[systemvoltage]

California is becoming a untenable to live. We had several power outages, roads are awful, had a sewage backup issue that took a month to get resolved, and the price of electricity is through the roof ($0.40/kWH).

The idea of the people have here is to regress into a third-world standard of living through the virtue of environmentalism, depopulation, and general attitude against success/ambition/improvement. Providing ideas and solutions is considered offensive.

[KerrAvon]

Exactly where are you? I haven’t had this experience in CA recently. I do remember the Enron brownouts that cost Gray Davis the governorship, but that was a long time ago.

And where in the USA would you go that’s so much better? I assume fundamentalist, anti-science red states are off the list. I can see arguments for Colorado if you can stand the dryness.

[systemvoltage]

I am in Oakland Hills.

> And where in the USA would you go that’s so much better? I assume fundamentalist, anti-science red states are off the list. I can see arguments for Colorado if you can stand the dryness.

I want efficient government that has a good bang for the buck. Arizona, Texas, Florida, North Carolina seems awesome. I really don't see Red vs Blue, most large cities even in the most red states are blue majority. Although, I am considering voting for the red party this November for the very first time.

Happy to pay a lot of taxes if that results in a beautiful place/community to live in. Not happy to pay taxes if they're going to administrative class that institutes woke bullshit, grooming children in schools, leads to dysfunctional cities, crumbling infrastructure and fosters a community of hate. This is the progressive politics of Oakland. Scary part is people are going along with this.

[frumper]

Also not my experience in northern California, except for bad roads. The only power outage I can remember in recent memory was a drunk driver hit the neighborhood transformer a few years ago.

[thehappypm]

The Northeast has awful weather but we make up for it with a pragmatic liberal vibe, great history and culture, and some pretty great nature.

[QuarterReptile]

Sounds like you should get out of California for a while.

I'm not saying it's not bad, but modern California living means accepting natural disasters and horrible governance in exchange for the weather (and family/community ties.)

[KerrAvon]

“horrible governance” seems pretty strong. I think you get what you pay for. Road signage and access in Washington state is awful; Florida is astonishingly corrupt; Texas’s energy management policies will kill you during weather extremes.