california is the best piece of land in the world. it has an amazing and varied climate, tons of arable land, and a lot of natural resources. naturally, a lot of people want to be here.  that has pros and cons. we have some of the smartest and most capable people on earth, and also lots of trash that is used as unwitting political pawns for the ruling elite. for this reason, if you can self filter and live in one of the nicer areas, its actually amazing.    we don't pay for security. we pay to live near the beach with perfect weather all year round. this attracts people but land is finite so limited housing supply raises col. high col areas populated by rich white people and a few rich asians tend to have good school districts and other resources, which makes these cities even more desirable to live in. the politicians cant dump third world trash here because theres nowhere for them to live. we, as residents, are both wealthy and politically active. as an engineer working for public works, i've personally rejected permits for an affordable housing development, mostly because i don't want that shit here.
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