15 Depressing Facts About The State Of California

BusinessInsider ^ | 4/1/10 | Gus Lubin

[Kartographer]

Since the recession compounded a long-standing budget crisis, the Golden State has collapsed into a vicious cycle with no easy way out.

Unions interfere with budget cuts. Cutbacks emerge from somewhere and the people riot. Neither the Republican governor, nor the Democrat president has a solution, except hope to hell that the housing market picks

up again.

Oh yeah, and they're running out of water.

[allmendream]

America's Finest City.

With some of its finest women!

[Kartographer]

First of all I am NOT a Native New Mexican! Transplanted SOUTHERN! But New Mexico Does have it's moments.

[SoCalPol]

CVN 76 Ronald Reagan home ported in San Diego

[SoCalPol]

After seeing the trees, hills and Alps in Germany, Austria and Switxerland, nothing beats that

[dangerdoc]

I really miss San Diego. My wife really wants to move back now. My problem is that I’m a productive citizen, I don’t think that I would do well in California over the next 5 years.

[Kartographer]

No heaven on earth is right here in The Great Smoky Mountians of North Carolina.


http://theoldecartographersshoppe.net/places-nc.html

[re_nortex]

[San Diego photos]

What are the thoughts about Bakersfield from Californians? I was there on business back in 1992 and was pleasantly surprised. The people seemed down to earth and, at the time, there was still an Oklahoma-Texas-Arkansas feel to the place. Buck Owens will still alive and country music seemed quite popular in the area (a good thing, IMHO).

[Names Ash Housewares]

Well, I don’t have to garage the Vette for the winter and the women dress scantily.

Ain’t ready to punch out just yet.

[SoCalPol]

What type of work do you do?

[Names Ash Housewares]

I have a hard time wanting to live away from San Diego.
Born here and I have been nowhere I would rather live.
But the liberals are flushing the entire state down the crapper, and SD may go with it eventually.

[SoCalPol]

With 3 of our 5 congressmen Conservative Republicans here
in San Diego is something most areas don’t have.

[martin_fierro]

But New Mexico Does have it's moments.

And how.

[Names Ash Housewares]

San Diego was called by Reagan if memory serves his “lucky town”. He always campaigned here last before election day.

I hope his luck is still with us.

[Plutarch]

These programs include Healthy Families, CalWORKS, Adult Day Health Care, In-Home Supportive Services, California Food Assistance Program...

This cheers me up.

[SoCalPol]

True.

I worked for Reagan when he first ran for Gov.
Saw him many time in person when Gov. and Pres.
Also met and spoke with him.

[dangerdoc]

Physician.

[blkmontecarlo]

Thank you for your beautiful pictures. I love, love, love, living in beautiful San Diego with our most perfect weather in the whole United States! Poo on those who are just jealous.

[Cyber Liberty]

Most of the "facts" are California's poor performance, by liberal standards. Fell from #1 to #48 in per-pupil spending is not a metric I'd be upset about.

[12chachacha]

Bakersfield is great. Conservative town. I just bought some property on the Kern River just west of there.

[SoCalPol]

Have never been to Bakersfield.
There are other areas in CA like that though.

I Enjoy a large city as here in San Diego.

There are bad areas of Calif., nothing perfect but
when some on FR start tanking the state, can’t take it
as a whole, just have to name the town or city.
I have my own list.