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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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[–] UnicodeHamSic@hexbear.net 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Everyone hates liberals. Even other liberals. California is probably the most liberal state. The cost of living is ridiculous. The transport is terrible. However, it is one of the cultural capitals of America. We have San Francisco, Hollywood, Silicon Valley. Probably some other stuff. It is also heavily non-white and has a large unhoused population. So people should hate it just not for any of the reasons people hate it for. It had the home of the KKK, cities with urban blight as bad a Detroit, and breaking bad was originally going to be set here because it is the true home of meth.

[–] dudewitbow@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Id argue its not the most liberal state. It would still vote for a system democrat vs an active progressive like bernie if push came to shove.

It only seems like the most liberal state because the high number of loberals, while people forget that it also houses a LOT of conservatives (more people voted for trump in california than other states)

[–] UnicodeHamSic@hexbear.net 0 points 1 year ago

Yes, being weirdly conservative is part of libersl ideology.