Top 10 Reasons California Is Better Than Texas | NBC Bay Area
This Thanksgiving weekend, please take sometime out to be thankful for how fortunate you are… to live in a wonderful place like California.
To help you out, here’s a great piece published earlier this year:
Top 10 Reasons California Is Better Than Texas | NBC Bay Area
Top 10 Reasons California Is Better Than Texas
Lone Star State wishes it were CaliforniaNo. 10 — People Want to Come Here
No. 9 — Big States Don’t Cry
No. 8 — Our Waistlines Are Under Control
No. 7 — Hit the Beach
No. 6 — World’s Toughest Governor
No. 5 — We Have Options
No. 4 — Plenty of Eye Candy
No. 3 — We Actually Invent Stuff
No. 2 — It’s All About the Weather
No. 1 — California Isn’t Home to George W. Bush
Be sure to read the article for the full justifications!
What are you thankful for?
November 29th, 2009 at 8:44 am
10. Outsiders come here and enjoy the zoos and wine country because they can afford to unlike us. We are busy bidding up home prices to the moon. Only time we get to go to those places are when we can charge it on the company’s credit card.
9. Yes, unlike texas if we run out of lube we use spit.
8. We got them beat on this, we don’t have to sit in a cubical all day anymore and getting fat. We work out as we wait for home prices to go up and up. We are virtually in early retirement.
7. I enjoy the hint of alcohol, weed, and a homeless man as the ocean breeze carries it to my nostrils.
6. We can always rely on our governor to supply us male hormone pills after a weekend at SF and Santa Monica.
5. Can’t deny this. I will enjoy those trips once I sell this baby http://www.redfin.com/CA/San-Francisco/410-45th-Ave-94121/home/1894287.
4. White trash bimbo is easier lay. The ladies here too busy working at gold mines.
3. Totally, we are super innovative. Myspace, facebook, youtube, we even have texas instruments…
2. We don’t have to worry about tornadoes, that is why we don’t have to worry about building quality homes either.
1. Totally, wish arnolad could server as pre
November 29th, 2009 at 8:50 am
I was going to say something about Arnold and kindergarten but the oxycodone I got from Mexico (one of the benefits of living in California) just kicked in…
November 29th, 2009 at 12:54 pm
Re#1
ROFLMAO! Good one Jojo.
November 30th, 2009 at 12:54 am
I would move to Texas in a heartbeat. They have great beaches, beautiful weather, affordable housing, great Mexican food. None of these angry pc weenies (well …some live there), friendly people. Alas I am tied to work here. They are also the home of Whole Foods, and if you can get a gorgeous home, Whole Foods, a beach not too far (depending on where you live) what’s not to like?
November 30th, 2009 at 11:01 am
Texas also has insects that would make the average Californian faint.
November 30th, 2009 at 11:05 am
Judging by the sheer numbers of ex-Californians I saw in Austin, I’d say many live there who probably put affordability over all else. That’s one thing California will never have over Texas and also why it will continue to lose productive citizens.
November 30th, 2009 at 11:20 am
1: Are you Bob? Your avatar stays the same. You are wrong when you say “affordability over all else. That’s one thing California will never have over Texas and also why it will continue to lose productive citizens.”
California’s MOST productive citizens find it affordable. It’s the non-productive ones that need to go to austin ; )
November 30th, 2009 at 11:42 am
Caught. Nice work zanon.
November 30th, 2009 at 12:01 pm
The fastest growing metros in the US are Austin, Atlanta, Raleigh-Durham, Houston, Dallas, and Huntsville, AL. These cities are also the fastest growing in terms of economic development.
The bottom line is that America is a migratory country and its citizens move to where they can not only find jobs, but decent affordable living, good quality public services, and so on. So some of you can stick your fingers in your ears and pretend it ain’t so. But the future growth in the US will be primarily in the Southeast and Texas.
Lastly, I don’t agree that the “most productive” citizens find California affordable. There’s a difference between working hard and working smart. I don’t find people who make 200k who plunk down 600k for a starter home to be exactly intelligent. I think a lot of people would agree- which is why so many of them are moving away to the aforementioned places I mentioned.
As far as “1″, that was a mistake on my part. Apologies.
November 30th, 2009 at 1:21 pm
> I don’t find people who make 200k who plunk down 600k for a starter home to be exactly intelligent.
I actually agree with this.
Californians are kind of like the frog that is slowly boiled in water.
They’ve been here so long, they’ve slowly acclimated to outrageous home prices and believe it’s the norm.
If you’re making $150k/year and living in a half million dollar shit box something is wrong. This is the state of the RE market today.