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When a longtime Californian leaves California, they make a big stink about it like it's a zeitgeist and parlance of our times. And they only move to Portland, O

by andirk 4y ago

When a longtime Californian leaves California, they make a big stink about it like it's a zeitgeist and parlance of our times. And they only move to Portland, OR or Austin, TX. There have been a few to move to New York City, but that is seen as selling out. Lastly, a handful to Colorado but no one has an opinion on that therefore they are ex-communicated until they return to either California, Portland, or Austin.

Fatnino 4y ago
That's when a democrat moves. Republicans move to Arizona, Texas and Florida
- Mouthfeel 4y ago
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- zactato 4y ago
  As a rule, we Californias refuse to acknowledge that there are any non-democrats in the state, therefore they can’t move to Florida.
  - FrontierPsych 4y ago
    If you look at California by geography, rather than population, California has a LOT of red. https://www.politico.com/2016-election/results/map/president/california/ https://www.politico.com/2016-election/results/map/president...
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- m-ee 4y ago
  The most virulently racist CA residents I’ve met (meet some interesting people out riding motorcycles) moved to Idaho
  - Fatnino 4y ago
    Oh yeah, I forgot about Idaho
  - andirk 4y ago
    do you "recommend" any hilarious biker bars in the SF Bay Area? I only know one and it had a Pabst vending machine in the back. I didn't have a patch or a rider or really any black leather so I never checked it out. Or a motorcycle. Or have ever been on a street legal motorcycle.
    - m-ee 4y ago
      Don’t go to biker bars, there’s a couple pullouts in Oakland Berkeley where people tend to stop and chat. The warehouse in Port Costa is a known hangout though.
  - CodeSgt 4y ago
    I don't see why that's relevant, unless you mean to imply that Republicans = racists.
    - Fatnino 4y ago
      I think the opposite is implied. Outspoken racists tend to be "republican". Really just some flavor of extreme conservative, but republican has become a catchall term for right wing. More subtle, closeted racists, come from all over the political spectrum through.
      - m-ee 4y ago
        Yeah thought that should be obvious. Not every republican is a white nationalist but these people made no secret about their vote, or their belief in great replacement theory, or their views that non whites aren’t fit to hold government office.
kitsune_ 4y ago
I'm from Europe and New Mexico looks the most attractive to me.
- iancmceachern 4y ago
  It is a beautiful place, I'm visiting there with my wife now, we come several times a year. It does have issues though, education is lacking, there is a real lack of opportunity so you'd better have a good remote job, not really any international flights in and out, you have to hop to a bigger airport like DIA or one in California, and it's pretty monocultural.
- irrational 4y ago
  LOL. You might want to do some research before committing to moving there.
- dixie_land 4y ago
  It is indeed very beautiful, true to the moniker Land of Enchantment
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Melting_Harps 4y ago
> Lastly, a handful to Colorado but no one has an opinion on that therefore they are ex-communicated No, I did it and there is a big stink about us showing up in Boulder or Denver in large numbers and driving up the price of real estate enough to know we are persona non-grata amongst 'natives'--which is to say those who moved there in the late 90s or early 2000s and reaped the most benefits from said real estate spikes. It's a trope, and if you lived there or spent time there you'd know that. I personally moved back to EU, after living in various countries for four years, and was way better received than most of the US--I'm Californian and lived in HI and CO. Granted, I was well welcomed by my local community in the startup World, but outside of that it was clear you were the scapegoat for all that was going wrong. Personally I think the crux is that housing is less constrained in the EU and lower salaries keep things from getting completely out of hand, and their aging population coupled with significant Covid deaths meant their was an excess in vacancy and several of them sought to attract digital nomads (albeit with lengthy and tiresome processes) with attractive visa programs in order to cash in the WFH diaspora.

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Fatnino 4y ago

That's when a democrat moves. Republicans move to Arizona, Texas and Florida

Mouthfeel 4y ago
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zactato 4y ago
As a rule, we Californias refuse to acknowledge that there are any non-democrats in the state, therefore they can’t move to Florida.
- FrontierPsych 4y ago
  If you look at California by geography, rather than population, California has a LOT of red. https://www.politico.com/2016-election/results/map/president/california/ https://www.politico.com/2016-election/results/map/president...
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m-ee 4y ago
The most virulently racist CA residents I’ve met (meet some interesting people out riding motorcycles) moved to Idaho
- Fatnino 4y ago
  Oh yeah, I forgot about Idaho
- andirk 4y ago
  do you "recommend" any hilarious biker bars in the SF Bay Area? I only know one and it had a Pabst vending machine in the back. I didn't have a patch or a rider or really any black leather so I never checked it out. Or a motorcycle. Or have ever been on a street legal motorcycle.
  - m-ee 4y ago
    Don’t go to biker bars, there’s a couple pullouts in Oakland Berkeley where people tend to stop and chat. The warehouse in Port Costa is a known hangout though.
- CodeSgt 4y ago
  I don't see why that's relevant, unless you mean to imply that Republicans = racists.
  - Fatnino 4y ago
    I think the opposite is implied. Outspoken racists tend to be "republican". Really just some flavor of extreme conservative, but republican has become a catchall term for right wing. More subtle, closeted racists, come from all over the political spectrum through.
    - m-ee 4y ago
      Yeah thought that should be obvious. Not every republican is a white nationalist but these people made no secret about their vote, or their belief in great replacement theory, or their views that non whites aren’t fit to hold government office.

kitsune_ 4y ago

I'm from Europe and New Mexico looks the most attractive to me.

iancmceachern 4y ago
It is a beautiful place, I'm visiting there with my wife now, we come several times a year. It does have issues though, education is lacking, there is a real lack of opportunity so you'd better have a good remote job, not really any international flights in and out, you have to hop to a bigger airport like DIA or one in California, and it's pretty monocultural.
irrational 4y ago
LOL. You might want to do some research before committing to moving there.
dixie_land 4y ago
It is indeed very beautiful, true to the moniker Land of Enchantment
Uyuxo 4y ago
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Melting_Harps 4y ago

> Lastly, a handful to Colorado but no one has an opinion on that therefore they are ex-communicated No, I did it and there is a big stink about us showing up in Boulder or Denver in large numbers and driving up the price of real estate enough to know we are persona non-grata amongst 'natives'--which is to say those who moved there in the late 90s or early 2000s and reaped the most benefits from said real estate spikes. It's a trope, and if you lived there or spent time there you'd know that. I personally moved back to EU, after living in various countries for four years, and was way better received than most of the US--I'm Californian and lived in HI and CO. Granted, I was well welcomed by my local community in the startup World, but outside of that it was clear you were the scapegoat for all that was going wrong. Personally I think the crux is that housing is less constrained in the EU and lower salaries keep things from getting completely out of hand, and their aging population coupled with significant Covid deaths meant their was an excess in vacancy and several of them sought to attract digital nomads (albeit with lengthy and tiresome processes) with attractive visa programs in order to cash in the WFH diaspora.