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non-member t1_j41ivld wrote

Reply to comment by Steel-and-Wood in Ranting about house prices by AllMightoh

California weather? So you wanna die of heat exhaustion during a record drought? Sounds like you need to rethink your life.

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Salmundo t1_j41la5e wrote

Because California is a small state and the climate is the same everywhere

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cakeo48 t1_j4485qu wrote

I mean its literally the same as people that say all of washington is rainy and gloomy lol.

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rosesandpiglets t1_j42drla wrote

No, but it is all in drought… and has been for 2 decades

https://www.drought.gov/states/california

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Salmundo t1_j42ekmc wrote

In other news, water is wet.

Oregon is all in drought too, but the climate variations are vast. The same is true of California.

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Phuzi3 t1_j42pgnn wrote

…small state? Compared to what, Texas, Alaska? Are we talking land mass, population?

Or is it “small” because you’re looking at it on the grand global scale?

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rosesandpiglets t1_j42qwrd wrote

They’re being facetious. They’re just trying to minimize the fact CA is in a massive drought

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Salmundo t1_j42zgmm wrote

Speak for yourself, please.

I’m pointing out that California is not a monolith either in terms of climate or of weather. Making sweeping generalizations about a geographically diverse area is ridiculous. Blatantly lying about another person’s comments is gaslighting, or, sadly, typical social media behavior.

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rosesandpiglets t1_j4328pc wrote

You were literally being facetious, unless you think CA is actually small…

I’m not gaslighting anyone hun.

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Steel-and-Wood t1_j41llzg wrote

San Diego has objectively better weather than Seattle. If you don't believe that then you are delusional.

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non-member t1_j426p3e wrote

I was born and raised in San Diego, lived there nearly 30 years, love to visit, but I’d never live there again…

IMO the weather isn’t better unless you prefer hot and dry… and you can find that elsewhere for a lot less money.

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rosesandpiglets t1_j42dmct wrote

I love how you’re getting downvotes. ALL of California is in drought rn…

Also what qualifies as good weather is totally subjective, I personally would hate SD.

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non-member t1_j42p0fa wrote

Most folks don’t even realize how utterly screwed California is.

Since the 1920s the Central Valley has subsided almost 30 feet because people have been pumping too much water out of the ground.

The recent droughts and population growth have only made things worse.

I think a lot of folks still perceive California as the ideal place to live due to the states massive advertising budget and all the movies that picture it as such.

As somebody who grew up there who has spent time in both Southern California and the Bay Area I can say with 100% certainly that California is t what most folks think it is.

Sure, it seems all bright and shiny from afar, but get up close and you start to see it for what it really is.

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apis_cerana t1_j474f8h wrote

I had only visited California a handful of times before moving to the west coast. I don't remember it being nearly as dry as it is now...it was a bit depressing when I visited for the first time in a while.

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non-member t1_j47p5eq wrote

When I was a kid it rained regularly in San Diego. We had toads in our yard during the monsoon season, there were endless groves of avocado and citrus as far as the eye could see, and it was easy to find natural springs and creeks in the hills while out hiking. The highways all has beautiful green plants, much of it flowering all summer.

Not any more… Makes me sad to think about what we’ve lost in just a few decades.

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rosesandpiglets t1_j42rdsj wrote

Yup. Like I’m not even 30, closer to 20 really, and lake Mead is at 1/4 capacity compared to when I was born.

I sincerely don’t get the people who want to bury their heads in the sand and pretend like CA is fine. It is going to be even more severely fucking in the coming decades…

I guess permanent drought and no water is “objectively better” weather to the ill informed.

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rosesandpiglets t1_j42rkhv wrote

Or… if you don’t believe that you have a perfectly respectable difference of opinion…

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