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Have people always looked at the individual states in a strictly political way?

We hear/read it all the time:
California sucks- lose em
Texas sucks-lose em
Red states, blue states.
When I think of California I think of the Redwood Forest, the Pacific coast.
When I think of Texas I think of Big Bend National Park and the Rio Grande.
If I had unlimited time and money I'd spend a lot of it exploring the jewels all 50 has to offer.
F**k politics.
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badminton · 61-69, MVIP
I live in San Francisco, CA. It is ridiculously expensive. But there is a compensation, I live walking distance from my job. I walk to work, 30 minutes each way. This saves me a huge amount on transit costs, and gives me some healthy exercise. I don't own a car which saves me a ton of money. When I do need a car I use rentals and car shares. This is the advantage of urban density.

There is good public transit here, so most people living in San Francisco don't own cars.
@badminton Hello, neighbor ! I haven’t owned a car for close to 30 years for the same reason. BART, Muni and Lyft get me where I need to go.
badminton · 61-69, MVIP
@bijouxbroussard @bijouxbroussard You live in San Francisco too? I moved here over 35 years ago because there was public transit, so I wouldn't need to own a car. Plus, the used bookstores, art movie theaters, the views and food.
@badminton I was born and raised here, though I’ve lived in different parts of the Bay Area.
badminton · 61-69, MVIP
@bijouxbroussard I lived in Concord, and North Oakland. San Francisco is a mixed bag, some very nice things, and some very bad things about living here.

Good things about living San Francisco include the scenery, being able to walk, bike, bus most everywhere. Great local food, museums, interesting places.

Bad things about living San Francisco include sky-high housing costs, psychotic homeless people, too many hills. Most of the used bookstores and movie theaters are gone, killed off by Amazon and streaming video.