I lived there when I was a teen and I have family there still. That's why it's on the list.Please don't.
Seriously. Please don't.
~ Sincerely,
All of Arizona
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I lived there when I was a teen and I have family there still. That's why it's on the list.Please don't.
Seriously. Please don't.
~ Sincerely,
All of Arizona
Are you free and clear then? I recall hearing about cops issuing tickets and impounding cars that look modified. It's honestly really strange to me since California is seen as the Tuning capital of America.
Cars. Awful. Smog inspection/check every 2 years which is a 2 part test: 1. sniffer in exhaust pipe, and 2. A visual inspection. Either of which is an automatic fail with ANY mods that are not Carb approved with a matching EO number.
Work around is finding a “friendly” smog guy; translation— pay him several times the cost of the test to pass you.
The smog thing depends on the car. They all need the visual. But 2000 and newer only need the ODB II plugged in. No sniffer. And the "friendly" guys seem to be disappearing.
As for becoming a resident, if you live here you need to be a resident. Unless you're military. I got a ticket because I still had my Az license after I got out of the Navy.
You couldn't pay me enough to move to and/or live in California these days.
U.M.
Riverside is a desert.
No thanks.
Not the part of Riverside I’ve been to when I was stationed at Camp PendletonRiverside is a desert.
No thanks.
I don't know if you've noticed, but Denver isn't much better, any more.
My housing is 50% cheaper than San Diego.
Most of Ca is the desert.
Ever been to Livermore? LOL
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Really? Have you ever lived in CA?
Even living in one of the most expensive residential neighborhoods in Denver City the following is true for me:
My housing is 50% cheaper than San Diego.
My state income taxes went from 13.3% (top grid, my effective rate was 11.23% last year) to 4.63% (flat).
My commute is 5 minutes by car versus 45 minutes to 2 hours+, depending on traffic.
We have functioning public transit.
I have a Colorado CCW.
I have NFA firearms.
I can own weapons deemed "assault weapons" by the state of California.
Standard Cap mags are available as "parts" at any gun store in the state.
I can buy any handgun I want, even if it's not on the CA "Safe Handgun Roster."
I don't need a background check for ammo.
I can easily buy ammo cheaply online.
My business doesn't need to post Prop 65 notices (This office contains chemicals...), etc.
300+ days of sunshine (no marine layer)
Gas prices are roughly $4 in SD, and roughly $3 in Denver.
My property taxes are lower.
My water rates got cut by roughly 50%.
My power rates got cut by roughly 50%.
My car and home insurance rates went down.
We have NBA, MLB, NFL, NHL, two pro lacrosse teams, pro soccer team, etc. all in Denver.
I can be in and out of the DMV in 20 minutes or less compared to 2 hours or more in CA.
Parking tickets cost $20 versus $200.
Can you help with what else "isn't much better" in Denver?
Livermore is not a desert. More wine now than anything else because of drip systems. Livermore is getting super developed right now. 2 years ago we were shopping new construction out that way and everything we liked was $900k-$1.2mill. Plus we live off the delta. Don't have to worry about water like Central Valley does. Hope they build reservoirs down that way because those tunnels we never get built to divert water.
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I guess i'm weird but I would go.
Some of the best surfing in the country / world
85 Degrees year round, suns always out.
Technological Mecca
Amount of networking one can do is insane.
Would move.
Not for everyone, though. I can completely understand that.
Oh shit. I use straws.
uh oh....
Yeah I know. I worked there for 18 months straight up until q4 of last year just down the street from the Lab.
Livermore is absolutely the desert. Saying otherwise is band wagon, blind allegiance type shit.
Why don't you walk outside right now and send us a picture of those rolling hills? We'll then decide if it's the desert or not.
Not a lot of trees over here so can't hide the dryness with tree canopies, lol. We bought a home way up north near Chico and it's dryer there then here but those big ass trees make it feel different.
From April to October the rolling hills are golden yellow. And they are a huge fire hazard. Always have been and will not change. They are green during the wet season tho.
Desert like dryness but lots of vegetation grows in this landscape. When I hear desert I think Mojave type landscape that is desolate and mostly just dirt and few shrubs.
A lot of those hills have turned into vineyards over the last 20-30 years.
Too smokey for me to capture the hills. They're further away from me where I live in Oakley. I used to have a nice view of Mt. Diablo but a bunch of houses block my views now.
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Fair enough. Definitely not like the Mojave but certainly very dry and nothing like the East Coast (opposite of desert).
I do like the Livermore area very much. I enjoyed my time out there. I was shocked when I cruised through that neighborhood across Vasco from the Livermore lab and found that a 1990's 3 bed/2 bath housing was going for near $800K!?!?! Crazy.
Ive had dinner at the Wente Winery many times. Amazing wine, amazing food. Highly, highly recommended if you haven't been! It's a little spendy but quality is very high.
I got married at Wente 2 years ago, lol. Love that place. We eat at their golf course quite often!
I used to cut through Springtown to get on Vasco to get home. Ride BART to work now.
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You can drive a couple of hours of traffic jams to hassle with a bunch of locals and occasional snag something they don’t want to surf.where can I surf similarly aside from Hawaii? I'm down for a vacation! hahaha
@2KBlackGT yeah zero issue moving out there, whatsoever. Hell double my salary and I'm out there. Can always find my own ways to make money. besides, average millionaire has something like 7 sources of income.