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Why do people dislike California? (lemmy.ml)

submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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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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[–] [email protected] 63 points 1 year ago (3 children)

My conservative family still asks if I'm safe here in Seattle because they "hear so much about it on the news". They still think Seattle is just always being with protests and the libbrerl government is just running the city into the ground.

Which Seattle and most cities have problems, all cities have crime, but no more than usually. It's just that people live in cities. Per Capita crime in a big city can and is around the same of a rural area, but people don't think in terms like per Capita.

But fox news loves to spin that to keep rural people afraid, keep them thankful for their backwards laws and ideas. Because what really happens when you move somewhere like Cali? You meet people from different backgrounds and religions and suddenly your views might be challenged a bit

[–] [email protected] 16 points 1 year ago

I wish the city council was what Republicans make it out to be! This place is dominated by NIMBY centrists.

Also damn near everything I've read about crime rates says that rural areas have substantially higher crime rates on average.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

It's their got dam libbrerl government causing problems I tell ya

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 months ago

Crime in rural areas is, on average, higher than in cities, per capita.

Vermont is safer than large cities, but that's never what the right wingers are talking about when they say rural.