# What does the rest of the states think of California **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [November 18, 2000, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-the-rest-of-the-states-think-of-california/41783 "2000-11-18T22:35:04Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Typo\_Negative](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/typo_negative/32/484_2.png) [@Typo\_Negative](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Negative)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2000, 2:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-the-rest-of-the-states-think-of-california/41783/41 "2000-11-20T14:06:07Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by LateComer \* > \*\*February of '97 (or was it '98?) > > I spent 2 days in Los Angeles and it rained both days. Things did clear up enough that I could clearly see the mountains behind the city. A friend who was formerly in the Navy told me: “I lived in Los Angeles for 3 years and it didn’t rain once and I didn’t even know that you could see mountains from the city!” \*\* Your friend was pulling your leg. It rains a couple of days per year, here. And you got to see both of them! ---
**Author:** ![Mockingbird](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c68b51/32.png) [@Mockingbird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mockingbird)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2000, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-the-rest-of-the-states-think-of-california/41783/42 "2000-11-20T18:50:53Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Short \* > \*\*Here in Seattle, WA, Californians are blamed for > -Traffic > -House prices > -Drugs > -Gangs > -Meyrven’s Department Stores > -Sunspots > -poor cable service > > I understand Portland, OR residents say the same about migrating Seattlites. \*\* Nope. We say it about the rude, boorish Californians as well. I’ve not met a single transplanted Californian who is a good neighbor. They are the first ones to call the city if your lawn isn’t mowed, the first one to call the cops if your music is too loud, and the first one to criticize you personally for anything else they don’t like. Perhaps those are the Californians that are kicked out of the state for not being mellow enough. ---
**Author:** ![yosemite](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/3ab097/32.png) [@yosemite](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yosemite)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2000, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-the-rest-of-the-states-think-of-california/41783/43 "2000-11-20T21:47:06Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Hastur \* > I’ve not met a single transplanted Californian who is a good neighbor. They are the first ones to call the city if your lawn isn’t mowed, the first one to call the cops if your music is too loud, and the first one to criticize you personally for anything else they don’t like. > > Perhaps those are the Californians that are kicked out of the state for not being mellow enough. That must be it! In every neighborhood I’ve been in, everyone keeps out of everyone else’s business. I hardly know my neighbors’ names. I sure as hell am not going to complain about them, unless they are dealing drugs out in the open, or something. I guess there are some neighborhoods where everyone knows everyone else, and is in everyone else’s business, but I never lived in one (at least as an adult.) ---
**Author:** ![Ruffian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/71e660/32.png) [@Ruffian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ruffian)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2000, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-the-rest-of-the-states-think-of-california/41783/44 "2000-11-22T14:33:17Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by AETBOND417 \* > \*\* > [Haley Joel Osment] > Ruffian sees dead people. > [/Haley Joel Osment] > \*\* Not _ **that** _ Q, AET! I meant Q of _Star Trek_ fame, not _James Bond_ fame. His name’s something along the lines of John Delancey. ---
**Author:** ![Strainger](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/strainger/32/244_2.png) [@Strainger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Strainger)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2000, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-the-rest-of-the-states-think-of-california/41783/45 "2000-11-22T16:55:46Z")
My only issue with California is that the cost of living is so much higher than what I’m used to. According to my boss who is from CA, electrical engineers are better compensated for this than mechanical engineers are. Other posters here may choose to refute or support this notion. Other than that, I like it pretty much, although if I ever moved there I’d do my damndest to avoid having to drive in LA rush hour traffic. ---
**Author:** ![MsRobyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/90ced4/32.png) [@MsRobyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsRobyn)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2000, 8:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-the-rest-of-the-states-think-of-california/41783/46 "2000-11-23T08:02:31Z")
I was born and spent the first 13 years of my life in Los Angeles. I also made the mistake of moving back there for a while after high school. I used to love it. There was the Museum of Science and Industry that had the neatest exhibit that featured hatching chicks. And the art museums, sports, food, and, of course, Disneyland. Then, I grew up and found out that it’s expensive to live there; I can’t breathe outside for more than a few minutes for the smog, and the Museum of Science and Industry has become the California Science Center. The worst of it is that the city has become overrun with pretentious movie industry wanna-bes waiting to be “discovered”. Guess what, folks, it ain’t gonna happen. Now I gotta watch Dragnet to get my “old LA” fix. Robin ---
**Author:** ![Carina42](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/439d5e/32.png) [@Carina42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Carina42)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2000, 11:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-the-rest-of-the-states-think-of-california/41783/47 "2000-11-23T11:49:55Z")
## quote: Originally posted by Hastur I’ve not met a single transplanted Californian who is a good neighbor. They are the first ones to call the city if your lawn isn’t mowed, the first one to call the cops if your music is too loud, and the first one to criticize you personally for anything else they don’t like. ## Perhaps those are the Californians that are kicked out of the state for not being mellow enough. Sheesh, Hastur! As a formerly transplanted Californian, I resemble that remark. Change “Californian” in the above quote to \ and see how it reads. :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![oldscratch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ed655f/32.png) [@oldscratch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/oldscratch)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2000, 2:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-the-rest-of-the-states-think-of-california/41783/48 "2000-11-23T14:05:54Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Carina42 \* > \*\* > > Sheesh, Hastur! As a formerly transplanted Californian, I resemble that remark. Change “Californian” in the above quote to \ and see how it reads. :rolleyes: \*\* Jesus motherfucking christ. Change the letter a in the above quote to the word bananna and see who it reads. :rolleyes: I’m sick and tired of everyone complaining about how they’re so oppressed and comparing themselves to minorities. Guess what. You’re not. There is nothing wrong with a little California bashing. We’re a big state. We can fucking take it. Me? I like to insult people from Oregon, and Wisconsin. There is nothing FUCKING worng with it. Grow up or go away. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-the-rest-of-the-states-think-of-california/41783.md?page=2)