Actually no. It doesn't. Born and raised in Cali. Living elsewhere now but can tell you for sure that California has a very specific set of issues.

Part of the problems is that your fellow Californians are tolerant of homelessness and many communities are tolerant to open drug use. The other issue is you have a climate that is conducive to living on the streets.

Not disrespecting California by any means. Just pointing out that if you think every city has people camped out on the interstate in tents like on the 5 then you should travel more.

BTW, a large corporate conference was just cancelled in San Fran. because of the issues going on there. Until the city is cleaned up there is no way I will visit again.

PSA-

If you frequently lose power or know you are going to lose power then put a cup of water in the freezer. Once frozen stick a quarter on top of the ice. Leave it in the freezer.

If you ever lose power and the quarter is at the bottom of the cup don't eat the food. It's evidence that the freezer temp dropped.

No. In a power outage the ice melts. Quarter drops to the bottom. If power is restored the ice refreezes with the quarter at the bottom of the cup. Good indicator you have lost power for a long enough period that your food has thawed.

Are you taking request to change your avatar? Somehow your old one seemed friendlier. New one doesn't seem to fit. Perhaps we start a thread of recommended avatars for O-din?

New Stern pin just announced. Theme is California. Music by LL Cool J.
Upon completion of all modes the pin catches fire.

I always loved the Santa Ana winds. They seemed to electrify the air. Never realized when I was young how devastating they can be when fire breaks out.

Yep, the firefighters in Cali earn their money.

Yeah, I'm calling BS on the "simple to generate it yourself" claim. Are we talking solar?

Your electric bill was $33. per month? This must be after you installed solar. What was it prior to that?

I see. It all depends on what the definition of "it" is. Quarter drops but temp rises.

Natural gas or propane is not actually generating power yourself. In the event of an earthquake or perhaps flooding, fire or hurricane you may lose natural gas and propane can be hard to come by in a natural disaster. Was hoping that you were going to share with us how to actually generate power.

I have a NG generator with auto transfer switch that hasn't been needed in 10 plus years but if you have ever gone several weeks without power, as I have, you will gladly pay the price for the peace of mind. AC is a beautiful thing and lights arejn't bad either.

That's funny even if it isn't true that you were thinking of moving to Wichita.

I was tempted to move back to Cali where I can be over regulated while spending 9 weeks a year in traffic.

I was thinking how nice it was around here too. Just took these photos from my balcony.

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Never even heard of one.

I was impressed you remembered you kept the postcard, remembered you had it, were able to find it and posted it. You are either really organized or a lucky hoarder.

Huh? You must be on someone else's meds.

I don't even know what this thread is about anymore. California banning pinball or something like that??

Years ago many people in Cali didn't have AC in the house. Is this still the case?

Isn't that where they have that big ass thermometer that is always 110 degrees?

If you want to know if people are moving in our out of your area check this out. https://flowsmapper.geo.census.gov/map.html

Yep, when you sell at top dollar you frequently have to buy at top dollar. You get priced out of the market. So it makes sense to sell the home and move to a more affordable area. Just sucks when you have to leave working kids/grandkids in the area.

Check out the flow mapper I posted above and you can see where people are moving to from Orange County and San Deigo and who is replacing them.

Irvine was much cooler when Lion Country Safari was there. More lions, less people.

So much has changed. Escape country was great.