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Electricity cost was higher when I was in New England.
I disagree food costs more here and there also is no tax on it.
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I was going to get a job changing semi tires they are always hiring for that in every city everywhere.
It is hard work but I like it. Also I own my own engine broker business and do pretty well with that. Im sure people out in Cali need engines for cars and trucks.
Living in Catalonia I enjoy pretty good weather all year long and lots of good tracks too. But if I lived in a cold place like the north europeans or you I'd move to Cali for sure.
People complain about the high cost of living here. They do not mention that the wage scale for a person with any skills is much higher than you will find In depressed States. We are booked into the end of next summer doing home remodeling at proposals based on hourly wages double of what we would be able to charge in Indiana.
Traffic gets to you? Avoid living in the shitty areas where you will deal with it on a daily basis. Heat bother you.....move close to the coast or mountains. It is affordable regardless of what others say. I am a small time contractor and live 5 miles from the beach in San Diego county. My youngest son out of HS makes a little over minimum wage in a cabinet shop and lives in the same area and he is out on his own getting along just fine.
What I love about this place is I will be able to cruise around the beaches or mountains on my Triumph year round.....tshirts in the dead of winter is just fine with me. Most of America might have four seasons but unfortunately 3 1/2 of them suckasss
Also, the wages make up for some of the difference, but not all. When I left Cali as a union HVAC guy, I took roughly a 40% pay cut, that's not double by any means.
Deer aren't as plentiful as out here, with less dense forest to hide in and natural predators to keep their numbers low. I've never seen anyone protest hunting personally. It's probably about the only thing I haven't seen protested out there..
Agree with the 100k just to live in Ca. Might check out buying an older class c motorhome and renting space at an rv park as one can check out the different so cal areas without the hassel of renting contracts.
You ever been to the coast in San Diego area? Believe me when I say we are all not wealthy in this area......you might not be able to afford beachfront in La Jolla but go inland a few miles and you are fine. This place is filled with military families and you know they are not being paid well.
40% pay cut is huge btw. And unions here are dead. The best way to make money here in a construction trade is to go out on your own. If you are remotely reliable and do good work you will be swamped
Btw I've never been to the Carolina's but that is next on our vacation list., looks beautiful there. Going to try n do it early Oct
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I've driven by lake Arrowhead, isn't it quite a ways from a major city just over the grapevine? I suppose whether you can afford living a ways out depends on what you do for a living. I do computer related stuff now, so I will always need to be near a major metropolitan area. I hated commuting 1.5 hrs one way everyday out there, that's no quality of life to me anyways.
I have been to SD, going inland anywhere in Socal, means your in the desert...lol. Yeah, unions have always been dead in Socal, Norcal is a little more union friendly. I m not in the union anymore, because what I do now. Your right though, I have no doubt's that you are swamped, there are a lot of people in places like La Jolla with money to burn.
How hard is it to get a Conceal Carry license now?
Excaliberbmx follow your dream. if you want it bad enough you will make it happen and if not you can do what I tell my son, move back home at least you will always KNOW that you can make it back home as you were. There will always be pros and cons to each so it's all in what you want to tolerate as to be able to do what you want where you want.
BTW my son is 20 doesn't make that much money, lives a few blocks from the beach in LB and is doing just fine out there.
See you there in 5 to 6 at the same places doing the same things...
Usually my commute want too bad on the 91 as I worked a night shift of sorts (11AM to 9PM) so I usually missed rush hour. However one night I traded shifts and left at 5PM.....
There were 3 accidents on the 91 before the 15 interchange, it took me 4 hours to go 15 miles. I swear I thought about leaving my car in traffic and start walking home, probably would have got there faster.
When things go wrong on the 91, they go REALLLLLLY wrong
Here you go this is what we have to deal with on a regular basis
Traffic!!
red is 0-10mph
yellow is 10-30mph
green 40+
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