A quick Question...

[Catlady (Rita Prince Winston)]

--- In HP4GU-California at yahoogroups.com, "solnavitas" <chal0001 at s...> 
wrote:
> I joined this group because I live in Minnssota right now and I've 
> been thinking about moving to California.  I was hoping somebody 
> here could just give me any information at all about the climate, 
> the people, and anything else.  What are the pros and cons of
> living in California?  Any information would be great.

It depends on what *part* of California you're thinking of, because 
this is a *big* state and even the climate is very different from 
place to place.

All parts of California have earthquakes, as far as I know all parts 
have wild fires, many parts have floods and landslides, but IIRC only 
the northern part has active volcanoes. Most working people have long 
commutes, but I think there are some areas [rural] which don't get 
terrible traffic jams, and I'm under the impression that San 
Francisco and San Jose have adequate public transportation. 

At the present time, we are shutting down all our emergency rooms and 
libraries due to lack of income tax revenue due to lack of income to 
be taxed. I gather that the economy is dreadful, judging from the 
number of stores which have suddenly gone out of business after 
having been there since forever, and now their premises are standing 
vacant, with For Rent signs, like back in '91.... 

I live in Los Angeles, on the Westside, in Venice. Here the beach is 
in walking distance, the climate is almost perfect, finding a parking 
place is impossible, and the cost of housing -- to buy some little 
fixer-upper house is half a million dollars, and I think rent for a 
one-bedroom apartment in the new developments is $2000/month. My rent 
is lower than that because I've been in the same apartment a long 
time, and I have a nice landlady.

Another part of the city of Los Angeles is named the San Fernando 
Valley, located inland and northerly of me. I would never submit to 
live there, as the weather is terrible! All summer days are over 100 
degrees, up to 116,  and some winter nights are below freezing --- it 
even *snows* once every ten years or so, and one time the snow stayed 
on the ground long enough for the CSUN students to make a snowman! A 
number of my friends do live in the Valley, because some parts of it 
are kind of run-down and have almost-affordable rents.

Pippin lives far east of me, in the desert, but IIRC still in LA 
County, and still a place of commuting to jobs in LA, and perhaps she 
will be amused to tell you how nice the weather is in the Valley is 
compared to where she lives.