Love it (mostly)! - 10/26/2013

I love all the activities & culture, etc. available to me here. I don't much like the heat, and the cost of living is a little high.

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Not the Sunshine State But Might As Well Be - 7/11/2013

I know FL is the Sunshine State but in my opinion California has the best weather in the country. It's true it (almost) never rains in Southern California. Cheers!

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Sunny! - 6/2/2013

California is beautiful and sunny year round.

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Reckless Spending - 5/7/2013

Irresponsible politicians

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cost of living - 3/23/2013

It is very expensive to live in Calif. unless you have a very well paying job or are just plain wealthy. Thats why I am relocating.

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Living in LA - 3/21/2013

I live in a suburb 50 miles north of Los Angeles in California. I have lived in Southern California my entire 49 years. It used to be a friendly and opportunistic place to live. These days it is frightening to see how fast the quality of life is deteriorating in California. After paying for the bills, there is no money left to enjoy the beautiful places California has to offer: the beaches, the mountains, the desert; it is all here. The crime is out of control. Drugs and child abuse is so common place you see it on the streets, in the stores, in front of your house. Supporting undocumented residents is a huge burden on the state. Now, I realize you cant escape crime, drugs,taxes, etc., but it is a struggle for the average middle class citizen to live here. It seems like only those on welfare or are substantually wealthy have a chance here. I plan to relocate within one year.

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Home - 3/7/2013

I love it

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Orange County and San Diego - 3/7/2013

HUNTINGTON BEACH, CA and ORANGE COUNTY - A Word of Caution: What are you going to do for a job? There are already too many servers here, and you will NOT get a job as a bartender unless your best friend owns or runs the place. And don't think "I'll just move to San Diego then." Seriously, good luck with that also. The CA job market is "Locals Only" and they will cast your resume into the trash if you live an hour away (no joke.) RENT PRICES: Rent here is excruciating - figure $1200-$1700 for a one-bedroom apartment, and don't believe the rents you see on Craigslist. Also, you are not going to live in a nearby community such as Westminster or Garden Grove, trust me. Most people that visit Disneyland think they are coming to "The OC", with it's lush beaches and beautiful people . . . well, at least the beaches part is true. They should start a show called "The Medicated Housewives of OC", or better yet: "Every Woman has plastic surgery and is on medication", but back to the OC: At Disney, folks are shocked to find that they can hardly walk the streets even a half-mile from the resort without being shot at. Google "Anaheim Crime Rate" and you'll see. So, you are not going to live outside the beach cities just to save money. The bottom line on Orange County, CA is this: RENT: If you are not making at least $80,000/year, plan on having a roommate, street parking, community laundry, and neighbors that smoke cigarettes and party late into the evening. Street parking assumes that you can find it in the beach cities - good luck on the weekends. SLEEP: While trying to get some sleep, you will be awakened between 11 PM and 3 AM by The-Fast-and-the-Furious-wannabe Japanese cars with Folgers-can exhaust systems. You will then be awakened at 5 and/or 6 AM by monster truck drivers leaving for work, followed by the masses at 7-8 AM. So, your net sleep will be about 5/6 hours a night. You have to sleep with a fan or some other white noise generating device here or you you may physically and mentally deteriorate. NOISE: This is a very lush place, however, lush requires a lot of maintenance. Constant landscaping (leaf-blowers/edgers/lawn mowers), traffic, and trash trucks will be never-ending because of a very high-population density. Plan on your days off as less than serene. Most apartment/house/condo windows are all single pane (no winter and also no noise blocking), and most adjoining walls/floors are paper-thin. People come here to party in the summe

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Fading into the sunset.... - 3/6/2013

California, like the U.S. govt, is broke, but refuses to face the fact. The left-wing controlled legislature keeps piling on more bonded indebtedness, more personal and business taxes, and adding more benefits & services for illegals (oops, I mean undocumented immigrants). Who will be left to pay for all this spending? The rich? They're all fleeing to other states. The poor? Are you joking?--they don't pay any taxes to speak of. The middle class? Fast becoming an endangered species, and trying to follow the rich to wherever they're heading. Got the picture? California, once a truly golden place to live, has become just another failed, third-world state. Congratulations, (liberal) politicians!

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stressless places to live in ca - 2/28/2013

stressless places to live in ca

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Climate - 2/14/2013

Great climate

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Weather The Best - 2/9/2013

What ever activity you enjoy California has it and one can get there in a reasonable time period.

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San-Diego - 12/29/2012

Just thinking about moving some place not far from San-Diego

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Great weather! - 12/25/2012

The weather in Southern Ca is mild and sunny. One can drive to a beach, mountains, lake within a up to an hour away from home. One thing in CA is more accepting of other cultures and alternative lifestyles still deemed taboo ; gays, interracial couples. We're free to be ourselves.

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I like meeting new people - 12/5/2012

I feel like California is full of places where you can meet new people. I would like to have a job at a bar where I can talk to people all the time.

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Run for your lives - 11/9/2012

Fast becoming a third-world, socialist paradise. Illegals have more rights than the native-born U.S. citizens. Left-wing Democrats control both houses of the legislature, and all major statewide elective offices. Governor (Moonbeam) Jerry Brown is still stuck in the 1970's, knowing only how to increase taxes and the size of government. Woe to you if you're White and/or conservative. We're seriously considering joining the rest of my family in Texas, where sanity still rules.

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Variety - 11/6/2012

Wide variety of temperate micro climates across the state to choose from

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Minimum Wage - 10/20/2012

As of January 1, 2012 the minimum wage for California is $9.00 per hour. Since the economy is down this what you can expect to make even with a Bachelors in Business Administration, and a work experience that starts late of 2004 till 2012 in customer service and accounting. I created an estimate on how much it really takes to live in this state. I live in a small town so you would think it would be cheaper nope no such thing in California. If you make $8.00hr and are lucky to get 40hrs a week you would make $14360 gross pay each year if you are single and have no children. Rent on average is $650 a month that would be $7800 a year. Plus a phone if you can afford one $50 dollars a month that is $600 a year. Food on average based on what welfare will give is $200 a month, that is $2400 a year. If you are a student in this economy expect to pay a minimum of $500 a month that is $6,000 a year. Utilities about $500 a month another $6,000 a year. Gas for the car about $200 a month on estimate if you have a good economy car and don't drive much that is $2,400 a year of course that is all you can spend for gas because you need to get back and forth to work. Toiletries and necessary things if you are frugal $50 a month that is another $600 a year oh yes if you are still a student $15 dollars a month for internet thats another $180 a year. Totals= $25,980 leaving you -19,980 dollars in debt. You can't really get rid of school loans since you were promised thorughout highschool that it would be worth it some day so you let the loans climb till you are done. So the $6,000 is there to stay. Now you can turn your phone off that is -$600 oh and maybe start taking the bus everywhere -2040 you would save on gas. Rent doesn't go lower than that so you can't save on that. You are still $23340 dollars in debt. Many people like me are not available for assistance since I am a college student they don't see me as someone who has time to work so assistance isn't available. Maybe if I cut my food bill in half but wait I would still be short $22140. I can not cut back anymore because I am woman and I need toiletries. Utilities can't be cut back anymore nothing else so I can get another full time job. 80 hrs a week oh yeah but guess what not many companies hire full time anymore so I would be lucky to get 40hrs making minimum wage. If you are under 40 hrs you are not eligible for benefits so it saves most companies money. I have been going to school for along ti

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EPA indicators for water and air quality - 10/12/2012

Please provide me and others with your EPA site(s) that determine the water quality ( I assume this is drinking water but what are the 15 indicators?) and air quality value. Thanks.

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liberal and inventive - 9/2/2012

sunny and dry all year round with easy access to the ocean, deserts and mountains. Cost of living is high.

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