Gettin' The Heck Outta Dodge (Well, California That Is)

[Rustymuscle]

Funny, 68X426, that's almost exactly what my friend (who's a cop) said, ending with, "Who am I going to celebrate Harvey Milk Day with?"

Yeah, the taxes and cost of living are ridiculous. If I was a hardcore surfer, pants-wetting liberal, or a single dude still on the prowl, I'm sure I could convince myself to stay. But I've got a family and want them to grow up in a place that still has the Pledge of Allegiance in schools and 4th of July parades. I would like for teachers to not revise history and tell my kids that our Founding Fathers were "just some old white rich slave owners" instead of inspired, brave and daring men of God who created the Greatest Country on Earth despite the threat of execution.

(Sorry for the political rant.)

[RallyeMike]

There was a wave of Californians coming to the Pacific Northwest and now we are Californicated too. Housing prices shot up 300%, gangsters shooting everything in site, a plague of grafitti, packed roads with a-hole drivers, etc. This was a nice quiet, polite, place until the 80's, and then it just exploded in the 90's. We had always hoped the rain would keep people away....

So just be sure to lock the door behind you. Nashville might be next.

[Musicman]

I would like for teachers to not revise history...

Well, that's another problem you may have there...  History is told a little differently down there. Everyday there's an article somewhere in the local paper referring to the Great War of Northern Aggression. ... and I love all those bumper stickers "My Uncle was not an Monkey", etc...   

[AirborneSilva]

There was a wave of Californians coming to the Pacific Northwest and now we are Californicated too. Housing prices shot up 300%, gangsters shooting everything in site, a plague of grafitti, packed roads with a-hole drivers, etc. This was a nice quiet, polite, place until the 80's, and then it just exploded in the 90's. We had always hoped the rain would keep people away....

So just be sure to lock the door behind you. Nashville might be next.

When I worked in the DC area Maryland and N. Virginia had that problem, the locust just move in and screw everything up!

[Rustymuscle]

Well, that's another problem you may have there...  History is told a little differently down there. Everyday there's an article somewhere in the local paper referring to the Great War of Northern Aggression. ... and I love all those bumper stickers "My Uncle was not an Monkey", etc...   

OK, that's hilarious. I'll keep that in mind. I've been checking out the Music City Mopar Club and am pretty impressed. The group looks huge.

[twodko]

Funny, 68X426, that's almost exactly what my friend (who's a cop) said, ending with, "Who am I going to celebrate Harvey Milk Day with?"

Yeah, the taxes and cost of living are ridiculous. If I was a hardcore surfer, pants-wetting liberal, or a single dude still on the prowl, I'm sure I could convince myself to stay. But I've got a family and want them to grow up in a place that still has the Pledge of Allegiance in schools and 4th of July parades. I would like for teachers to not revise history and tell my kids that our Founding Fathers were "just some old white rich slave owners" instead of inspired, brave and daring men of God who created the Greatest Country on Earth despite the threat of execution.

(Sorry for the political rant.)

I glad for you and yours and believe your comment above to be spot on. I was born in Portland, Ore. And would love to move back home but with family/friends established, parents-in-law I their 90's and our daughter/grandson happy living close to Bodega Bay I can't see us pulling the pin. Nevada holds some interest for us as does Sonora. I truly despise what NorCal has become and I've thought socal should be turned into a big glass bowl.
Good luck, remember, if you always walk facing the sun you'll never live in shadows.

[Tilar]

I DREAM of moving to California.  Only because there's still snow on the ground here  

That doesnt sound like a dream to me, Sounds more like a nightmare. 

[Vainglory, Esq.]

There was a wave of Californians coming to the Pacific Northwest and now we are Californicated too. Housing prices shot up 300%, gangsters shooting everything in site, a plague of grafitti, packed roads with a-hole drivers, etc. This was a nice quiet, polite, place until the 80's, and then it just exploded in the 90's. We had always hoped the rain would keep people away....

So just be sure to lock the door behind you. Nashville might be next.

Does anyone else see the irony? Everyone in California is complaining about immigration INTO California, and everyone who lives in Nevada, Oregon, Washington, Arizona, etc., is complaining about emigration OUT OF California. Just thought that was a little funny. Of course, I did move out of California myself, but I like to think I didn't take too much craziness with me.

[Plum Crazy 68]

I would miss my pool if I left SoCal.   Since 1971 I have seen people come and go, and then come back again and again.  Rustymuscle is mostly right about this place, but for the last three years I have not seen a traffic jamb, the weather has been mild, and as long as you are poor you can avoid the taxes.  As soon as my house is paid off I may go somewhere and live off the rent money I will collect.  And besides, where else can you drive your Charger all year long?
Brad

[AirborneSilva]

I have a pool and hot tub here in San Antonio so I think they make pools in other areas too    Oh, and I can also drive my Charger year round.  When I lived in Hawaii I could then too, hey, maybe there's other places you can drive a classic year round and have a pool 

[Plum Crazy 68]

AirborneSilva,
I like your way of thinking, but you better be careful or all of us Californians will be in San Anton in a few years.  I already have lots of friends there.
Take Care.

[Ponch ®]

Does anyone else see the irony? Everyone in California is complaining about immigration INTO California, and everyone who lives in Nevada, Oregon, Washington, Arizona, etc., is complaining about emigration OUT OF California. Just thought that was a little funny. Of course, I did move out of California myself, but I like to think I didn't take too much craziness with me.

Are you trying to say that instead of leaving an unfavorable situation in their home state and seeking a better life elsewhere maybe they should just stay where they are, try to fix the problems of their current place of residence, and not run away from them? Preposterous!

[Rustymuscle]

Yeah, we tried that, Ponch. Unfortunately, a biased legal system and corrupt political system fed by special interest money vetoes majority vote and majority needs.

[Budnicks]

I DREAM of moving to California.  Only because there's still snow on the ground here  

That doesnt sound like a dream to me, Sounds more like a nightmare. 

Hey It's snowing here at my house right now, not all of Cailf. is "sunshine & lolly pops" all the time...LOL... The storm is coming east watch out guys...

[twodko]

Yeah, we tried that, Ponch. Unfortunately, a biased legal system and corrupt political system fed by special interest money vetoes majority vote and majority needs.

Word!

[Ponch ®]

Yeah, we tried that, Ponch. Unfortunately, a biased legal system and corrupt political system fed by special interest money vetoes majority vote and majority needs.

Word!

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[Rustymuscle]

No, I get your point and you're missing mine. The embedded cronies in California's system won't allow the agenda to be deterred. We voted in an uber-capitalist Austrian and by the end of his term, he was more sapping liberal than Moonbeam's first term. The ground water is poisoned, Ponch. Time to pull up stakes and move on.

[Ponch ®]

No, I get your point and you're missing mine. The embedded cronies in California's system won't allow the agenda to be deterred. We voted in an uber-capitalist Austrian and by the end of his term, he was more sapping liberal than Moonbeam's first term. The ground water is poisoned, Ponch. Time to pull up stakes and move on.

I respect your desire to just go elsewhere. I'm staying here. Somebody's gotta do something to fix the corrupt legal system and all that. Probably won't be me, but if everyone who doesn't like whats going on just leaves, then certainly NO ONE will.

Good luck in Tenn...but if you're trying to get away from corruption, cronism, and all that stuff, you're gonna be on the move for a long time. It's every where, it just wears a different color suit.

[Rustymuscle]

"You can't run away from trouble. There ain't no place that far."
-Uncle Remus

[BB1]

California can kiss my ass's, so much better in the Midwest, 17 years a counting.  

I live in bliss, it's comiforna can stay red for all I care.    

Whoooooo Hooooooooo  

[73rallye440magnum]

I would like for teachers to not revise history...

Well, that's another problem you may have there...  History is told a little differently down there. Everyday there's an article somewhere in the local paper referring to the Great War of Northern Aggression. ... and I love all those bumper stickers "My Uncle was not an Monkey", etc...   

You know the war ended on a cease fire, right? Tensions are still high, and the war could resume at any moment.

[Silver R/T]

I've been to TN and liked it except for the fact that is gets so humid during summer that I could bathe in my own sweat

[TK73]

I hope your experience is better than mine.   Good luck 


17 years there (AR TN KY MO) and I HATE the South.

[RallyeMike]

California can kiss my ass's,

If you're not talking about your pack of donkeys, .... can you tell me.... do you have a twin sister who is single?

[HDCharger]

Welcome, I am about 2 hours south of Nashville in NW Alabama.  Nashville is a little large for my liking.  Dave