Scratch that, actually it WAS you.
It was you who decided to make housing costs unbearably high. My ROOM went up to $900 per month, when you can find an APARTMENT for that price or lower in most other states.. Also, your housing prices and property taxes are already pretty damned high, and your dubious plans to further increase taxes and put homeownership further out of reach is simply unacceptable.
It was you who decided to charge among the highest fees, taxes, fines, penalties, that as a consequence, increased cost-of-living. Case in point? The gas tax! Except for Cheyenne, WY and rural Alabama, the roads in the 10 other states I've driven in for the past few months are in good condition, but despite having the highest road taxes in the nation, your roads are HORRIBLE... But then you also repeatedly promised that your latest tax hike will fully go towards fixing the roads, but it STILL got diverted against our wishes to the high-speed rail to nowhere, and I don't doubt that some of it is still going to your corrupt comrade's pockets. When I must part with my hard-earned pay, I want it put to good use. I mean, why would I willingly want to buy a new laptop that doesn't even power on, or spend it dating someone I have no future with whatsoever?
It was you who decided that when an antisocial neighbor threatened my life over his own wild assumptions, you made it almost impossible for me to defend myself by punishing law-abiding citizens for the actions of scofflaws... Isn't it enough that murder, robbery, and whatnot is already against the law? What am I supposed to do if he actually attacks me... Kiss him on the forehead, let him into my home and offer him a cup of tea? (Hint: The very constitutional law I’m talking about specifically says “shall not be infringed”. What part of that don't you understand?)
Last but not least, as the saying goes: “the road to hell is paved with good intentions”, I understand you wanna stick up for the little guy doing Uber, Lyft, and Doordash gigs, but instead of directly helping them, you've decided to screw over just about everybody else that isn't working a W-2... I am one of them. I've made the most money I’ve ever made in over 10 years, I finally have a savings account, I'll be debt-free by next month, and I can pay back people I owe money to in just a few short weeks after that (sorry, I haven’t forgotten about you). However, Assembly Bill 5 is a death sentence to me and other 1099 contractors, and I will NOT tolerate any attempts to outlaw my honest, hard-earned pay.
All in all, if I were to stay with you, life would be extremely difficult, if not impossible, and unless you get Gavin Newsom and his corrupt comrades out of office, things aren't gonna get any better. Also, I know that given supply and demand, I don't foresee housing prices and cost-of-living to go down anytime soon. I'll probably visit family, friends, return for business, or take my future kids to Disneyland or whatever, but even then that's a stretch; even when I'd become a multimillionaire, you've harmed yourself way too much for me to ever live in CA again.
My experience is not alone; more Americans have moved out of CA than those that have moved in, and Newsom is even patting himself on the back despite ruining CA like a deranged narcissist. What's wrong with you? I know that you’re probably not gonna listen to me, but I hope this serves as one of many wake up calls; you've turned CA into an almost irreconcilable disaster by digging your own grave, and you have nobody to blame but you and your corrupt comrades.
What was once a great, beautiful state that was ACTUALLY the envy of the nation that I used to proudly call my hometown has now become a laughingstock and embarrassment, and I don’t want people to know that I was associated with you unless it's absolutely necessary... I had to haul ass and rent a Chevy Equinox (the only SUV the rental agency had left at $169.51, vs. U-Haul at $2,040 where the pricing is abundantly clear that there's a huge gap between supply and demand), on Christmas break (Dec. 21-26 and yes, I was driving to Idaho on Christmas Day) to make it here, and I had to pull a lot of strings to establish Idaho residency, get an Idaho driver's license and plates, change my phone number to a 208 area code, and even ditch an email I've had for 20 years simply because it has 818 (my hometown area code) in it.
I hope that you are satisfied with your inconsiderate choices that have doomed myself and a lot of other Californians.
Until then, farewell.
Until then, farewell.
