I would really like to move to California, but I am having second thoughts because of the cost of living. Is it really as bad as everyone says?|||Cost of living is high because California has a lot - San Francisco, Los Angeles, San Diego, Mammoth Mountain... mild weather... and tons of things to do. A lot of people want to be in California. higher demand = higher price.|||Cali is nothing compared to cost of living in Tokyo and Paris. Supply and demand is why its so expensive. Gas is extremely low in supply in Cali so they charge a lot, everyone wants to live on the beach so they charge even more, and not to mention the millions and millions of people who go out to LA just hoping to be famous.|||Yes, it really is expensive to live here. There are three main reasons.: 1. We have a tax and spend legislature that is constantly spending on stupid programs and ideas solely designed to keep themselves in office. 2. We have the ballot intuitive process in which ignorant voters keep approving every "pie in the sky" bill placed on the ballot without regard to the total costs involved. (like that stupid "Bullit Train"). 3. Supply and demand. "Everyone wants to live here (for some reason) which makes every thing more expensive. It really is NOT like you see portrayed on silly television programs.|||It's expensive because everybody wants to move here. The weather is beautiful and you can snowboard, golf, drive quads in the desert, and go on the beach in one day! The only reason why people even say California is bad because their $300,000 2,500 sq. ft. homes in the nicest of neighborhoods can barely pay for a REALLY SMALL empty land in CA.|||because $hitloads of people live there and they were hoping by raising the price-- they'd push 'em out-- but their plan(s) have proven futile / created nothing but poverty. seriously though.. listen to those second thoughts.. i was going to move there a few months ago & was totally disgusted ... i'm glad i visited before moving-- suppose i had this 'saved by the bell' image of cali & it was dashed when i saw all the pollution & trash ..you can see the sick dripping from the freeway signs!! it's run-down big time. if you move there, you'll be trapped. think of it like that.|||to live in a decent/safe area yeah it's very pricy compared to the rest of the country. people like it here for the weather mainly but also because there are so many things to do.|||Extremely high cost of living for no apparent reason other than they can do it so they do. The rent for apartments has not come down at all since the whole recession has started. Gas is high, food is high, a lot of traffic and they drive way to fast. I live in California and plan to move away again. There is no reason for the high cost. The electric on my small one bedroom senior living apartment is $100 a month. And I live alone, well not really I do have a cat. Even bus tickets are un real. Movies cost 12 dollars for one person if its a first run or 8 for a second run or bad theatre. Even fresh fruit and vegtables that are grown here are high priced. The price for housing hasn't gone down either. You can rent a room in a semi good area for about 600 a month. You can't drink the water here so you buy bottled water. The air is so polluted you can see the brown color in the air. Yes there are beautiful places to see but it hurts your heart to see the damage done by the pollution.|||It sucks stay away. I wish I had left long ago. It is almost criminal what is going on here. The state keeps spending even though they are broke, but the important thing that they have failed to realize is that we are also broke from all the taxes on everything. The laws all suck out here also, too many dam enviro wackos that kill most industry. Don't get me wrong I love nature and have spent the majority of my childhood roaming around the forests but most of the issues are ridiculous that they ***** about. Also the gun laws suck so if you believe that you have a right to protect yourself you should rethink that cause they think that you are too stupid to protect yourself. Even though you call 911 and nobody answers or tries to call back. Oh and I forgot that if you did protect yourself even with your fists they will still prosecute you and take away your rights. Trust me it happens >Plus it's full of pansy's, wannabe gangsters and communists|||because of those damn actors and their malibu houses and holliwood films and the tory spelling's 92010 tv series made it popular NOTE to the -1 Thumbsdown 4rsehole: did you really think I didn't have the time to come back here and do the same to you?

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