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> My working hypothesis is that people in general want to live in California like places, if they can afford it. This is my general thinking as well, and it ha
by ravitation 5y ago
> My working hypothesis is that people in general want to live in California like places, if they can afford it.
This is my general thinking as well, and it happens to fit with my current life experience.
I'm unconvinced that there has been, generally speaking, a fundamental change in the preferred environment people wish to live in; instead it seems more likely that traditionally popular American urban areas are just too expensive and offer relatively little (compared to other parts of the world) in terms of services to justify living there... Even for those that might otherwise choose to.
- dqpb 5y agoThere is a litany of social and governmental problems plaguing California, but I always stayed because it's the climate that feels the most natural to me. What finally drove me out was the seasonal firestorms and rain of ashes.
- lowbloodsugar 5y agoIndeed. Kids having "fire days" off school instead of "snow days"; the backyard looking like a blanket of snow, except it's gray.