purely based on the weather... where would you wanna live ?

@SledgeHammer wait a minute.. who wants a dessert ?

@EvilEmily Egyptians visiting?

@SledgeHammer you know what we don't have?

A jungle l like Brazil! 🤣

@DeWayfarer hey... we got something almost as good...
The woods help a little with that..

@SledgeHammer not quite the same. Not enough humidity! 🤣

@DeWayfarer yes I'm guessing people who live in the jungle wont want to visit Cali..

@SledgeHammer No...too many people, blackouts, shortage of fresh water...I'll pass

@caesar7 Blackouts ? I experienced two in the last 20 years. They each lasted a couple of hours. And there’s still fresh water.

@bijouxbroussard we had a announced one a couple of months ago for around 4 hours after midnight. Then another about 1 a year ago during the summer. That one was unannounced and was a rolling blackout. Mostly based on area power usage.

Basically we have had one once every year. Some short others long. Yet not as bad as it was when I was in the mountains. That actually was real bad. The power mostly came from Arizona. Which is totally weird since Arizona is pretty far away from those mountains.

I have always had plenty of candles because of them.

@DeWayfarer Yea I am in Texas and we have had a few black outs over the past couple of years not including many weather related grid failures that lasted very long ( days to a week).

@REMsleep Heard about that. Lived in Texas once so I try to keep tabs on around the San Antonio area.

@DeWayfarer I suppose it depends on what part of the state. We’ve been relatively lucky, PG&E advised us that it was possible but here it’s only been once since they notified us. One of my friends lost her home in the San Bruno pipeline disaster that brought those massive lawsuits against PG&E. It’s why they implemented rolling blackouts in some areas. They presented it as a "safety" measure but a lot see it as punitive.

@bijouxbroussard the community in the mountains had decades ago to separate from SoCal Edison because of lack of service to the area. So they formed a co-op and sent out bids all over.

I guess the one that got the contract was better yet marginally better really. Cheaper yet less maintenance.

Personally I believe that was a huge mistake. The brown outs are really bad and as well quite a few blackouts.

@swirlie There is good and bad in California of'course... like there is everywhere.. but like I mentioned ,,we've got it all...

@swirlie yet 39.2 million as of January 1, 2022 do. Weird don't think? 🤣

@swirlie
Can't find a chart later than 2015 yet since it has stayed the same. It really shouldn't matter California is still the most populous state.

these are Californians over that time frame. The difference is in the millions never the less.

@swirlie that your point is irrelevant. People like California. And the plusses outweigh the negative.

Think!

Not MyChart BTW. Just can't provide a viewable link that's not a Mile long.

@swirlie and he gave a relevant answer. I'm just back it up with relevant data. It's your problem that you refuse to see either one of our points.

@swirlie you are saying that his point is also invalid. Yet you still refuse to see it!