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Originally Posted by WestSideBilly,Mar 1 2005, 02:21 PM
....then the nasty rain, then the nasty heat/humidity, then a month of good weather, then leaves everywhere, then more nasty white stuff.... vicious cycle!
Insanely overpriced property.
State Tax is kinda high.
Try paying 11% of the purchase price for car registration on top of 7% sales tax.
Congested roads & freeways even on Sat. & Sun.
Illegal Imigration problems.
Dont even try owning a small buisness. Workers comp law is raping small buisness owners.
Every new house looks exactly the same and is 5 feet from the house next door.
Oh, by the way hello Brian, I'm Shawn. I moved here in June of last year, so far I like it. It gets a little cold, but its nothing unbearable for more than a few days.
Originally Posted by Road Rash,Mar 8 2005, 09:38 AM
Here are the problems in California.
Insanely overpriced property.
State Tax is kinda high.
Try paying 11% of the purchase price for car registration on top of 7% sales tax.
Congested roads & freeways even on Sat. & Sun.
Illegal Imigration problems.
Dont even try owning a small buisness. Workers comp law is raping small buisness owners.
Every new house looks exactly the same and is 5 feet from the house next door.
That is part of the reason I moved.
almost exactly the same reasons I left the UK.....
VERY Insanely overpriced property - my 2 bed 800sq ft house cost the same as my 4 bed 4000sq ft house here
Every new house looks exactly the same and is 5 feet from the house next door - in most cases in the suburban and urban areas houses are joined at least on one side - semi detached.
Sales Tax - 17.5% - on EVERYTHING
How about having to pay to watch TV? No not cable - but $200 a year for a TV license - without it watching TV is illegal and subject to $2000 fine.
Big Brother is watching - CCTV and speed cameras are EVERYWHERE
Congested roads & freeways even on Sat. & Sun.
Illegal Imigration problems.
State entities are a mess - National Health Service - 1-2year wait for operations
Public transport - slow, dirty and expensive - and unsafe
Martin here. Aged curmudgeon residing near Detroit. My S is dirty, scarred, dented. But it's also the '02, '03, and '04 CenDiv B Stock series champ. As I work in Farmington, visit Warren tech center, you'll see it around Detroit.
You will get used to it. 
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