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2008-05-08 Home Front Economy

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Posted by tu3031 2008-05-08 11:47|| || Front Page|| [2 views ] Top

#1 During the 20-year period that Senator McClintock noted, the number of California residents jumped from about 23 million people to 33 million. Today, the figure is closer to 38 million, and it could top 45 million by 2020.

This is the problem (and don't even get me started on the number of them who are here illegally). I know it's not entirely true but it often seems that everybody in the whole, wide world wants to live in Southern California. Well, they can't.

But that doesn't stop developers and their pet politicians from trying to convince us that we need to accommodate endless growth. They keep telling us there is a "housing crisis". Well, just because some illegal alien has to share an apartment with two or three other families of illegal aliens doesn't mean that I have a housing crisis. Just because some developer wants to keep his cash flow going by slapping up some massive new housing tract doesn't mean I have a housing crisis.

During the 20-year period that Senator McClintock noted, the quality of life in this vast megalopolis has deteriorated significantly. It isn't just the energy. It's the freeways, the schools, the hospitals, the waste dumps and the water. Yeah, the weather's nice. But there is more to your quality of life than weather. I say this in all seriousness to anyone who is considering moving here: Don't.

Posted by Abu Uluque 2008-05-08 12:41|| 2008-05-08 12:41|| Front Page Top

#2 Saw the state off at the Tehachapi Mountains and give it a shove.

Posted by Sock Puppet of Doom 2008-05-08 17:36|| 2008-05-08 17:36|| Front Page Top

#3 Personally, I'm waiting for Grand Mixmaster of Doom to come come rolling out of the San Andreas fault, so we can have a do-over.

Posted by AlmostAnonymous5839">AlmostAnonymous5839 2008-05-08 19:22|| 2008-05-08 19:22|| Front Page Top

#4 Caliphornia's biggest problem is all the people who elect its legislators. What the legislators do is only a manifestation of the idiocy of the populace. And, unfortunately, this is another trend that started in Caliphland and is moving east. PA is just CA 15 years ago.

Posted by Nimble Spemble 2008-05-08 19:30|| 2008-05-08 19:30|| Front Page Top

#5 NET > The CA City of VALLEJO has reportedly declared formal bankruptcy, as did ORANGE COUNTY years before. Other CA cities-towns are anticipated to do same or be "on the brink"???

Posted by JosephMendiola 2008-05-08 22:23|| 2008-05-08 22:23|| Front Page Top

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