ZoWie wrote: ↑Fri Feb 24, 2023 11:45 am
California is NOT the poorest state. That is simply not the case. You can look it up. That is either a misconception or a damn lie.
I don't know what the poorest state is. It always seems to depend on who's measuring it and what their metrics are. #6 has posted some figures that seem to be a good reflection of the true facts on the ground. Poverty of course is relative. In Beverly Hills, you're poor on $100k a year.
Lies, damnable lies, and statistics. Whoever came up with CA being the poorest state has looked at the wrong numbers, or they are simply BSing you to make a point. What it is, is a very expensive state. People in CA are for the most part not poor, but they have been to a certain extent impoverished by high costs.
To a certain extent, CA tends to attract working poor. The main reason why is that you don't freeze to death sleeping in the street or in a car at night. You might be shot for the shirt on your back, but you won't freeze.*
Funny, the most expensive cities always tend to be the ones people actually want to live in. New York is currently the most expensive city in the world, ahead of even London and Paris. Look it up. LA places in the top 10 or 20 depending on whose numbers you want to believe.
As I posted a couple of times, the key is location, location, location. In Southern California, the most desirable locations are along the Pacific Ocean and the amount of land between the ocean and the mountains is about 50 miles. Much of that land is already taken for homes, businesses, farms/ranches, roads/highways, etc. so whatever land is available is expensive.
Central California and Northern California are different from Southern California in that there is a lot of land but lower populations and most of the populations in these areas live in or near cities like Bakersfield, Fresno, San Francisco, San Jose, and Sacramento.
As for climate, California has perhaps the most diverse climates in the U.S. We have ocean beaches, mountains, deserts, forests, and farm land. In L.A. and San Diego, we can drive from the beach and be in the mountains within and hour and in the desert within 90 minutes.
The cheapest cities are that way for a reason. No one wants to live there. Yes, you can pick up a house for what it would cost to re-do your driveway in LA, but then you have to live in it. Right now I'll bet you can get some incredible deals in East Palestine, OH, especially right by the tracks.
In some instances, it's not that they don't want to live there but because they can't afford to move. Others move to less expensive cities because it's cheaper to live there. Often, where it's cheaper to live also means limited amenities like hospitals, entertainment, cultural events, etc... that larger cities have.
I'm sure in glenn's mind East Palestine, OH. is considered wealthy.
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*Except this week, when blizzard warnings are still in effect.
Yep, first time since 1989 that the National Weather Bureau is issuing a blizzard warning, mainly for the mountains, for Southern California. We're due to get another atmospheric river event starting Saturday and lasting for a couple of days. I'm stocked up with food and have additional batteries for my electric lanterns in case the power goes out, which it rarely does. I've got two books from the library to read so even if the power goes out I'll still have something to do.
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