OT: Interesting read in the reader

[moneymaker]

What is it that you hate about San Diego?
Well there isn’t much but if there were 2 things for me it would be cold ocean water and expensive housing (actually expensive everything). All the comments in the reader had some truth to them. On a state level I think taxes and regulations would top my list.

[Doofrat]

Cold murky water

Seagulls

Travelling to remote locales and hearing people complain about the cost of everything in the grocery store and they’re the same price as back home in San Diego

Paying more for gas here than in Arizona, even though it’s shipped from San Diego to Arizona.

May Gray

June Gloom

The terms “May Gray” and “June Gloom”

Allergies all year long

[spdrun]

Everything here (except gas and housing, maybe) is cheaper than in the Northeast. Gas doesn’t matter so much. Perfect climate for electric cars and motorcycles! And when you factor in HVAC costs, taxes, comparative HOA fees, housing doesn’t look so bad either.

[The-Shoveler]

Expensive Gas tops the list (almost a dollar a gallon more than most the rest of the nation).

Overzealous zoning laws.

The fact I cannot trade my canyon view home for a similar home with an ocean view.

Not enough June gloom (most years)

Special California Smog laws.

Still I am not leaving though.

[Coronita]

1. CARB laws (ok, that’s CA in general)

2. Lack of tech community.

[spdrun]

Lack of pretentious startup glasswholes is a net positive.

Gas should be expensive. Fecking idiots who choose to drive four-wheeled mastodons to the mall should pay. In fact, they don’t pay enough.

[bearishgurl]

[quote=spdrun]Everything here (except gas and housing, maybe) is cheaper than in the Northeast. Gas doesn’t matter so much. Perfect climate for electric cars and motorcycles! And when you factor in HVAC costs, taxes, comparative HOA fees, housing doesn’t look so bad either.[/quote]

Agree with all. We all need to take periodic road trips to realize how good we who reside in SD County have it. It actually doesn’t cost any more to live in SD than many “flyover cities” and it is often cheaper to live in SD, primarily due to lower utility costs, lower food costs (for fresher food with more variety) and lower entertainment costs (so many free and really cheap things to do here year-round).

[bearishgurl]

[quote=The-Shoveler]Expensive Gas tops the list (almost a dollar a gallon more than most the rest of the nation).[/quote]True but it only matters to people who must commute long distances for a living. I have only purchased five tanks of gas since the new year and my car’s tank is currently full. (And I made one 250 mile RT in March.)

[quote=The-Shoveler]Overzealous zoning laws.[/quote]Be glad CA has them in place. Try visiting your favorite gas and oil producing state which offers cheap gas but has next to zero zoning or environmental regulations (esp in small towns and rural areas). Then come back and give the Piggs an assessment of your thoughts on its residents’ the quality of life.

[quote=The-Shoveler]The fact I cannot trade my canyon view home for a similar home with an ocean view.[/quote]You can’t trade in a lesser-priced home for a higher-priced home anywhere without parting with some cash or taking out a larger mortgage.

[quote=The-Shoveler]Not enough June gloom (most years)[/quote]Is this good …. or bad?

[quote=The-Shoveler]Special California Smog laws.[/quote]Yes, they are a PITA, especially for older vehicle owners who are biennially unfairly targeted by the DMV and routed to “Star Stations” for a “spread-eagle-like, high-emitter profile” inspection. Yes, even if it passed all its smog inspections in the past.

Well, I guess those who don’t like it can move on down the road …. along Route 66, where they can inhale truck exhaust and cigarette fumes in and out of truck stops all the way to Chicago.

[quote=The-Shoveler]Still I am not leaving though.[/quote]I’m not planning to, either.

[The-Shoveler]

I drive a lot even when not commuting Plus no-one (besides spdrun maybe) wants to pay more for gas.

Yea but I still want to split my lot LOL.

Just because I cannot really afford an ocean view home does not mean I am not upset about it.

I like June gloom (no sun screen required) and I like wearing a sweater while walking on the beach (it’s what they make Vitamin D3 supplements for)

[Essbee]

I hate the lack of big trees / forests. Hate the fact that everything is brown for ~10 months per year.

I also wish that I could go out at night in the summer without bringing along a light fleece or sweater. That rarely happens here.

[bearishgurl]

[quote=Essbee]I hate the lack of big trees / forests. Hate the fact that everything is brown for ~10 months per year.

I also wish that I could go out at night in the summer without bringing along a light fleece or sweater. That rarely happens here.[/quote]

Essbee, it is much greener in NorCal but you will not get away without the sweater within 20 miles of the coast.

SoCal is actually an irrigated desert. Without irrigation, it would resemble much of Baja California.

[spdrun]

I drive a lot even when not commuting Plus no-one (besides spdrun maybe) wants to pay more for gas.

No one does, but one has to admit that they keep traffic and gratuitous guzzler ownership under control.

[FlyerInHi]

spd, here’s a good article for you on superior and cheaper southern California.

[scaredyclassic]

[quote=spdrun]

I drive a lot even when not commuting Plus no-one (besides spdrun maybe) wants to pay more for gas.

No one does, but one has to admit that they keep traffic and gratuitous guzzler ownership under control.[/quote]

I want gas to cost 10.00 a gallon.

[scaredyclassic]

[quote=spdrun]

I drive a lot even when not commuting Plus no-one (besides spdrun maybe) wants to pay more for gas.

No one does, but one has to admit that they keep traffic and gratuitous guzzler ownership under control.[/quote]

I want gas to cost 10.00 a gallon. Maybe 15

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