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Why do people dislike California? (lemmy.ml)

submitted 1 year ago by arcrust@lemmy.ml to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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I recently moved to California. Before i moved, people asked me "why are you moving there, its so bad?". Now that I'm here, i understand it less. The state is beautiful. There is so much to do.

I know the cost of living is high, and people think the gun control laws are ridiculous (I actually think they are reasonable, for the most part). There is a guy I work with here that says "the policies are dumb" but can't give me a solid answer on what is so bad about it.

So, what is it that California does (policy-wise) that people hate so much?

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[–] ryathal@sh.itjust.works 8 points 1 year ago (2 children)

The bay area has degraded significantly in the last ten years. There are ardent defenders claiming it's not that bad, but it's one of the few places in the US that you can regularly see human shit on the sidewalks.

[–] jdsquared@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

I was homeless in SF and Marin County a while back in the early eighties. Spent many years in southern California. Now 20 years in Georgia. That was a lot of back story to say I was expecting crazy and annoying homeless people and feces everywhere when I went back on vacation three years ago. I couldn't find anything like that, to the point we took a few walks specifically to search it out.