Yea, I agree with you Gary. Back in my younger days, I brought a girl out here from Connecticut. I took her to Morro Bay, Big Sur, the Monterrey Coast, 17 mile drive, then over the Yosemite and finally to Mammoth Mtn and Mt Whitney. She said she had never ever seen a place in which everyday it was like driving in your own personal picture postcard.
I truly believe California is the prettiest state in the country, and I lived on Maui for many years. The downfall.......well, the list is too big, but it starts with Democratic lawmakers, Republican lawmakers, Jerry Brown, Arnold Schwarznegger, unfriendly business practices, high taxes, illegal immigration (which is bankrupting CA), no person with any courage to make CA great again (used to be the #6 economy in the world.)..........etc. It confounds me that the greatest state in the Union cannot figure a way out of it's problems. This is by far one of the most unfriendly states when it comes to keeping and attracting businesses.
And then, you come from another state and you see how fricken gorgeous the majority of the state is and you wonder, how the hell can California keep screwing this up? Uh, one word: SACRAMENTO.
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