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Originally Posted by jalandar
A county supervisor in southern California suggested this week that 13 counties from central to southern California start an effort to create a new state and succede from California. She has my vote. Sadly, the movement would require a statewide vote, and the northern counties would never agree to it.
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All the norcal people I know would love to split the state. Some claim this would mean we keep our water, or charge for it; I don't know the water politics enough to know how true that is. But the state is HUGE, enough so that it's hard to get laws passed, hard to allocate money, hard to plan for the future. Splitting it would allow for the two halves to pursue separate interests. I'd love that.
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If it wasn't for family, I'd have left California long ago. And even that's getting to be not enough of a reason to keep me here. Nevada and Oregon are both looking might good right now. More business friendly, more libertarian, and lower cost of living.
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As nice as those sometimes look... I can't count on being safe in another state. I can't count on being safe outside the SF Bay Area; someone who's openly Pagan is still a walking target in much of the US. And while I could potentially deal with the risks, I won't put my kids through them. (There are other places as tolerant--in the middles of large cities. There's no advantage in moving from SF to New York.)