... so why do you live there? You choose it same as everyone else that's there n...

gretch · on March 8, 2023

People often live here _despite_ the government, not because of it.

Great weather. 4 hours away from skiing. 1 hour away from the beach.

These things aren't attributable to the quality of the govt (except I will say that govt does do a decent job of preserving natural ecosystems)

ikiris · on March 9, 2023

So what you're saying is... they're competing as much as they need to?

gretch · on March 9, 2023

This is the dumbest and most unproductive interpretation of what I said. But sure, it’s true I suppose.

ikiris · on March 9, 2023

Its a summary of your argument's logical conclusion. You might want to reflect on that instead of the vitriol.

gretch · on March 11, 2023

I admit it’s true, it just has no value.

You can say it about any govt in the world. Oh I guess some people still live in Iran/Russia so their govt is doing just fine.

It’s not true, but it’s not insightful nor actionable. That’s why it’s dumb

slg · on March 8, 2023

>Great weather. 4 hours away from skiing. 1 hour away from the beach.

Why not move to Los Angeles, better weather, closer to skiing, and closer to the beach? Seems to me that there is still something the government is doing to keep you in the Bay Area.

ghaff · on March 8, 2023

I probably disagree on the weather but I don't really like heat. There are also a lot of local natural areas for hiking and so forth.

But, really, they're different. Take money out of the picture and tell me I needed to live in either SoCal or NoCal and I'd definitely pick the latter.

(And there's better skiing than both.)

hintymad · on March 8, 2023

Plus, LA is too dry, and the commute is even worse than in Bay Area.

hintymad · on March 8, 2023

My life is good, thanks to the booming tech industry. And as other comments said, the weather is great for me. Indeed, mediterranean weather is a godsend. There was a reason that Greeks and Romans had leisure to come up with foundations of modern civilization.

I was not complaining about the life. I was just wondering how the government's behavior fits the narrative of competing for residents vs business. Of course, I'm angry about the quality of education in California or the corruption in government in general, but that's not the point of my questions.