>Yeah, I hear that from every European who spends time complaining about America on the internet. This place sucks supposedly, yet they talk about it so much. Good thing they don't have to live here!
Both can be true! And maybe you’re just overly sensitive of criticism of California and could admit it’s not perfect and not everyone makes $400k a year in big tech? Or do you not get outside your bubble ever?
For my one response, there were probably 200 Californians who didn't even care to say anything. Other states complain about us, other countries complain about the US, but it's like shouting at a brick wall.
So you could call me a little more sensitive than them for even responding, but still pretty callous. Nowhere is perfect, go experience another state if you don't believe me, or if you've never lived in CA then don't complain about living here.
Is there no legitimate criticism in your mind? Nothing worth changing or improving? That seems shockingly arrogant. Other states have their issues but I don’t live there so I don’t care as much—I want California to get its shit together because I live here and raise my kids here. It’s clear as day to my eyes that California quality of life has fallen since the 1990s… who cares if home prices annd incomes are up but everything else is so getting worse by the day? Rule of law is barely holding on for its life…
There are legitimate criticisms and things to change, but it mostly applies to other states too. "Gripped by economic problems" is not one of them, and the state isn't in decline either. As I said elsewhere though, SF is one exception that I'd say is truly terrible because they shot themselves in the foot with a weird combination of far-left policies and corporate lobbying.
What I do is consistently vote for harsher criminal justice and political candidates who at least acknowledge that illegal immigration is a problem here. This usually means moderate Republicans.
You're just deflecting. SF is a shithole now: https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZTLka6qqp/
This is 10-20x bigger of a drug scene than 5 years ago. SFPD doesn't even bother doing anything now. It looks like something out or Robocop. The problem is LA is like that now, Oakland is worse, East bay cities are bad too. Central Valley has homeless all over too. The only cities that seem to be free of it are Palo Alto, Saratoga, Marin, Montecito, Palos Verdes, etc.--essentially the super rich enclaves that can afford to pay the homeless to go somewhere else or have the police harass them into moving somewhere less amenable.
Whataboutism means point to some particular other place that's worse. I'm talking about the entire country. For a US state to meet your standards, we'd need a 51st state. And California in the 1990s wasn't that either.
Again one exception, SF was nicer just 8 years ago, and probably better in the 90s before tech companies ruined it. That city is exactly how you describe it now. The rest of CA is not.
Both can be true! And maybe you’re just overly sensitive of criticism of California and could admit it’s not perfect and not everyone makes $400k a year in big tech? Or do you not get outside your bubble ever?
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