[AgThorn]

Some residents joke darkly about forming a separate state, with San Francisco as the capital. Others are surrendering to reality, moving from denial to acceptance of the Republican actor's impending move to Sacramento.

Oh Lord, where do I sign!!! The rest of California would love it if the wacko extremist welfare-centric San Francisco area WOULD form a separate state ... that would cease a tremendous drain, a loud "sucking sound" that leaches from the rest of the state year round!!

[randog]

The rest of California would love it if the wacko extremist welfare-centric San Francisco area WOULD form a separate state ... that would cease a tremendous drain, a loud "sucking sound" that leaches from the rest of the state year round!!

The idea of succession within various states has been around for quite a while, California no exception. Some time ago (10+ years) I read an article in the SF Chronicle on the history of various California succession movements, which varied from splitting it east-west to north-south.

At the time, the idea of splitting SF from the inland counties was the idea-du-jour, but demographics were such that the inland counties were much poorer than the wealthy Bay Area counties and the money flow was actually from the Bay Area to the rest of N. California. This article, however, hints that that demographic may have changed due to urban flight, the high-tech bust, etc. It would be interesting to see what the economic demographics of N. California are today.

On another but similar note, some html god should post that red/green county-by-county California map of the recall election. It would put this article into perspective.

[Kuksool]

***The rest of California would love it if the wacko extremist welfare-centric San Francisco area WOULD form a separate state***

Don't stop there. The Bay Area ought to form its own independent nation.

[Allegra]

Oh Lord, where do I sign!!! The rest of California would love it if the wacko extremist welfare-centric San Francisco area WOULD form a separate state ... that would cease a tremendous drain, a loud "sucking sound" that leaches from the rest of the state year round!!

Even better...they form a separate country. And they can take the illegal aliens with them too and let them get drivers licenses and free educations and nobody will complain.

[driftless]

I'd rather they form a separate country...and take all the rest of the U.S.'s libs with them.