to live, and unfortunately expensive.

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There is an active disinformation campaign against California now, thanks to Trump's Russian friends. The Jefferson secession movement is a Russian thing, for instance. Trump hates California because it is very successful and everything he is not.[/quote]
What is the disinformation you are talking about. Nobody cares about secession, real estate price and quality as well as traffic or crime maps are online, third of the state is on MediCal (free healthcare for low income), minority population is actually majority (with more than 50% of public school kids being Hispanic now). [/quote]

It's the world's sixth largest economy, the clear center of innovation for the country, has more social mobility than most of the country, and is physically gorgeous to boot.

The fact that California is more successful than nearly all the red states (probably more than several of them combined) upsets the Trump crowd, though, and that includes his Russian friends.[/quote]
PP from above. I live in California, I have no clue what propaganda you are talking about. Where is that place in California one can live so it's gorgeous, affordable and full of possibilities. There is "gorgeous", there is "affordable" and there is "full of possibilities", but none are close to each other. [/quote]

+1. That said, we keep looking at where else we can move that's less expensive, and have found that our three main contenders (Boston, NYC, and DC since we'd be close to family/roots there) are more expensive than what we pay now in the SF East Bay if we want a reasonably sized SFH in a good school zone. Our jobs also pay more in the Bay Area than in Boston and DC (about the same in NYC), so it ends up costing more. I check every 2-3 months thinking maybe the markets will shift (and before the California housing market dips again!) but if you already own in CA and have your property taxes locked in, you end up in a holding pattern.[/quote]

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