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non-member t1_j42p0fa wrote

Reply to comment by rosesandpiglets in Ranting about house prices by AllMightoh

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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