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BuddhaGirl

(3,620 posts)
15. CA born, raised
Sun May 12, 2024, 12:25 PM
May 12

CA born, raised and still residing here. CA is the best!

At least I don't have to flee where I live to escape the heat

good , but their leader bobs and weaves. AllaN01Bear May 11 #1
That's a result of the great numbers of folks who have fled the hellhole that California is becoming, moved to Arizona Barry Markson May 11 #2
California is a "hellhole"?? AZ8theist May 11 #4
I didn't know I lived in a hellhole and I've been here 35 years!! chowder66 May 11 #5
Me too. Although, I came here to SoCal in 1973. So been here for more than 50 years. 4lbs May 12 #19
I will concede that it is expensive and that worries me but beyond that chowder66 May 12 #20
I think the "expensive" part results from the double-the-national-average state minimum wage. 4lbs May 12 #22
OFFS NanaCat May 12 #23
1/3 of the full time residents in our neighborhood are California ex-pats Barry Markson May 11 #7
I've resided in Arizona for over 30 years and DO NOT consider myself "native born"... AZ8theist May 11 #10
That's a bit of a joke. Barry Markson May 11 #11
You could have gone with "pee-pee soaked heck hole." Orrex May 12 #12
CA born, raised BuddhaGirl May 12 #15
I flee 2 states Barry Markson May 12 #16
I spend a third of the year in Palm Springs and think it's a fking paradise. OMGWTF May 11 #6
Right wing trope about California? John Shaft May 11 #8
And how do your California ex-pat neighbors in Arizona explain why they moved here? Barry Markson May 11 #9
Explain all the Arizonans who have moved to California NanaCat May 12 #24
actual native born here (4th gen) Kali May 12 #13
Good. Can't wait until ex-Californians not fooled May 12 #21
Hellhole? REPUguy May 12 #26
I'm happy for you. Barry Markson May 12 #27
"Hellhole".... Wuddles440 May 12 #29
Grand juries know crime when they see it bucolic_frolic May 11 #3
lol, another one spouting RW ignorance FHRRK May 12 #14
Seems like you are headed back to Brainerd doncha know! Why is that? Barry Markson May 12 #17
Only summer FHRRK May 12 #18
Oh good grief NanaCat May 12 #25
My question is... Think. Again. May 12 #28
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