The Best Place to Live in the United States?

[EweSheep]

If and when you do decide to move to CA, putting your house on shock absorbers would help!

 

[rebelcowboysnb]

What is the best area of the United States to live?

The whole state of Ca would be off my list for having high taxes an intrusive government.

I like my home state of Ga ok along with AL an TN. Though not perfect. Not that I want more neighbors.


Louisianan has a lot going for it.

 

[chickened]

California has too many people... 37 million I think.

 

[kareninthesun]

San Diego is good for weather and jobs, but I think San Diego falls short with some of my criteria.

You don't have freedom of the country, and the land inland from San Diego is very dry.

San Diego is also an expensive area to live.

Southern California has earthquakes, grass fires, and mudslides.

I have lived in san diego over 30 years. it is not as it used to be. taxes are outragious, school systems so bad that there arent enoubh books. kids have to use binders to copy work. when it rains, there is a 72 hour mark where it is advised not to go into the ocean because of runoff. wager is hgh, and most areas you dont have a choice of power companies. ive gone shopping a few times and asked employees where to find items and they could only speak in spanish (this in Walmart and target) .. I live in a nice neighborhood, but over half our neighbors, me included have had eitner breakins or car stolen. we usually fimd out they went over the border. drivers to the south arent checked for insurance, amd three times my car has been scraped by another with mexico plates wthen sped away. it is much more difficult to get a job here, unless you are bilingual. the fuel costs for california is almost always the highest in the nation. resarching the offenders list on any given day, although I live on the outskirts of town, within a 2 mile radius tnere are 36 people living qhom afe currently on probation for inflicting sexual harm on someone under 14. yes, we have wonderful weather, but with taxes and new business regulations and premium water prices skyrocketimg,companies are leaving in droves. we are forced to buy foods elsewhere as premium fields dry up.

 

[BoutrosBoutrosGalusGalus]

And did I mention it rains a lot?

and year round right? Thats a big plus over CA with its long dry summers - especially if you can do a little rainwater collecting.

 

[Capvin]

Regarding Oregon, in my opinion it is one of the best places to visit and live in the United States. Actually Chickened is quoting from the Oregaon Chamber of Commerce manual when he lists all of the negatives regarding Oregon. Their motto is "Come and visit, but afterwards, go home."

 

[RHRanch]

San Diego is good for weather and jobs, but I think San Diego falls short with some of my criteria.

You don't have freedom of the country, and the land inland from San Diego is very dry.

San Diego is also an expensive area to live.

Southern California has earthquakes, grass fires, and mudslides.

Sorry, but that is incorrect. We have a great deal "country" and agriculture here. San Diego County is huge and has a lot of unincorporated and rural areas - its just an outsider perception that we are urban. I myself live in the unincorporated county. Its great because you get country living very close to all the "city" you could ever want. San Diego is not on any of the fault lines, so we don't really have earthquakes of any consequence, so thats not a problem. No mudlsides here either, but if you buy a house on the bluffs the sand cliffs could collapse due to corrosion. We do ocassionally have fires, but most of the time they are managed quickly.

 

[Yetti]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/State_income_tax#States_without_an_individual_income_tax

 

[RHRanch]

I have lived in san diego over 30 years. it is not as it used to be. taxes are outragious, school systems so bad that there arent enoubh books. kids have to use binders to copy work. when it rains, there is a 72 hour mark where it is advised not to go into the ocean because of runoff. wager is hgh, and most areas you dont have a choice of power companies. ive gone shopping a few times and asked employees where to find items and they could only speak in spanish (this in Walmart and target) .. I live in a nice neighborhood, but over half our neighbors, me included have had eitner breakins or car stolen. we usually fimd out they went over the border. drivers to the south arent checked for insurance, amd three times my car has been scraped by another with mexico plates wthen sped away. it is much more difficult to get a job here, unless you are bilingual. the fuel costs for california is almost always the highest in the nation. resarching the offenders list on any given day, although I live on the outskirts of town, within a 2 mile radius tnere are 36 people living qhom afe currently on probation for inflicting sexual harm on someone under 14. yes, we have wonderful weather, but with taxes and new business regulations and premium water prices skyrocketimg,companies are leaving in droves. we are forced to buy foods elsewhere as premium fields dry up.

You should move to a better neighborhood. lol I too have lived here over 30 years, and I just have not found most of the things you mentioned to be a problem, although you and I do know that San Diego County varies a lot in terms of region.... Are you in Lakeside or El Cajon? Maybe on the outskirts of a place like Lemon Grove? Sounds like it to me from your description. You also must live in an area far enough away from schools to make it a "hotspot" for sex offenders... I have seen that happen before, because its really hard to find a place to live if you are a sex offender and social workers point out areas for them to look that are far enough away from schools - It creates clusters of sex offenders. Too bad for you. Luckily, those looking to move here can check the Megans Law website and avoid that. Some of the other things like the fuel costs, etc... those I can't completely disagree with, but other stuff like the terror of unisured mexican motorist or the inconvenience of those spanish speakers I can't say has ever been a problem for me or anyone I know. The nicer communities are not having problems with providing textbooks to students either... It is sad that nationwide poor communities get shortchanged in terms of funding... thats not just a SD phenomenon. (I really have never encountered the only spanish speaking employees, not has anyone I know not gotten a job because they didn't speak spanish. There are some jobs that require you to speak spanish, I am sure... but if you are in a field like that (health care, etc... you should speak spanish here, it would help you do your job here.) I really have to mention this because I run into so many people from other states that mistakenly believe that San Diego requires them to be bilingual to get around, and that it absolutely not true, most people (including those that speak spanish) speak english. I just have to dispel that myth.

 

[sourland]

Regarding Oregon, in my opinion it is one of the best places to visit and live in the United States. Actually Chickened is quoting from the Oregaon Chamber of Commerce manual when he lists all of the negatives regarding Oregon. Their motto is "Come and visit, but afterwards, go home."

There are instances where the right to legally 'off' yourself is a positive rather than a negative. JMO