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I recently moved to California. Before i moved, people asked me "why are you moving there, its so bad?". Now that I'm here, i understand it less. The state is beautiful. There is so much to do.

I know the cost of living is high, and people think the gun control laws are ridiculous (I actually think they are reasonable, for the most part). There is a guy I work with here that says "the policies are dumb" but can't give me a solid answer on what is so bad about it.

So, what is it that California does (policy-wise) that people hate so much?

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[–] bouncing@partizle.com 0 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

It sort of depends on where you are, but in San Francisco and Los Angeles, the homeless problem is noticeably worse than almost anywhere else in America. It’s bad.

An ex of mine lives in a pretty posh part of LA (Crestview). She works constantly and really hard to afford to live there. Now there are people literally shooting heroin on the street outside her home and to take her toddler to play at the park, they’re basically walking around the bodies of people high/sleeping.

I mean, I’m as anti-drug war as they come, but that’s no way to live and the police really should clear it out. Even in the poorer parts of most other cities, that’s not something you see.

[–] DavidDoesLemmy@aussie.zone -2 points 2 years ago

The problem with California is that it's in the USA. A country with many problems. Compared to other developed countries, anywhere inside the USA is bad.

[–] Milk_SDF_Possum@lemmy.sdf.org -5 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Politicals, wokeness, crime, shit on the roads, heat, shoplifting, crazy people, etc.

[–] panopticon@hexbear.net -1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

wokeness

What does that mean? blob-no-thoughts

[–] Milk_SDF_Possum@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Know those annoying people that force you into accepting gay, say you're a bigot if you don't wanna date a trans girl and can't take jokes? Those are woke people.

[–] panopticon@hexbear.net -3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

No idk what you're talking about, I've never encountered that in my life, are you okay dude?

[–] Milk_SDF_Possum@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Then I have bad news for you.

[–] panopticon@hexbear.net -3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Sir, I read the news every day and I checked the news just now, and I see news about the Niger coup, the Amazon climate summit, cluster munitions being deployed in Donetsk, and something about a soccer championship. Nothing about accepting gay. No jokes either, just serious business. Where are you getting your news from?

[–] Milk_SDF_Possum@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

You've not been living in real life.

[–] panopticon@hexbear.net -5 points 2 years ago

Sir, my main concerns are how to pay my rent and set up my career in the near future. I just got done doing some research on what kinds of mask to wear at my job to protect from the occupational hazard known as air pollution from diesel engine exhaust. I do not sit idly doing research on trans, bigot acceptance, or gay jokes, or whatever nonsense your liberal media is telling you to fixate on. Are you sure you're not the one who needs to live in real life?

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