I wonder if the Bankrate author has ever been to Iowa in January? I have. No offense to Iowegians, they are great folks, but I have no interest in ever living there.
No, you owe the big tech corporate lobbyists so much, not CA or Silicone Valley. The lobbyists that have succeed in restraining trade, providing big tech immunities from improper trade practices, and ensuring restraint of trade thus support oligopolies in big tech.I love living in CA. There are many great places to live in America. There is so much opportunity, so much going on.
I owe CA and Silicon Valley so much.
We are the 4th largest economy in the world, by ourselves. I'm not sure you want to argue which states contribute the most to the country from an economic standpoint.No, you owe the big tech corporate lobbyists so much, not CA or Silicone Valley. The lobbyists that have succeed in restraining trade, providing big tech immunities from improper trade practices, and ensuring restraint of trade thus support oligopolies in big tech.
Maybe it would be better and appropriate to thank the working people from Iowa, Kansas, North Dakota, Ohio, Mississippi, etc- who are forced to indirectly subsidize your salary through restraint of trade and barriers to entry business as a result of the big tech lobbyist out of California.
Think you may want to reword that to state which state sends the most pxxxxxxxxns to WDC, and which state with its massive block colludes with Illinois, New York, Delaware, New Jersey, Connecticut and a few others to have legislation passed that keeps your big check coming in..... at the expense of free trade, barriers to entry, and immunity from lawsuits from unfair trade practices.I'm not sure you want to argue which states contribute.
I wouldn't live in CA if it was given to me. And I hate like he!! so many have moved to Texas and are voting Texas into a new CA. IA wouldn't be my first choice but it would at least be on the suspect list.
I was in Arlington a couple times in the past years. Very nice, polite, kind people everywhere I went. I paid like $2 for gas at Costco!I wouldn't live in CA if it was given to me. And I hate like he!! so many have moved to Texas and are voting Texas into a new CA. IA wouldn't be my first choice but it would at least be on the suspect list.
I love living in CA. There are many great places to live in America. There is so much opportunity, so much going on.
I owe CA and Silicon Valley so much.
CA is a wonderful state, and despite it's detractors, is often a great, heck, nearly ideal place to be. It however, becomes less than ideal at lower income levels, a normal "retiree" might really struggle. A singular example, one of many: Vehicles can become a burden to maintain and feed, and don't pass the worlds most stringent emissions inspections. Leading to costs that far exceed oh, what it would cost in Florida, with 40% lower gas prices and no annual vehicle/emissions inspections, and no Vehicle License Fee.
CA is more safe than FL for motorists, and more polluted due to geography.
I've never had a vehicle fail a California Smog Check test other than one where I hadn't driven it in a while and the ECU didn't meet all the checklist requirements.
I don't get the hate for CA. I love all the states, even though I haven't seen them all. CA has been good to me.CA is a wonderful state, and despite it's detractors, is often a great, heck, nearly ideal place to be. It however, becomes less than ideal at lower income levels, a normal "retiree" might really struggle. A singular example, one of many: Vehicles can become a burden to maintain and feed, and don't pass the worlds most stringent emissions inspections. Leading to costs that far exceed oh, what it would cost in Florida, with 40% lower gas prices and no annual vehicle/emissions inspections, and no Vehicle License Fee.
CA is more safe than FL for motorists, and more polluted due to geography.
The hate is for Californians, not California. Beautiful state ruined by undeserving occupants.
Glad to know you hate me but have never met me. What makes me undeserving, if I may ask?The hate is for Californians, not California. Beautiful state ruined by undeserving occupants.
No clue about you specifically. Refers to those ruining where they are.Glad to know you hate me but have never met me. What makes me undeserving, if I may ask?
The legislation in California many times does not stop at the California border. I will stop posting in this thread as I am crossing lines and that is not being respectful nor honoring what BITOG simply requests we do not do.No doubt, there’s some crazy laws in California that are destroying the state.
California is more than just Silicon Valley and nice beaches.
They do but the standards are much lower to "pass".I think it's quaint that they still require 40-year-old vehicles to get emissions tests.
No disagreement here. When I helped load the moving truck in December of 2022 when I left CA, it was 70 degrees. When I arrived in IA in January of 2003, it was 4 degrees and snowed 6”.I wonder if the Bankrate author has ever been to Iowa in January? I have. No offense to Iowegians, they are great folks, but I have no interest in ever living there.