Iwan Maier said:
Nice sounds appealing.. but the weather isn't a good enough reason for me to be broke after the rent is paid
Yet you'll pay the same amount, roughly, for crappy weather in DC, Boston, NY, or Connecticut where the cost of living is almost higher than here in San Diego? Hmmmmmmmmmmmm. Now people who do THAT are not thinking! Apartments cost more in Boston and DC than they do here in san diego in a large # of places. Troy makes a very good point about this above.
Iwan said:
I'm going back to New England eventually man, I appreciate all 4 seasons, I don't like getting ripped off on one or the other
How about living in San diego and having it be all 4 seasons at once instead? Another reason why the cost of living is so high here. As I type this it is 80 degrees. I can drive 5 minutes and go surfing. I can drive 25 minutes and go snowboarding in the mountains, which I can see with snow on them from here. I can drive 1 hour and be in the middle of a sandy desert. I can drive 30 minutes and be in a quaint little mexican village. I can drive 30 minutes and be in Rancho Santa Fe where the billionaires of this world live. I can drive 2 hours and be in Palm Springs. 5 Hours and be in Phoenix. 2 hours and be in Los Angeles. 4 Hours and be in Las Vegas. I can see a beautiful warm sunrise against palm trees and ocean in the morning and watch continue to rise over a snow covered evergreen a half hour later. Its pretty cool!
Some pics I took a couple hours from here in Palm Springs last week. This is January 15th folks! 75 degrees where I was standing.
And here is New England in January. 5 months of this? Id rather kill myself.
Iwan said:
Summer in Houston = nightmare from hell
I lived there for awhile too. You're right. The humidity is unbearable. But the girls are incredible
Iwan said:
I guess an earthquake wouldn't be so bad .. as long as you're not on a highway that splits in half and your car falls through a crack 50ft down to your demise.
There's a better chance of you getting in a car accident without an earthquake than there is of this ever happening to you. Cracks, even at the epicenter, rarely get wider than a few feet at most anyways. That's hollywood for ya.
Iwan said:
weather cannot justify outrageous cost of living.. not for me anyway.
Tell that to the population of Seattle, where it always rains and is cloudy and miserable - the city with the highest suicide rate in the country.
Mid January I see hot sexy 20-30 somethings walking around with tight butts and large breasts and flat stomachs working out, jogging, being outside, smelling the fresh air ... and I haven't seen someone actually smoking here in almost 2 years. Nobody. Stress is low, morale is high, good for the mind, body, and soul!!
You're paying for more than just the ability to wear a t shirt in January. People live longer healthier lives in this climate, and to some, that is worth the cost of living. When I lived in Minnesota I acquired Asthmatic Bronchitis 6 times and Pneumonia 8 times. My health has significantly improved here.
Iwan said:
Imagine if you didn't make that much money, and you have nothing left after you paid your $1500 rent.. that's not fun.
Very true and I agree with you. 90% of my friends came to visit here and vowed they'd move here, but just couldn't make it happen because of cost. However they're all miserable right now where they live. The view out their window can be seen above in those pics. If I had to wake up to that every day for even 2 weeks I would crawl into the fetal position and waste away. Look at it from another angle ... living here motivates you to work harder and get a better paying job and make more of yourself. If you can live comfortably on a $30k a year job elsewhere, that's all you're ever going to make. 30k!
Iwan said:
I think that Hollywood and celebrities and the p**rn industry seem to give some kind of 'exclusiveness' feeling to a lot of people who move there, and the state feels that they can rip people off because of that 'exclusiveness'.. for me it is just a placebo effect. There are many beautiful states that don't cost as much... period.
Very true. Visually there are a lot of beautiful places. However, climate as mentioned above leads to activeness, better health, longer lives, better morale, lower stress = longer life, less sickness ... so many positives related to a 70 degree year round temperature ... and the lack of humidity and therefore bugs ... hell ill take it even a step further and say ... my house on Long Island was infested with spiders .. which one ended up biting me at night while I slept .. and i dealt with an infection on my foot from that bite for weeks which turned into a fungal infection which has caused me years of discomfort. All of this relates to the environment you're in.
I've enjoyed the discussion on this topic! Gimme some more points to refute
Iwan said:
Plus you have that fucktard of a governor... ew.
"Ewww" ? lol "Only a girlyman says ew!" ~ Arnold
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