Funny, I think of TO, NP and Simi as being totally conservative. We've got Trump Rallies that would compare to many cities outside the state.
Exactly what I was thinking, well said.
LOL One of the more silly things I'm most excited about is getting my first pair of boots and a hat. I have no idea why, but that will be my second and third purchase after a nice AR.I only go back for special events which is not very often. For those who love the place that's great but it was not for me. The only thing I really miss is snowboarding in the winter. I never really cared for the beach even though I have surfed in Surf City and have chased the Catalina express out of Long Beach Harbor on my JS550. I was truly always and still am a lake and river rat. Proximity to Havasu and Parker was a hard pill for me to swallow in the earlier days but I have found some comparable local haunts that mostly satisfy me and I have started making regular trips back out to the river again now that I am a little better off in life than I was when I left.
I've been in TX since 2014 and can say every place in this country can be great or terrible. It all depends on what you make of it. I have embraced the TX life and honestly feel more like a Texan than I ever did a Californian. I own 5 pairs of cowboy boots ranging from beater yard boots to everyday boots and various reptile and ostrich skinned ones as well. There may or may not be a few pew pews that would be felonies in California too. Fuel and registration is also significantly cheaper here which is a huge factor for me seeing as how I can't have just one of anything!
Every native Texan I know considers me a refugee and embraces me as one of their own. In fact, we bag on Californians together!
But seriously, when considering relocating its about picking a place that aligns with your wants and ideals and embracing that place for everything it is even the things where you may initially think you could take it or leave it. Go into it with an open mind and do and try everything the local has to offer. Become one of the community.
Funny story, I didn't know I was allergic to shellfish until I was 25 years old. I never much cared for it but vowed to do everything Texan. After about the 4th consecutive crawfish boil of getting very sick after, I figured it out! lol. The best I can do simulated crab meat.
Across the street from NP High school in the townhomes…Padua Cir I think. It was a long time ago.
It been awhile since Ive been back home where I had to dael with traffic. My perspective in Phoenix is mostly headed west from the airport in the afternoon, or heading east on a weekend to Mesa. Both gridlock on I-10. To be fair though, I have not had the pleasure of commuting in So Cal since 1998 so maybe my perspective is a little dated. lol. Hard to imagine though that it has actually gotten worse.
LOL One of the more silly things I'm most excited about is getting my first pair of boots and a hat. I have no idea why, but that will be my second and third purchase after a nice AR.
9pm on a Sunday night you’re on the 91 thinking “where TF are all the people going on a Sunday night”. Looks like rush hour
What are you afraid of? I was born in 89 and had a great childhood growing up in Dana Point/San Clemente then later Trabuco Canyon. I moved in 2018 and don't miss anything at all that would keep me there and would never move back. I do miss working for the paving company, it was tough leaving that job. When I do visit my grandparents its nice to see them and other family members and they're all doing well doing their own thing. After I've made my visits I'm ready, not eager but ready, to get out of there and back home and will just drive back home anytime of the day or night.
Where is home now?
I used to spend weekends at my sisters in Manhattan Beach/Hermosa. I waited until 8 or 9 PM on Sundays to drive home…the 405 was ALWAYS packed. I remember having that same thought…it’s 930 on a Sunday, where the fuck are all these people going?
Funny you said that. I was going to say except for a few places like HBI agree. Many shit hole parts indeed. I am blessed to be able to afford HB. Hard to beat wearing shorts, t shirts and flip flops 50 weeks a year. Never too hot and never too cold. Before everyone chimes in with the "weather is great" blasts, save it. It is.
I am no baller by any stretch, especially compared to those here that are, but walking away from selling my house with well over 1M is a blessing too. I am merely a small fish here
I have fellow racers that ask me about my race craft. Working my way through lapped cars and slower traffic in multi class racing like what you se at the Daytona 24hr.
I moved to Gilbert from O.C. back in 2006. Gilbert is a town not a city but that town feeling is long gone. All the farms and fields have turned into multi family housing and tract homes. The Phoenix Valley is turning into exactly why I left SoCal.
Doesn't matter where one lives in Commiefornia, one is still governed by idiots!! Remember one bad apple eventually spoils the whole bag.Like many on here I grew up in the fast growing urban area of San Jose, California. It was a great place to grow up in 70’s and 80’s. But as housing costs and the population rose exponentially in Bay area i knew by age 21 this place was changing for the worse and bailed in early 1990’s to the other California. The other California is everything outside of the Bay Area or LA/SD and it’s even better. I chose Placer county because of its location near the Sierra ski resorts, many lakes/rivers/delta with thousands of shoreline miles of boating, good bird/deer hunting, Affordable housing, good schools, cool people and high quality of life. But California also has 48 other counties outside the Bay Area or LA that aren’t gummed up and have great communities to live in too And did i mention the fucking w@#ther Is outstanding?
But hey, if you think all of Cal is the LA Bay Area and you gotta leave and bash it, Well Bye Felicias.
We feel like we live in paradise as well here in San Diego. I'm from Iowa & my wife's form Colorado. We know winters & hot, humid summers. We're going to walk around our lake this morning in beautiful sunny warm weather, that is 2 minutes away from our house, while it's subfreeezing weather where we came from. Then we'll go to the beach later , which is 25 minutes from our house, & watch my son & his girlfriend surf & then a BBQ. And we have view of the mountains. Love it!
My plan in a couple years is to liquidate, sell everything, buy cash somewhere and slow down. My wife wants to continue working so she can go back to full time for a few years.
Paul…I’ve lived in YL / AH area for over 25 years. Great place to live. Great schools. YLHS is about 10 years old. A house just like mine sold for 1.2 last month. 2 story 2400 sq.ft. Built in 1985. You can find homes for a million that aren’t old or small. Welcome home!!!
I grew up in South Orange County and know the area. What prompted me to move to Az was to get a start on life. Get myself a house and financial security on blue collar wages. The slave to the house cost of living in California was a huge turn off, not to mention I would struggle to gain any financial security as it's a go broke safely state. I don't have kids but if I decide to I would like to be present in their lives instead of working 4am to 7pm. I worked with many great guys that were victims of that. Living in less than desirable conditions and prior to moving I then realized weather is a small detail in life when it comes to achieving goals and moving forward in life. I'm moving forward in Phoenix. Little bit of heat is a small detail for what I need to have instead of having great weather and not having what I need.I’m fortunate enough to have lived in Ca and Az. My parents divorced when I was young. My dad lived in Plato Alto, then Newport when I was a teenager, and eventually Mission Viejo. I spent my summers in Ca, went to school in Phx. It was literally the best of both worlds. I feel like Phx has better food, better restaurants. Not sure why? California summers are as good as it gets weather wise. No place on earth like it. If I could afford Coronado Island, that’s where I’d like to retire. Living at the river has been a cool experience as well. Living on the water has been a dream. We aren’t raising our child here though, there’s really no schools or opportunities here for her . So it’s either back to Ca or Az, or even Texas. Can’t decide which way to go. We literally surf the internet for houses in all three states every day. Yorba Linda, Anahiem Hills, where my wife still commutes to and works, a million dollars gets you an old small house that needs remodeled. A million in Phx area (Peoria/Chandler/Gilbert/North Phx) gets you a really nice, new or newer house, 3 car garage and pool in a master planned community. A million in Texas gets you horse property and huge house. So there’s the dilemma.
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I don’t live anywhere near Apple Valley and I don’t eat apples So I;m not gonna waste time worrying about them or politics.
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This sums it up for me as well. Very fortunate.I agree. Many shit hole parts indeed. I am blessed to be able to afford HB. Hard to beat wearing shorts, t shirts and flip flops 50 weeks a year. Never too hot and never too cold. Before everyone chimes in with the "weather is great" blasts, save it. It is.
I am no baller by any stretch, especially compared to those here that are, but walking away from selling my house with well over 1M is a blessing too. I am merely a small fish here
But do you have and wear a hat?10000000%
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Ditto on all 3. never could figure out why they don't have tri-tip!!
Some stores like Costco an Kroger (Ralph’s) here sell tri-tip cuts. One of my neighbors recently had his processor include tri-tips from his last two grass fed and finished steers. I have two and they sold the other two. There’s NOTHING like locally raised beef.
