Why is this the most hated State?

[YoshidaYui]

[walkingman]

1. I don't think it is...I know as a Texan I would personally love to live in California

if I could afford it. I'm retired and was initally transfered to Texas in '87 by my employer and it does not even resemble the state it was when I first came.

If California hated? Maybe by some people who have never been there...I personally like Northern California the best...the climate, the beauty, the culture, the people.

I think a lot of the animosity towards California is just jealousy. Admittedly, I am jealous.

Be thankful you live in where you do....the grass is no always greener elsewhere. ☮

[The_REAL_Ecumenist]

5. You beat me to it, WalkingMan. As a native Californio, (a) girl, it's IS jealousy! We used to tell folks from other

states &/or countries when they complained: "Welcome to California...NOW, go home."

[RandySF]

2. I thought it was New Jersey.

[stopdiggin]

3. Requiring a very healthy shot of "consider the source"

At very minimum .. ?

(Who is hating on CA? What type of people are they, at base? )

(And, secondly - is this from roughly the same kind of source - that was assuring us a week or so back, that Fisherman's Wharf had become nothing more than a slum ridden ghost town? Maybe not the most reliable sourcing?)

[Jilly_in_VA]

4. I think it's Mississhitty

Definitely not California. My brother lives there and has for years. I lived there as a little kid My dad got an offer to go back and I'll never understand why he didn't take it--Cal Santa Cruz. Man, I would have loved that! I was a teenager at the time, I think.

[Tikki]

6. Joshua Tree N.P. is most East of Los Angeles..many things else are South of L A.

Tikki

[byronius]

7. I live in Davis, which is NorCal.

I grew up in Saudi Arabia, and I’ve lived in Ohio, New Orleans, Phoenix, St. Louis and Texas.

NorCal is awesome. The mountains are extensive and beautiful, and the towns and cities are pretty and friendly for the most part. The weather here is beautiful, with mild winters and clean air.

The schools in Davis are the best. I raised both my kids here — a teacher and a lawyer — and I feel like this is my forever home.

[LogDog75]

8. I'm a native Californian so I may be biased

Being a military brat and then serving in the military, I have lived in Rhode Island, Connecticut, Virginia, California, Arizona, New Mexico, Florida, Tennessee, and Alabama as well as visiting many more states, the thing I found was overall, Americans tend to be friendly. Each section and state has their own culture and when you visit another state your comparing their culture to yours. In most cases, we share similarities and other cases we scratch our heads saying "What/why are they doing that?"

I've lived in Northern California (Sacrament and Sunnyvale), Central California (Victorville) and Southern California (San Diego) and each has their positives and negatives. The climates of each area are different which makes California unique among the other states. Within 90 minutes, I can be at the beach (Pacific Ocean), in the mountains, or in the desert. As for the people, California is the most populous state with people who came from other states and countries so we are the diverse population in the nation and yet, somehow we make it work.

Having experienced life in different states, I would rather live in California than any other state despite its high cost of living. We have so much to do available to us that, IMO, living elsewhere is a step down in my standard of living. I'm not trying to disrespect other states but California has everything I need for a quality of life.