danez71 said:
In doing so I can set the record straight... you took the 1st swipe at CA before anyone said anything against TX.
I quoted Aragon's swipe at Texas (post #48) in my first post (#56) on this particular topic. Page 3. The swipes at California, BTW, started well before I got here. Lies are unbecoming of you.
And this made me laugh pretty hard. I wondered why you would give orders to another member and apparently, he wondered too:
Aragon said:
danez71 said:
Aragon, back off. Bama Drifter is on the right side with the right intentions and attitude.
Who are you to tell me to "back off"?
Now, your most recent input:
Why would someone want to be here...? Well being the 8th largest economy in THE WORLD and having some of the best higher education IN THE WORLD and being the technology hub OF THE WORLD and producing over 1/2 of the countries produce and (I think) produce more beef than TX... being arguably the racing hub of the country and arguably having the best climate in the US mainland......
See, you're still not getting it. You're coming up with plenty of good reasons that would appeal to small numbers of people, but the negatives (relatively high unemployment, almost the highest cost of living in the Union, restrictive gun laws, high taxes...) affect everyone in the state.
Being the 8th largest economy doesn't matter to most people. Having a job certainly matters though! How does that stack up? From the Bureau of Labor Statistics, as of last month California's unemployment rate was 6.3%, ranking as 43rd out of 50 states and D.C. Can't say that makes me jealous, my state came in at 4.2%. Source
http://www.bls.gov/web/laus/laumstrk.htm
Best higher education? Ok I'll bite. Are you currently enrolled or planning to enroll in college in the near future? What % of Americans are enrolled in college at any particular time? Do you expect your kids to go to college near where you live? Do you expect to graduate from college and be so grateful to the state you got a diploma in that you remain in that state for the rest of your life? Most folks just cheer for the football team the rest of their life and then make actual reasonable decisions about where they should live the majority of their lives spent outside of college.
Technology hub of the world? I don't design computers but I do have one, which allows me to argue on the internet and purchase tech products from whichever state I choose, and even from many if not most foreign countries. Also, by living somewhere else I'm not paying the highest state sales tax (source:
http://www.salestaxinstitute.com/resources/rates ) or the highest state income tax (source:
https://turbotax.intuit.com/tax-too...th-the-Highest-and-Lowest-Taxes/INF23232.html ) in the U.S.
1/2 the country's produce? That's a great reason to live in California, if you're a farmer. If not, all that produce doesn't stop California from having the highest cost of living in the U.S. (source:
https://www.missourieconomy.org/indicators/cost_of_living/ )
Racing hub of the country. Sure, that would certainly appeal to racing enthusiasts. So a point for California.
Arguably the best climate? Well, I don't suppose anyone could argue that California's climate is particularly bad. I haven't been to every state or even most of them so I couldn't say which one is best, but I can say that Arizona and central Washington's climates were much to my liking. Either state will give California a run for its money when it comes to scenic views too.
On the one hand, high unemployment rate,
highest state income tax,
highest state sales tax,
highest cost of living, and heavy restrictions re: guns.
On the other hand, lots of races and a pretty good climate. Doesn't seem fair, does it?
And to maintain some semblance of being on-topic I like being able to purchase and own a standard AR-15, the ability to purchase any handgun on the U.S. civilian market, to own magazines greater than ten rounds, and not have to report to the government whenever I buy, sell or possess a privately owned firearm. There's more gun-related reasons but you get the picture.