Why do people act is if California is paradise?
California is the most expensive state to live. Gas prices are the highest in the country. It has one of the highest crime rates in the country. A dumpy house in the worst neighborhood literally cost $430,000. Maybe the weather in Southern California is nice, but here in the Bay area it varies from 115 very uncomfortable, air conditioner breaking, temperatures, to 35 degrees. The freeways, grocery stores, and every other place has a line and wait always. Half the people here don't speak English and hold it against you if you don't speak their native tongue. When traffic is moving you almost get hit by some "California Driver" everyday. Every park has at least 20 hobos or drug addicts living in it. Every Californian does not no where any other state is and all are under the belief, "Why go anywhere else, California is the best." Am I missing something. The median income is only slightly higher than the rest of the country.
Why does everyone like California?
Thanks but I'll stay here in New Jersey
Could California secede and join Canada?
It wouldn’t be the first time.It was claimed by Cabrillo in 1542 as Spanish territory, and held until 1821, which was not that long ago. Then it became part of Mexico, but the US decided to take it from them and fought the Spanish-American war to do so, thus it became US territory in 1848, and achieved statehood in 1850.But California wouldn’t have much to gain by joining Canada. It’s a popular liberal myth that Canada is some perfect place akin to Eden and Valhalla rolled into one. While California has had some shameful periods such as the expulsion of Americans of Japanese ancestry from the coast, Canada did the same thing at the same time in expelling Canadians of Japanese ancestry from Vancouver. And while Canada has been soft on marijuana prosecution, so has California, so no gain there. And that “free” health care in Canada? Yeah, well, there are strings attached. You actually have to pay every penny of the costs through much higher taxes. And you know how much Californians love their cars… Just wait until provincial taxes are applied. Premium gasoline for your Lexus is currently $1.47 in Vancouver. PER LITER, so yes, that’s nearly $6 per gallon.Canada on the other hand would love to have a large territory in which to grow warm-weather crops, so if everyone in the US is agreeable, they’d be more than happy to accept the transfer of California, Oregon, Washington, um… Arizona, New Mexico, Colorado… I think they’d pass on Texas though.
Why do people lose their accents when they move into an area with a different accent? What are chances of developing one at a specific age?
Specialists on this subject say that you are most likely to retain an accent if you move after you reach puberty. For some reason, probably involving neurological development, learning a new language and losing an accent is easier for pre-pubescent children. I know a couple who were born in Germany. She moved to the US at 10. He moved to Canada at 16. They both speak perfect, fluent English, but he still has a German accent, and she does not. However, he sounds much more like an American than a fluent English speaker only recently arrived from Germany could. All these years of living in North America have softened his German accent, have "americanized" it to some extent, though the accent is still there. I think that's inevitable. When I lived in Europe and was regularly speaking a European language, I picked up the distinctive accent of the city in which I was living without even realizing it. When I later moved to another city, the people there knew right away where I'd been living previously.
Would you support California's Calexit movement to leave the U.S.?
Californians, in general, do not want to leave the US. As with most radical movements, a few people actively support it, more think it’s a nice idea but unattainable or unlikely, and the rest don't believe in it at all.I'm currently in the middle group. I love my state, but I also love my country. I know that California could quite feasibly support itself as a sovereign nation, but so also know that the rest of the US would not be so happy about that. The rest of the US will likely suffer economically, and a lot of the Democratic votes would disappear, turning the US into an even more conservative country. That would not be good for people still fighting for their rights, like LGBTQ people, immigrants, and POC.The last time states seceded from the Union, a civil war occurred. I imagine our current president would not be inclined to let California go so easily.As a state, we are doing quite well as things are, so if a war or other consequences happen, we'd lose more that we're gaining. And we wouldn't be gaining that much, anyway. We'd likely lose trade with the rest of the US, at least for a while, which would not be good for anyone. And what are we supposed to do in case of a war? The federal government controls the military, and those soldiers who are Californian might not be too happy about changing loyalties. Plus, I doubt we'd stand a chance against military from 49 other states.So, as of now, I don't support Calexit because it would be chaotic, to say the least. It's a nice thought, and I'd like to believe that my home state can stand by itself and be a strong independent woman—I mean, state—but right now I can't support the movement.