California sucks!

[Ducimus]

I decided to start my own thread for the sole purpose of complaining about my home state whenever the urge should occur.

In this episode of California sucks:

California On America (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pzJc7ou1-p8) (wow, thats the future of this state your seeing there!)

California SUCKS!! (Schwarzenegger Calls In) (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hQKmGdBHiOw)
Amature attempt at comedy, but he makes a few points.

California crisis causes traffic tickets to increase and court costs (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xTXjxCUMXMA)
You know, a fix-it ticket used to cost 25 bucks. That was over 5 years ago. I think the same ticket now runs you well over a 100 bucks.

In our next episode of California sucks, I'll examine traffic and/or overcrowding issues!

Thank you and have a great day.

PS. I was born and raised here. All my family is here, and yet, leaving this hell hole to live in any other state but here, will be a dream come true.

[onelifecrisis]

leaving this hell hole to live in any other state but here, will be a dream come true

What's stopping you? :06:

[Ducimus]

What's stopping you? :06:

http://outlandinstitute.files.wordpress.com/2008/11/dastardly.jpg
Plans are in motion!

[onelifecrisis]

LOL
:D

[onelifecrisis]

I grew up in a sh!thole. I got out as soon as I was 18, and never went back. I don't regret leaving, but I've not yet found a place where I feel I belong. As the saying goes, "You can take the man out of [place name]..."

[Ducimus]

Only thing is, those plans could come into fruition as early as the end january, or as late as may or june. Time (and layoffs) will tell.

[onelifecrisis]

Which state are you heading to?

[GoldenRivet]

It really is a shame about California.

It is a beautiful place. Some of the best flying i have ever done in my life has been into and out of California. From San Fran to San Diego and most points in between - socal is a beauty.

but the whole place is terribly mismanaged and is a haven for special interest agendas.

[nikimcbee]

I feel your pain Duc. I live in ore-gone, and whatever kali-fornia does, ore-gone must do too.:nope: I call OR the West Virginia of the West.

I thought most of CA moved to UT anyway?:hmmm:

[Platapus]

I grew up in Southern California and am glad I was able to leave. I understand that other parts of CA are pretty nice, but I really can't recommend Southern California.

[nikimcbee]

It really is a shame about California.


but the whole place is terribly mismanaged and is a haven for special interest agendas.

Ore-gone is run by the public unions. 1 in 6 works for the state and draws a state pension. The state was funded by the timber industry, the greenies have wiped out the timber industry in this state. AND ore-gone uses up the vast majority of the national timber fund. (timber welfare: feds paying not to cut down trees.) The re-tread guv has made crystal clear, ore-gone will be at the head of the line with it's hand out looking for money.

[Ducimus]

Which state are you heading to?

Here's a hint: :D
http://www.mrsleeshistoryplace.com/images/Provo.jpg

[nikimcbee]

I've been to San Fran, it was nice except for all of the pan handlers, which the city will do nothing about. And the sales tax there! @#$%@%$ crickey!

[Ducimus]

I thought most of CA moved to UT anyway?:hmmm:

Christ I hope not. They'll ruin the place.

I've been to San Fran, it was nice except for all of the pan handlers, which the city will do nothing about. And the sales tax there! @#$%@%$ crickey!

Ca sales tax is 9%.

[nikimcbee]

Here's a hint: :D
http://www.mrsleeshistoryplace.com/images/Provo.jpg

is that provo, ut?

[Madox58]

That looks like Provo, Utah.
:hmmm:

[Ducimus]

is that provo, ut?

Yup. Truthfully, thats where my Fiance is from. Most of her family is there, and neither one of us wants to raise a family in CA. So that sort of narrows down the where and why, doesn't it. :D (edit: and no i'm not mormon, so this will be interesting. lol )

[onelifecrisis]

Here's a hint: :D
http://www.mrsleeshistoryplace.com/images/Provo.jpg

I've been to a lot of places in the US, but I don't think I've ever been there...
Edit: Oh, it's Utah? Nope, never been there. Ummm... that's a nice looking hill though. Blue sky. Okay, I got nothing.

[nikimcbee]

Christ I hope not. They'll ruin the place.



Ca sales tax is 9%.

I know they've driven up housing prices there. (note, I was using the steamwake speller checkerz)

I had a co-worker that wanted to move to TX, so I looked over her shoulder:D, at housing prices there, and holy crap, what I could afford there, I'd live like a @#$%@%$ king!:shucks: Most entry level houses are >220k here:o And they gang rape you with property taxes here!:stare:

[nikimcbee]

Yup. Truthfully, thats where my Fiance is from. Most of her family is there, and neither one of us wants to raise a family in CA. So that sort of narrows down the where and why, doesn't it. :D (edit: and no i'm not mormon, so this will be interesting. lol )

Wait for it....

:har:
Nothing wrong with provo. It is a great place for a family though. But if you like to party, you're moving to the wrong place. What brings you to provo?

oh, and look out for the traffic from UT valley to SL valley.:o

[nikimcbee]

That looks like Provo, Utah.
:hmmm:

Curious how you knew it was provo:06:

[Madox58]

I use to travel the U.S.A. doing flooring.
I've been to nearly every State.
And my memory for Land marks is very good.
:yep:

I could drive to Texas and end up at Neal's house.
But don't ask me how to get there.
I have to see things.

[Platapus]

I spent three years at the best kept secret of the whole Air Force. Hill AFB, UT.

Nice place to live. Friendly people. Beautiful countryside.

It would not suck if I found myself back there.

Utah was the first place I ever saw Thunder and Lighting during a snow storm. Most interesting.

[Sailor Steve]

I got out right after I turned 21. The sad state of the state wasn't the reason, and my family still lives there, but that's what happened.

I thought most of CA moved to UT anyway?:hmmm:
We did.

And yes, that's the town named for Etienne Provost, but why anybody would live there is beyond me.

[nikimcbee]

I got out right after I turned 21. The sad state of the state wasn't the reason, and my family still lives there, but that's what happened.


We did.

And yes, that's the town named for Etienne Provost, but why anybody would live there is beyond me.

:har:
Just watch out, south provo has an animal rendering plant!:o And I believe west provo has the gang problem:06:. All the rich people live on the east side (next to the mountain and on the fault line:o) Great mountain biking if you're into that.

[Sailor Steve]

Back in the '70s I saw a billboard that said "Come to Provo, the fun spot of Utah!"

Let's see. A college town, and the college is Brigham Young University. That's not the fun spot of anywhere. :dead:

[nikimcbee]

Back in the '70s I saw a billboard that said "Come to Provo, the fun spot of Utah!"

Let's see. A college town, and the college is Brigham Young University. That's not the fun spot of anywhere. :dead:

:har:

[Rockstar]

Curious how you knew it was provo:06:

click on the image source code

[Platapus]

Back in the '70s I saw a billboard that said "Come to Provo, the fun spot of Utah!"

Let's see. A college town, and the college is Brigham Young University. That's not the fun spot of anywhere. :dead:


I take it you have never dated a co-ed from Brigham?

They can be a lotta fun once they are "off campus" :03:

Some of my more dog-like coworkers back then used to expound on the advantages of traveling to Provo bypassing the more secular schools in the more local area.

Ahh them were the days. Getting old sucks. :shifty:

[Sailor Steve]

What's the difference between a BYU coed and a garbage can?
The garbage can gets taken out once a week.

Yes, it's possible to find some fun in Provo, but it's hardly what you could call a party town.

[yubba]

Try spending time in Califonia's sister state New York , god it blows here.

[nikimcbee]

@ Duc
So when you get around to moving there, give me a buzz and we can do lunch. I have family in the area, but I haven't been there in years. I am good on my word for lunch.:D

[nikimcbee]

plus, I love to hear funny UT stories:woot:. (or better , ID stories):har:

[AVGWarhawk]

The grass is not always greener on the other side. When it is greener it is often also filled with manure hence the nice shade of green.

I think CA is the last place I would want to live. No wait, AK would be the last. The cold would kill me plus I would have to watch the pesky Russians from my front porch. :stare:

[nikimcbee]

The grass is not always greener on the other side. When it is greener it is often also filled with manure hence the nice shade of green.

I think CA is the last place I would want to live. No wait, AK would be the last. The cold would kill me plus I would have to watch the pesky Russians from my front porch. :stare:
In Soviet Alaska, the Russians watch you.:stare:

[Sailor Steve]

I am good on my word for lunch.:D
:yep:

He really is.

Funny Utah story: Not so many years ago, when most establishments in the Salt Lake Valley still had hitching posts (A girlfriend and I once tied up her horses in front of a Taco Bell) we had a story in the newspaper about an incident in Magna, on the west side of the valley near the Oqquirh Mountains. It seems that two friends were drinking in a bar there, got drunk and got into a shouting match. Rather than coming to blows, one of the gents went outside, unhitched his friend's horse and "tried to sell it to a woman walking by on the sidewalk". The friend called the police, who of course had to arrest the offender. The next day the friend sobered up and decided not to press charges, but the Assistant District Attorney stayed up the whole night looking for something to charge him with, finally settling on "Attempting to sell property that did not belong to him."

You see, in 1985 "Horse Theft" was still punishable by hanging, and the ADA didn't want to risk it.

[tater]

Can't really go wrong in the 4 corners, pretty in every direction.
:yep:

[Armistead]

I love calling North Carolina Home, medium weather, mountains or beach, moderate overall. Only thing in common illegals are here in mass.

[Madox58]

In my travels I really like the North Carolina/South Carolina border area
farthest inland.
And around the Raccoon Valley area in Tennessee.

[Platapus]

Can't really go wrong in the 4 corners, pretty in every direction.
:yep:


Have you ever been to the Four Corners?


Probably not

http://www.roadsideamerica.com/blog/four-corners-off/

:D:D:D

[Sledgehammer427]

It's like siberia here in NW illinois. but the girlfriend and I are planning on moving to Finland, so I'm sure this is something like a summer day.
always wanted to live somewhere cold though.

[Gerald]

If you plan to go to Finland, Dowly will be an excellent guide for your journey, :yep:

[Madox58]

If you plan to go to Finland, Dowly will be an excellent guide for your journey, :yep:
Just don't let him anywhere near your Girl Friend!
(At lest that's the kind of impression I get off of him!)
:har:

J/K there Dowly!
:03:

[Buddahaid]

I've been to San Fran, it was nice except for all of the pan handlers, which the city will do nothing about. And the sales tax there! @#$%@%$ crickey!

They've done much more than you think about it, but it's like leaving a safe distance between you and the car in front of you.

[tater]

Have you ever been to the Four Corners?


Probably not

http://www.roadsideamerica.com/blog/four-corners-off/

:D:D:D

I meant the states themselves. Monument valley is pretty cool, though I prefer mountains.

[Sailor Steve]

If you plan to go to Finland, Dowly will be an excellent guide for your journey, :yep:
A ferret who's so drunk he doesn't know where he is?

Now that I think about it, maybe that is a good qualification in a tour guide. :D

[Buddahaid]

A ferret who's so drunk he doesn't know where he is?

Now that I think about it, maybe that is a good qualification in a tour guide. :D

He's in Finland, duh! What do you need to know?

There is the snow, and over here, is more snow. Now, if you look close over there by the tree, huh? No that tree, what? NEVERMIND, ANY TREE! You can just make out some snow in the shadows. The vodka is over here.

[antikristuseke]

You are wrong there, the vodka is over here, across the gulf of Finland. Booze is more than twice as cheap here.

[Torvald Von Mansee]

Back in the '70s I saw a billboard that said "Come to Provo, the fun spot of Utah!"

Let's see. A college town, and the college is Brigham Young University. That's not the fun spot of anywhere. :dead:

I went to a place called Reed College in Oregon. It is probably the polar opposite of BYU in every conceivable way.

On the bright side, if I'd gone to BYU I would have graduated in 2 years just to get the hell away.

[Torvald Von Mansee]

I lived in SoCal when I was five. I remember the view from my family's backyard of downtown could be obscured by the smog so badly you couldn't SEE downtown on some days. And at night the lights of downtown were always orange..:cry:

[Sailor Steve]

I went to a place called Reed College in Oregon. It is probably the polar opposite of BYU in every conceivable way.

On the bright side, if I'd gone to BYU I would have graduated in 2 years just to get the hell away.
I dropped out after one year and joined the navy. After I got out I decided to travel and see the country. Funny how Utah just happened to be where I was when I ran out of money.

[Ducimus]

http://www.campominutemen.com/reports/uploaded_images/Mexican_flag_at_SD_Fair-710998.jpg

Bye bye baby bye bye! And that was all she wrote! (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L-NmmSdn0YU)

See ya California! Wouldn't want to be ya!

[Anthony W.]

Guy I know has a Ferrari out there. No holes for a front plate, so he puts his front plate on the dash panel. He got a ticket for it. It was his first ticket ever - he's 67.

I asked people for their opinion on it - and they asked why he didn't drill holes...

They don't understand anyone that is different from them, and I hate that. Who in their GOD DAMN MIND would DRILL holes in a car that's bumper ALONE would cost you over $20,000!

[TheSatyr]

I lived in Southern California for over 40 years. After my parents died I ended up moving to Missouri since I have relatives there. Talk about culture shock. :haha:

[Herr-Berbunch]

Nice one Ducimus, now some lovely pics of your new town in the peoples republic of canaffordya.

And see if you can get to see Steve playing :yeah:

[nikimcbee]

So did you escape then?:06:

[Ducimus]

So did you escape then?:06:

Yuppers. We're about 95% unpacked. I think all thats left is her office, and the usual pictures and such to hang on the walls.

[magic452]

Best of luck in the new digs Duci. I left So. Cal. in 79 and have never regretted it. :yeah:

Magic

[Gerald]

Yuppers. We're about 95% unpacked. I think all thats left is her office, and the usual pictures and such to hang on the walls. Good luck with your new home, :DL

[Growler]

Anyone else notice that Ducimus's Location data changed? :D How long did that take you? Eight-tenths of a second?

Congrats, mate! I wish you and the lady the absolute best of luck and prosperity for your new home!

[nikimcbee]

congrats on your escape.:woot: I'm starting the clock now for the "Ut county is boring thread:D."