[quote=XBoxBoy][quote=svelte]Perhaps not happy until others are unhappy[/quote]
The irony of this statement is wonderful. I mean this thread is chock full of posts that could be used to argue this. Why do so many feel the need to tell EconProf what a miserable choice they’ve made?
[quote]Or unsure of the huge decision he’s made and trying to convince others to take the same path for validation[/quote] How is it different than those that have stayed and want to convince others how wonderful it is where they have stayed and how foolish anyone who left is?
[quote]Or perhaps trying to convince us he is smarter
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Oh don’t even try to claim there’s only one side here trying to make themselves feel smarter.

Don’t get me wrong, I have no plans to move from San Diego, but I sure do wish y’all would just let EconProf sing the praises of Utah and help encourage others to move. We got plenty of people here and could easily lose a ton more without degrading our lives.[/quote]

I don’t think people are trying to say what a wonderful place SD or CA is. I think most people here acknowledge there are issues and there are good things. But unless I’m not mistaken, this blog is mainly focused on the SD and to a lesser extent on CA. Why someone who already moved out of this area and CA would need to continue to come back here to trash CA or SD , is borderline mental illness….I think for most part the other piggs that have left the state have moved on…Its not like any of us are camping on a Utah blog telling how effed up the morons are ..
(Side note: Big Mitt Romney fan here…)

and come on now, EconProf main reason for moving had more to do with family and kids than the state of CA. yes, probably CA was getting to annoy a lot more conservative leaning people, but especially someone of his economic standing , none of this would have dramatically impacted his living standard. And knowing him, he would be living in the most conservative parts of the state so he wouldn’t even need to deal with all the black, brown, yellow, purple, pink people in this state which based on one of his Utah posts was also something that bothered him…
If he didn’t like the black, brown, yellow, blue, purple, pink people, there’s plenty of counties and area where that is still a neglible amount here in CA. and a lot of places in the state that are rural that fits that description.

There’s some really nice remote places beautiful places around Mendicito and Sacramento area that are much more red that would fit the bill.

in fact if you take away LA, SF, and a lesser extent SD , a good portion of the state really isn’t solid blue. It’s pretty red…So for a guy who is supposedly all knowing “professor” to gloss over that fact and to lump all of CA as a solid blue state is pretty stupid.

It’s like say everyone Utah is a Bible humping polygomist

As far as the recall goes. Lots of independents and moderate republicans probably don’t like a lot of what some of the crazy far left leaning blue people do, but come on Elders? As long as the GOP continue to entertain Trumpism/Elders, GOP is a losing party.

many including me have already dropped this now crazy party. Pissed off about this, blame the Trumpism that took over this party.

I wasn’t even going to vote for this recall because if the person put in front was like Falconer, I’d be like ok, that’s fine, something on the middle. but the GOP decided to put forth elders..so, it wasn’t more a vote for elders or the democrats as it was a vote against elders/trump extremism…enough is enough…