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High taxes, high cost of living, and bad policies were the primary reasons I left CA. Property tax assessment was 1/6th of fair market value (thank you prop 13

High taxes, high cost of living, and bad policies were the primary reasons I left CA. Property tax assessment was 1/6th of fair market value (thank you prop 13). Still decided to leave. Got a house almost 3x the size for the same price, and no homeless tents everywhere is a nice bonus.

thatfrenchguy 6y ago
Yeah having a house 3x the size is not great for you or the environment, given that people don’t use most of their houses ;-)
- bcheung 6y ago
  It's people telling me what is good for me that is another reason I left.
  - messick 6y ago
    Sounds like a win-win for both of us.
  - lynchdt 6y ago
    I didn’t leave voluntarily, miss a lot of things but I absolutely don’t miss this.
  - abc_lisper 6y ago
    That’s a sick burn. Well played, sir, well played
  - octoberfranklin 6y ago
    Then why haven't you left HN? ;) I wish people here would stop telling me what's good for me too.
- dannyincolor 6y ago
  I think they said “the environment”. Whether that’s important to you is - as always - completely up to you in this country. I don’t understand the animosity between different states; we can all go wherever we fit best and that’s a great thing. Nothing wrong with wanting a big house, but also nothing wrong or coercive with mentioning it has environmental impacts
  - chrismcb 6y ago
    What they actually said was "for you or the environment" without knowing anything about the op, it is hard to say that a lawyer house was bad for him. Maybe he had a family of four living in a small two bedroom. As far as the environment, almost everything we do is bad for the environment. We should try to minimize or impact, but just because something is "bad for the environment"didn't mean we should stop.
  - bcheung 6y ago
    Well, the USA was supposed to be a union of states where they could more or less govern as they see fit based on their own ideology but come together when they need to. But unfortunately the Federal government has gotten involved in far too many things that should have been left up to the states and so there isn't as much diversity or tolerance for other ways of life anymore.
    - pii 6y ago
      Can you paint a clearer picture of the mechanism for federal intervention being the driver of intolerance?
      - bcheung 6y ago
        When something happens at the federal level it affects everyone. Someone in Texas who is conservative is going to be upset about a law that is forced on them that they don't like. However, if that law is only happening on CA and has no effect on them, then they don't care and they can be tolerant of it. When something affects you personally because it is forced on you it is much harder to be tolerant. If it only affects the people who want that law then it is much easier to just say "I do me, you do you". Different states are supposed to have different ways of life based on different value systems. That way people can move to the states that are most in alignment with their values. Laws at the Federal level take that freedom away.
- bJGVygG7MQVF8c 6y ago
  "not great for the environment" is the midwit-leftist community's version of the midwit-right's "not great for the economy"
- echelon 6y ago
  > Yeah having a house 3x the size is not great for you or the environment, given that people don’t use most of their houses ;-) Who are you to cast stones?
  - prawn 6y ago
    Maybe they live in one of the homeless tents?!
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blackrock 6y ago
Where did you go?
Supermancho 6y ago
My whole family split from CA to between WA and MN for the last 3 years and have now all moved to MN. We have about 6 unused rooms berween our homes and maintain a boat and low tax property (empty) in newport beach. We have a fishing boat for the lakes now. Everything is cheaper and we learned to stay inside from the brutal CA summers over the last 2 decades so the snow is a minor inconvenience that washes out the same.

thatfrenchguy 6y ago

Yeah having a house 3x the size is not great for you or the environment, given that people don’t use most of their houses ;-)

bcheung 6y ago
It's people telling me what is good for me that is another reason I left.
- messick 6y ago
  Sounds like a win-win for both of us.
- lynchdt 6y ago
  I didn’t leave voluntarily, miss a lot of things but I absolutely don’t miss this.
- abc_lisper 6y ago
  That’s a sick burn. Well played, sir, well played
- octoberfranklin 6y ago
  Then why haven't you left HN? ;) I wish people here would stop telling me what's good for me too.
dannyincolor 6y ago
I think they said “the environment”. Whether that’s important to you is - as always - completely up to you in this country. I don’t understand the animosity between different states; we can all go wherever we fit best and that’s a great thing. Nothing wrong with wanting a big house, but also nothing wrong or coercive with mentioning it has environmental impacts
- chrismcb 6y ago
  What they actually said was "for you or the environment" without knowing anything about the op, it is hard to say that a lawyer house was bad for him. Maybe he had a family of four living in a small two bedroom. As far as the environment, almost everything we do is bad for the environment. We should try to minimize or impact, but just because something is "bad for the environment"didn't mean we should stop.
- bcheung 6y ago
  Well, the USA was supposed to be a union of states where they could more or less govern as they see fit based on their own ideology but come together when they need to. But unfortunately the Federal government has gotten involved in far too many things that should have been left up to the states and so there isn't as much diversity or tolerance for other ways of life anymore.
  - pii 6y ago
    Can you paint a clearer picture of the mechanism for federal intervention being the driver of intolerance?
    - bcheung 6y ago
      When something happens at the federal level it affects everyone. Someone in Texas who is conservative is going to be upset about a law that is forced on them that they don't like. However, if that law is only happening on CA and has no effect on them, then they don't care and they can be tolerant of it. When something affects you personally because it is forced on you it is much harder to be tolerant. If it only affects the people who want that law then it is much easier to just say "I do me, you do you". Different states are supposed to have different ways of life based on different value systems. That way people can move to the states that are most in alignment with their values. Laws at the Federal level take that freedom away.
bJGVygG7MQVF8c 6y ago
"not great for the environment" is the midwit-leftist community's version of the midwit-right's "not great for the economy"
echelon 6y ago
> Yeah having a house 3x the size is not great for you or the environment, given that people don’t use most of their houses ;-) Who are you to cast stones?
- prawn 6y ago
  Maybe they live in one of the homeless tents?!

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blackrock 6y ago

Where did you go?

Supermancho 6y ago

My whole family split from CA to between WA and MN for the last 3 years and have now all moved to MN. We have about 6 unused rooms berween our homes and maintain a boat and low tax property (empty) in newport beach. We have a fishing boat for the lakes now. Everything is cheaper and we learned to stay inside from the brutal CA summers over the last 2 decades so the snow is a minor inconvenience that washes out the same.