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originally posted by: Edumakated
originally posted by: rickymouse
Unless a person has a real lot of money to waste, stay away from Cali. The cost of living there is way too high. They made their bed, let them lay in it. I feel sorry for some of the people working there, they are brainwashed to think they are doing great because of the wage they make. But they are no better off than working somewhere else where the cost of living is less. People are not that smart, the more you spend, the more you need to make to be at the same place.
Half the state of California lives in delusion, they can't comprehend that their high cost of living is making them poor.
I find a lot of people that live in CA are up to their eyeballs in debt trying to live the high life. This is why CA (Orange County specifically) was the home to so many subprime mortgage companies.
originally posted by: BASSPLYR
a reply to: TNMockingbird
love or not. oz is still really nice. better quality of life there. and it's pretty cheap granted you don't live in either Perth, Sydney or Melbourne. Queensland has some amazing beaches. you should go on a Aussie dating sight and try to move there. just stay away from Boganlove.com or housohookups.com
originally posted by: CornishCeltGuy
originally posted by: DBCowboy
a reply to: CornishCeltGuy
I turned down a job a few years ago in San Francisco. They offered 250K salary and that (according to the cost of living there) would not have been enough for me and my family to live on.
250k and cant live sounds nuts, you'd be a king here.
originally posted by: CornishCeltGuy
originally posted by: DBCowboy
a reply to: CornishCeltGuy
I turned down a job a few years ago in San Francisco. They offered 250K salary and that (according to the cost of living there) would not have been enough for me and my family to live on.
250k and cant live sounds nuts, you'd be a king here.
originally posted by: CornishCeltGuy
originally posted by: TNMockingbird
a reply to: CornishCeltGuy
Well, just know if he gets 'skint' (?) and needs help, if he can get to me he's got a roof and a belly full ( may be mostly full in all honesty LOL) until you can send for him,
Anyways, good luck to the young man, I remember being young, fearless and going wherever the wind blew. Those were some of the best times of my life!
Ah thank you, I know
Same applies back at ya, need life saving cancer treatment but don't wanna lose your house ever, just shout me, you'll be my American bird.
EDIT
...and the NHS will treat you for free, you never have to go bankrupt over cancer as my friend x
originally posted by: Edumakated
originally posted by: CornishCeltGuy
They are advertising often on UK television in my parts, seems nice, my son is thinking of leaving crap rainy weather for there due to the media campaign lol. Seems like here just warm all year instead of wretched winter lol
The weather in .CA is perfect. However, the cost of living is insane. People are leaving the state because it cost too much to live there, especially in northern California.
originally posted by: Masterjaden
a reply to: Bhadhidar
I'm assuming your house is paid for and or you've owned it for many many years before the housing went out of control insane up there?
No one is coming up there now making less than a couple hundred thousand dollars a year and living decently. They're especially not going to own a decent house.
Jaden
originally posted by: TNMockingbird
originally posted by: Nickn3
You go to love LA! (Lower Alabama)
Hahaha! I always call Georgia and Alabama "South Tennessee" in my circles, Kentucky is North Tennessee LOL
Some crowds the joke doesn't go over too well.
originally posted by: MisterSpock
originally posted by: Masterjaden
a reply to: Subaeruginosa
It does. It has Silicon Valley and Hollywood. That's why California is the sixth largest economy in the world.
Jaden
And they are loosing tech companies. In 5 years California, as a whole, may be an actual federal disaster zone.
originally posted by: DBCowboy
a reply to: CornishCeltGuy
I turned down a job a few years ago in San Francisco. They offered 250K salary and that (according to the cost of living there) would not have been enough for me and my family to live on.
originally posted by: CornishCeltGuy
Wow thanks for all the interesting replies folks!
Really glad I asked now, some of your stories are massively different to the image California TV adverts show here in the UK.
I'm grateful for the suggestions of other states as well so any more reviews of better choices than Cali are more than welcome.
originally posted by: ketsuko
It is becoming a real society of the upper crust and the lower class poor that so many people worry about managed by an army of well-paid bureaucrats.