Thread: To buy or not to buy, that is the question...

If you are only 31 and can afford to buy a house, I would jump on it.
They're not making land any more...

F... California.!
I wouldn't shed a tear, if the state slid into the ocean.

Its a cancerous tumor, on the face of this nation.
A granola state. The land of fruits, flakes, and nuts. And a breeding ground for extreme liberalism.

I'd say...get out now, and find something elsewhere.

Come on down my friend!!! The water is fine, the beer is cold and the women are sweeeet. (But the guns and ammo might be an issue)

California is the state everyone loves to hate. However the fact is if it was a country by itself it would do very well without the rest of the U.S. I don't think any other state could make that claim.

Originally Posted by animalwithin

Without getting too political, many people I follow, many I've spoken to, etc. are all telling me that I need to be ready to leave should things quickly fall apart. Of course they are addressing the social unrest, political tensions, economic strain, etc.
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Unless you have a specific reason to expect such a situation, I'd not worry. The zombie apocalypse is not going to happen. The notion that suddenly there is going to be a massive war or apocalyptical situation is extremely unlikely.

2 years and the current actions will fuel a drastic change that can make current political power, powerless. It was designed that way.

And politicians eat their young, so internal strife prevent absolute power. You cannot get 10 politicians to agree on anything.


Yea, folks love to hate California, but you cannot beat the weather, 60 minutes from the mountains to the sea, world class health care, and the culture, if you can hold your nose and tongue. I wear shorts and a polo shirt year-round.

We looked at nearby states and cities and yes in some, you can buy twice as much, for half or less of California prices. Everywhere we looked they have the same growing political issues, rising crime and weather, blistering heat or snow.

We were all set to move to northern Arizona about 6 years ago, even sold our home sitting on piles of cash. Then our only granddaughter was born, now were not leaving anytime soon. Weather and family are why we are still here.

Buy, but buy educated. In Southern California, the average person buys a new home every 5-7 years, because they didn’t.

Originally Posted by Tathra11

Come on down my friend!!! The water is fine, the beer is cold and the women are sweeeet. (But the guns and ammo might be an issue)

Haha I know a few big game hunters down in Australia who love it. Choosing between women and guns, that's a tough one

Originally Posted by Bruno

Unless you have a specific reason to expect such a situation, I'd not worry. The zombie apocalypse is not going to happen. The notion that suddenly there is going to be a massive war or apocalyptical situation is extremely unlikely.

Always good hearing from you Bruno. It's definitely easy to focus on the doom and gloom but it's not a healthy approach to life in general.

Originally Posted by Euclid440

2 years and the current actions will fuel a drastic change that can make current political power, powerless. It was designed that way.

And politicians eat their young, so internal strife prevent absolute power. You cannot get 10 politicians to agree on anything.

Yea, folks love to hate California, but you cannot beat the weather, 60 minutes from the mountains to the sea, world class health care, and the culture, if you can hold your nose and tongue. I wear shorts and a polo shirt year-round.

We looked at nearby states and cities and yes in some, you can buy twice as much, for half or less of California prices. Everywhere we looked they have the same growing political issues, rising crime and weather, blistering heat or snow.

We were all set to move to northern Arizona about 6 years ago, even sold our home sitting on piles of cash. Then our only granddaughter was born, now were not leaving anytime soon. Weather and family are why we are still here.

Buy, but buy educated. In Southern California, the average person buys a new home every 5-7 years, because they didn’t.

I hear you on all of this. I have friends and acquaintances in other states (even those that are supposedly deep red) and even they're not happy with the general trajectory of things.

Originally Posted by outback

F... California.!
I wouldn't shed a tear, if the state slid into the ocean.

Its a cancerous tumor, on the face of this nation.
A granola state. The land of fruits, flakes, and nuts. And a breeding ground for extreme liberalism.

I'd say...get out now, and find something elsewhere.

Mike, tell us how you feel and quit beating around the bush

Originally Posted by outback

F... California.!
I wouldn't shed a tear, if the state slid into the ocean.

Its a cancerous tumor, on the face of this nation.
A granola state. The land of fruits, flakes, and nuts. And a breeding ground for extreme liberalism.

I'd say...get out now, and find something elsewhere.

About 36 years ago I took my wife and 8 year old daughter to CA to visit my best friend. While there the wife went shopping with the daughter and came home having had a very small accident. She said there were two people in the car in front of her and when they started off she looked for oncoming traffic and started out and they suddenly stopped causing her to bump into them.

They exchanged insurance info and we thought that was the end of it. However when we got home our insurance agent called and all of a sudden there were SIX PEOPLE in the car and they had all kinds of whiplash and other injuries.

The agent gave me a number for someone further up the food chain in the insurance company than him and the guy said it was a very common fraud there. Once they saw that our rig had out of state plates they set up the accident. He asked for written statement from my wife and pictures of the front of my rig.

Hell there wasn't a scratch on my bumper OR the rubber! Anyway I took the pictures, had the film developed and sent him copies. That was the last I ever heard about it.

On that same visit for shopping the wife bought us all identical T-shirts. On the back it said 'Before the Big Quake' and there was CA as the maps show it but beside it 'After The Big Quake'-----------There the San Fransisco Islands, the LA Islands the San Diego Islands, and states like AZ had ocean front---

I wish I'd have stored one away instead of wearing it out as it was funny as hell to us.

Originally Posted by thebigspendur

California is the state everyone loves to hate. However the fact is if it was a country by itself it would do very well without the rest of the U.S. I don't think any other state could make that claim.

Texas. Texas has the 12th largest economy in the world, is along the outside border of the nation and is large enough and borders on two major bodies of water.
Edit: California might have the size but I think Texas is the only state that has the stones to be a nation of its own. Besides maybe Florida.