Dating I'm moving to California

[Killswitch]

Two weeks from now I will officially be homeless, or on a road trip out to Santa Monica over the span of a week, then soak up the sun on the beaches for a week before hunkering down in an Airbnb for a month and finding out where I want to live and find a place.

So if you're in the Los Angeles up to San Francisco area, please keep your distance. Thank you.

[The Porn Nerd]

For God's sake why??

You are into insane taxes, insane woke culture, race riots, homelessness and crime?

Have luck.

[VikingMan]

I would urge you to pick another spot along the coast. I lived in SM for years I don’t think this is a great time to move there. Btw the Palisades is where the big fire was and that borders SM to the north.

[Rochard]

Originally Posted by The Porn Nerd

For God's sake why??

You are into insane taxes, insane woke culture, race riots, homelessness and crime?

Have luck.

I am so tired of people talking shit about California.

One of my family members just bought her first house and just discovered property taxes. She's paying $12k a year on a house that is only worth $200k. WTF? That's what I pay here in California, and my house is worth four times what her house is.

Crime? What crime? San Franciso crime has been dropping like a hot potato, and is on track to have it's best year in twenty years.

I spent the weekend in San Francisco this weekend and I didn't see a single homeless person.

[The Porn Nerd]

Originally Posted by Rochard

I am so tired of people talking shit about California.

One of my family members just bought her first house and just discovered property taxes. She's paying $12k a year on a house that is only worth $200k. WTF? That's what I pay here in California, and my house is worth four times what her house is.

Crime? What crime? San Franciso crime has been dropping like a hot potato, and is on track to have it's best year in twenty years.

I spent the weekend in San Francisco this weekend and I didn't see a single homeless person.

Most of the crime is in Los Angeles, where most of the homeless are. And 12k a year for property taxes?? Where does she live, and where do you live in CA? Brother SHE is paying way too much and you are paying way too little, which tells me you are in bumfuck CA.

Cali is great, or WAS, and is now an over-taxed political shit show.

But hey, to each his own i guess.

[DBS.US]

Santa Monica is great for the Homeless
I lived in Hermosa Beach for twenty years. Sold my home, got a bigger, nicer home in Florida at 1/3 the price.

[JesseQuinn]

lol at your thread prefix

moving is exciting, happy travels

[lezinterracial]

[plsureking]

Originally Posted by The Porn Nerd

Most of the crime is in Los Angeles, where most of the homeless are. And 12k a year for property taxes?? Where does she live, and where do you live in CA? Brother SHE is paying way too much and you are paying way too little, which tells me you are in bumfuck CA.

ya he conveniently left out a few critical details

there's at least 40 better states to live in than CA.

and a decent number of countries that are better too..

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[Killswitch]

Originally Posted by The Porn Nerd

For God's sake why??

You are into insane taxes, insane woke culture, race riots, homelessness and crime?

Have luck.

Sounds like you have a skill issue

Originally Posted by VikingMan

I would urge you to pick another spot along the coast. I lived in SM for years I don’t think this is a great time to move there. Btw the Palisades is where the big fire was and that borders SM to the north.

SM is just vacation time. We're taking 2 week vacation, a week as a road trip hitting a bunch of things on the way yout, then a week in SM.

Most likely looking at Bay Area.

Originally Posted by JesseQuinn

lol at your thread prefix

Originally Posted by plsureking

ya he conveniently left out a few critical details

there's at least 40 better states to live in than CA.

and a decent number of countries that are better too..

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Skill issue.

[plsureking]

Originally Posted by Killswitch

Sounds like you have a skill issue

tax evasion?


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[VikingMan]

Solved one issue for you. Get there super early to avoid the line. Chris Penn would order half a dozen sandwiches so he could stock up. I always order “the Godmother”.
Bay Cities Deli
1517 Lincoln Blvd, Santa Monica

[adultinnovation]

but at what cost

[The Porn Nerd]

Originally Posted by Killswitch

Sounds like you have a skill issue

Oh I have many skill issues - just not when it comes to moving to Cali. LOL

Seriously tho, while there are beautiful parts of CA the State is really having a lot of issues, probably since the late nineties. I lived in LA for three years so I have some experience.

Then again, I live in New York so what do i know? LOL

[Killswitch]

Originally Posted by VikingMan

Solved one issue for you. Get there super early to avoid the line. Chris Penn would order half a dozen sandwiches so he could stock up. I always order “the Godmother”.
Bay Cities Deli
1517 Lincoln Blvd, Santa Monica

Finally someone who responds with something good. Noted my guy, heavily.

Originally Posted by adultinnovation

but at what cost

Millions of dollars in my pocket.

Originally Posted by The Porn Nerd

Oh I have many skill issues - just not when it comes to moving to Cali. LOL

Seriously tho, while there are beautiful parts of CA the State is really having a lot of issues, probably since the late nineties. I lived in LA for three years so I have some experience.

Then again, I live in New York so what do i know? LOL

All subjective. I bet 99% of your "problems" are all political related and I will assure you, I don't side with you on that.

[Rochard]

Originally Posted by The Porn Nerd

Most of the crime is in Los Angeles, where most of the homeless are. And 12k a year for property taxes?? Where does she live, and where do you live in CA? Brother SHE is paying way too much and you are paying way too little, which tells me you are in bumfuck CA.

Cali is great, or WAS, and is now an over-taxed political shit show.

But hey, to each his own i guess.

Dude, why the hate?

I am from Northern California; I do not know much about the crime or homeless in Southern California. The only thing I can tell you about Southern California is they have way too much traffic which is why I will never live there.

I live in Lincoln, California, near Sacramento. We are one of the top ten safest cities in the state.

She lives in NJ. Everyone in my family in NJ complains constantly about property taxes.

Everyone loves to talk shit about California. It's August and we had a high of 89 degrees yesterday. I was in San Francisco this weekend and the high was 65.

I love California. We can go to the beach, the desert, and then go skiing all in the same day.

[The Porn Nerd]

Originally Posted by Killswitch

All subjective. I bet 99% of your "problems" are all political related and I will assure you, I don't side with you on that.

Nope - only about 1% of my 'problems' are political. The other 99% are chick and money-related.

Originally Posted by Rochard

Dude, why the hate?

I am from Northern California; I do not know much about the crime or homeless in Southern California. The only thing I can tell you about Southern California is they have way too much traffic which is why I will never live there.

I live in Lincoln, California, near Sacramento. We are one of the top ten safest cities in the state.

She lives in NJ. Everyone in my family in NJ complains constantly about property taxes.

Everyone loves to talk shit about California. It's August and we had a high of 89 degrees yesterday. I was in San Francisco this weekend and the high was 65.

I love California. We can go to the beach, the desert, and then go skiing all in the same day.

Sorry not hating - I also have a home in New Jersey and the property taxes here are killer.

But honestly, anything above SF - especially the Sacromento area - is probably the 'safest' cleanest part of the State, so close to oregon etc.

I'm glad you love where you live and you find it awesome. My experience with CA is more in the LA-to-SF corridor. California really should be split into two States since southern and northern are so very different.

[plsureking]

Jeff Dillonaire lives in the Bay area and he's working for Mobius now. he'd probably show you around.


#porncms

[CaptainHowdy]

[NatalieK]

enjoy your road trip

[selena]

What kinds of things do you like to do? I might have some recs for you while in SM.

[mechanicvirus]

Nice bro, we should hang out some time.

[Killswitch]

Originally Posted by selena

What kinds of things do you like to do? I might have some recs for you while in SM.

Smoke weed, chill on the beach, watch sunsets, smoke weed while chilling on the beach watching sunsets.

Originally Posted by mechanicvirus

Nice bro, we should hang out some time.

hell yeah dude, when I get settled in we'll have to arrange a time to be absolutely awkward nerds irl instead of on the net for the past almost 30 years! I'll DM ya closer to the time we settle down

[mechanicvirus]

Originally Posted by Killswitch

Millions of dollars in my pocket.

I love showing people this when they get all "uhhhhh why move there derpy derp derpity derp derp" and the answer is CAPITALISM baby!!!!

"Silicon Beach is the Westside region of the Los Angeles metropolitan area that is home to more than 500 technology companies, including startups. It is particularly applied to the coastal strip from Los Angeles International Airport north to the Santa Monica Mountains,[1] but the term may be applied loosely or colloquially to most anywhere in the Los Angeles Basin. Startups seeded here include Snapchat[2] and Tinder. Major technology companies that opened offices in the region including Google, Yahoo!, YouTube, BuzzFeed, Facebook, Salesforce, AOL, Electronic Arts, Roku, Sony, EdgeCast Networks, MySpace, Amazon.com, Apple, Inc., and Netflix.[3]"

[mechanicvirus]

Originally Posted by Killswitch

Smoke weed, chill on the beach, watch sunsets, smoke weed while chilling on the beach watching sunsets.



hell yeah dude, when I get settled in we'll have to arrange a time to be absolutely awkward nerds irl instead of on the net for the past almost 30 years! I'll DM ya closer to the time we settle down

Sounds good dude, even if you just want to know what certain areas are like in Southern California, I can help you out a bit.

I can't wait to be awkward AF with you.

[NALEM]

If you are looking to relocate:

SoCal - explore the coastal towns between Los Angeles and San Diego, it's definitely worthwhile. About halfway, you'll find Laguna Beach, Dana Point, and San Clemente.

NorCal - prefer a place in the Bay Area, consider Alameda or Bay Farm Island.

[mechanicvirus]

Originally Posted by NALEM

If you are looking to relocate:

SoCal - explore the coastal towns between Los Angeles and San Diego, it's definitely worthwhile. About halfway, you'll find Laguna Beach, Dana Point, and San Clemente.

NorCal - prefer a place in the Bay Area, consider Alameda or Bay Farm Island.

How is Emeryville looking these days?

[selena]

Originally Posted by Killswitch

Smoke weed, chill on the beach, watch sunsets, smoke weed while chilling on the beach watching sunsets.

You might consider spending some time smoking weed and chilling on the beach.

Beach-wise, you might want to look at Zuma or Point Dume.

[NALEM]

Originally Posted by mechanicvirus

How is Emeryville looking these days?

I don't know what period of time to compare it to.

As you likely know, its a very small place, mostly industrial, commercial, large box retail, with a few large apartment complexes. The worst of it, all the tracks with trains running all hours of the day and night, making noise and shaking the ground.

Before deciding on Alameda (Shoreline Drive), the only place in Emeryville I considered living were the condos off of Powell and Commodore, near Trader Vics restaurant.

[Killswitch]

Originally Posted by mechanicvirus

I love showing people this when they get all "uhhhhh why move there derpy derp derpity derp derp" and the answer is CAPITALISM baby!!!!

"Silicon Beach is the Westside region of the Los Angeles metropolitan area that is home to more than 500 technology companies, including startups. It is particularly applied to the coastal strip from Los Angeles International Airport north to the Santa Monica Mountains,[1] but the term may be applied loosely or colloquially to most anywhere in the Los Angeles Basin. Startups seeded here include Snapchat[2] and Tinder. Major technology companies that opened offices in the region including Google, Yahoo!, YouTube, BuzzFeed, Facebook, Salesforce, AOL, Electronic Arts, Roku, Sony, EdgeCast Networks, MySpace, Amazon.com, Apple, Inc., and Netflix.[3]"

Silicon Beach has a nice ring to it.

Originally Posted by mechanicvirus

Sounds good dude, even if you just want to know what certain areas are like in Southern California, I can help you out a bit.

I can't wait to be awkward AF with you.

Same bro!

Originally Posted by selena

You might consider spending some time smoking weed and chilling on the beach.

Told pup we're gonna go smoke weed and chill on the beach and he was gucci with that idea.

[mechanicvirus]

Originally Posted by NALEM

I don't know what period of time to compare it to.

As you likely know, its a very small place, mostly industrial, commercial, large box retail, with a few large apartment complexes. The worst of it, all the tracks with trains running all hours of the day and night, making noise and shaking the ground.

Before deciding on Alameda (Shoreline Drive), the only place in Emeryville I considered living were the condos off of Powell and Commodore, near Trader Vics restaurant.

My bad, I was living in the Dogpatch in SF around 2012 so that time frame. I remember Emeryville was where you hung out to fuck around if it wasn't Oakland.

Also I just went on google maps for west Oakland and they gentrified the HELL out of it near 880 in Prescott area. Clearly I need to visit the Bay Area again.

[The Porn Nerd]

Originally Posted by Killswitch

Silicon Beach has a nice ring to it.



Told pup we're gonna go smoke weed and chill on the beach and he was gucci with that idea.

MAN now I wanna go smoke some weed and sit on the beach too!

(I guess I could do that at the Jersey Shore but ugh, not into that whole Sopranos scene.)

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[Rochard]

Originally Posted by The Porn Nerd

Nope - only about 1% of my 'problems' are political. The other 99% are chick and money-related.



Sorry not hating - I also have a home in New Jersey and the property taxes here are killer.

But honestly, anything above SF - especially the Sacromento area - is probably the 'safest' cleanest part of the State, so close to oregon etc.

I'm glad you love where you live and you find it awesome. My experience with CA is more in the LA-to-SF corridor. California really should be split into two States since southern and northern are so very different.

Born and raised in NJ. Never ever moving back. Fuck that. It's cold in the winter and hot and humid in the summer. If you are into winter stuff then that's great. If I suddenly want to see snow or go skiing I can drive an hour up the mountain. I will admit, however, that NJ is beautiful once out of Newark, etc.

And that area between LA and SF... We don't talk about that area. It's nasty.

[wankawonk]

Originally Posted by Rochard

Born and raised in NJ. Never ever moving back. Fuck that. It's cold in the winter and hot and humid in the summer. If you are into winter stuff then that's great. If I suddenly want to see snow or go skiing I can drive an hour up the mountain. I will admit, however, that NJ is beautiful once out of Newark, etc.

And that area between LA and SF... We don't talk about that area. It's nasty.

lmfao. i grew up in that area between LA and SF. I don't talk about it. Or visit.

[NALEM]

Originally Posted by mechanicvirus

My bad, I was living in the Dogpatch in SF around 2012 so that time frame. I remember Emeryville was where you hung out to fuck around if it wasn't Oakland.

Also I just went on google maps for west Oakland and they gentrified the HELL out of it near 880 in Prescott area. Clearly I need to visit the Bay Area again.

And I just had to use ChatGPT to figure out where exactly Dogpatch is. LOL.
When I was living in Alameda, about once a month, I’d take the ferry across the Bay and head into the Financial District.

There are definitely pockets of improvement in Oakland, for better or worse. It’s sad, though, because if you peel back the mess, the ineffective police, the homeless encampments, the trash, the burned-out and stripped-down cars, you see that Oakland is actually a great city.

I’m no longer in Alameda, but the tunnel and bridges that separated it from Oakland really did make it feel like a different world.

Take care.

[emmasexytime]

welcome, you will love it x

[mechanicvirus]

Originally Posted by wankawonk

lmfao. i grew up in that area between LA and SF. I don't talk about it. Or visit.

Pfft, do you mean to tell me you don't love the vibrant King City full of despair and down and out farmers?