i almost applied for a job on catalina island once
then i looked at housing options
that was a big ole NOPE

It's the food.

Cali produces 11.63% of all the food that the US produces. To the tune of 43.5 billion dollars.

oh god please!

get the fucking libs out of here

Cost of living is a mjaor factor in determining if a location is a shit hole.

You can't afford a home, yet you actually make pretty good money. That means that over the general course of a lifetime, you start making the investment into a mortgage much later than most Americans. It also means less likelihood of upgrading that first home to a better one. It means more likelihood of dependency on the state. You're surrounded the the country's most infamous gang turf. Your state government is borderline retarded. The cost of living in LA is almost 20% higher than over here in Minneapolis. The traffic? Worst in the WORLD. You're surrounded by the greatest percentage of politically stupid people in the country, bar none. Tent cities. Worst business climate of all 50 states 12 years running. Worst taxation in the country. Infrastructure crumbling.



12.2% of the US population makes 11.63% of the US food? Just... wow.

lulz

The rest of the country can increase its food production by ten percent easily. There are plenty of better reasons that California is important to the United States.

This post was edited by Thor123422 on Jun 22 2017 06:28am

God no. I spend a lot of time in Cali, and the last thing I want to see is it becoming a sovereign independent state run by hippies.

Holy slammed

I live in far nor cal (which pretty much feels like a deeply southern state other than the scenery ) and the rednecks love to get fired up about breaking a chunk of cali off so we can get away from dem dirty hippies

Well, if the Civil War settled anything, it's that the right to secede does not exist.