Poll of the Day > okay, California, I think I'm ready to leave you

(+) Yeah! (+)

there has been a new fire like every day for the last two weeks. fucking insane.
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California is pretty much a third world country at this point.
Shit and piss covering the streets, tent cities in all major cities that cops ignore. Huge amount of crime. Homeless problems. No power to the population. Only the super rich can live comfortably.
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Yeah, it's kinda crazy. I wonder if these PSPSs are actually helping. Where are you gonna go?

Also, slightly related, but gas was back down under $4.50 last week and I was relieved enough to fill my tank. After I drove away and thought about it, I realized how ridiculous it was that I was relieved for $4.50.
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Ogurisama posted...

California is pretty much a third world country at this point.
Shit and piss covering the streets, tent cities in all major cities that cops ignore. Huge amount of crime. Homeless problems. No power to the population. Only the super rich can live comfortably.

It is far from a 3rd world country lmao. Youve clearly never been here.
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Hollywood Undead
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I saw 3 separate fires on a 2 hour drive to pick up some furniture yesterday ._.

Apparently the winds will pick up again tomorrow making the air quality ****** again

But yeah, I'm done too, wife doesn't want to leave thou
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I'm barely outside the area where hundreds of thousands of people are losing power. And the CEO of the power company just said we can expect these outages to continue for a decade.

I'm so glad I have one foot out the door of this state.
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Would it be okay to visit? Like LA/Anaheim for disney world?

fires_trust posted...

Would it be okay to visit? Like LA/Anaheim for disney world?

Disney World is in Florida. :p
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Please don't come to Washington State. Everyone's moving here and it's so crowded and overpriced now that people who've lived here our entire lives are being driven out.

Ogurisama posted...

California is pretty much a third world country at this point.
Shit and piss covering the streets, tent cities in all major cities that cops ignore. Huge amount of crime. Homeless problems. No power to the population. Only the super rich can live comfortably.

1. No its not.
2. Thats probably just in some areas in cities like SF and LA.
3. Even with the PSPS, theres been few cases of looting, so I dont know what youre talking about.
4. This is sort of true. I feel like region-ism is a weakness in CA.
5. Even they cant lol. Lebron James had to be evacuated from his home recently.

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I might be moving to Fresno
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Mead posted...

I might be moving to Fresno

Fresno sucks but at least youre close to Yosemite.
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DirtBasedSoap posted...

Mead posted...

I might be moving to Fresno

Fresno sucks but at least youre close to Yosemite.

If it doesnt burn down I guess
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I was considering moving back to CA (and visiting in the next month) but this thread has changed my
mind. I will still visit, but i'm gonna wait till winter.

I either won't move, or may move to NY eventually....or when I finally take a trip to Dublin, if I fall in love, I may move to Dublin or somewhere in England (I can probably get citizenship since my father was from there).

I may still eventually get motivated enough to do a drive around the US and find somewhere I fall in love with....which would be awesome as well. I don't really like driving much anymore though, so it's getting
less and less likely that such a trip will happen.
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Even with the power out, you can live semi-comfortably if you have a generator with the power out in rural areas. We mainly used it for fridge and freezer and to sometimes run the well so the animals can get water. I hope we arent shut off again though, I need a bath.
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fires_trust posted...

Would it be okay to visit? Like LA/Anaheim for disney world?

Yes, but keep your expectations way low. also, Disney theme parks have gone to shit lately.
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Hop103 posted...

fires_trust posted...

Would it be okay to visit? Like LA/Anaheim for disney world?

Yes, but keep your expectations way low. also, Disney theme parks have gone to shit lately.

how have they gone to shit exactly? I havent been in about 6 or 7 years.
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DirtBasedSoap posted...

Hop103 posted...

fires_trust posted...

Would it be okay to visit? Like LA/Anaheim for disney world?

Yes, but keep your expectations way low. also, Disney theme parks have gone to shit lately.

how have they gone to shit exactly? I havent been in about 6 or 7 years.

They've been getting far more expensive and are still getting even more crowded. It's practically ass to elbows now.
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Are you still moving to abq?

Smarkil posted...

DirtBasedSoap posted...

Hop103 posted...

fires_trust posted...

Would it be okay to visit? Like LA/Anaheim for disney world?

Yes, but keep your expectations way low. also, Disney theme parks have gone to shit lately.

how have they gone to shit exactly? I havent been in about 6 or 7 years.

They've been getting far more expensive and are still getting even more crowded. It's practically ass to elbows now.

Disneyland is absurdly expensive now

I remember when tickets were around 40 bucks or so
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Just keep voting Democrat, CA... Theyll fix it eventually.

Smarkil posted...

DirtBasedSoap posted...

Hop103 posted...

fires_trust posted...

Would it be okay to visit? Like LA/Anaheim for disney world?

Yes, but keep your expectations way low. also, Disney theme parks have gone to shit lately.

how have they gone to shit exactly? I havent been in about 6 or 7 years.

They've been getting far more expensive and are still getting even more crowded. It's practically ass to elbows now.

Ive been hearing that theyre wayyyy underperforming right now. They thought the Star Wars shit would bring in a bunch of people and it didnt really do much. Probably because disney ran star wars into the ground in 2 movies because theyre fucking morons.

MrMelodramatic posted...

Are you still moving to abq?

Yeet, but not for like 6 months. Been twice in the last month and a half and I love it there. Got another flight out there in like 2 weeks.
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That's the whole point.
Make California unlivable so people spread out throughout the land, but not changing their philosophies so they eventually bring down everything.
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LOLIAmAnAlt posted...

That's the whole point.
Make California unlivable so people spread out throughout the land, but not changing their philosophies so they eventually bring down everything.

lmfao
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I am glad I left a few months ago. I'm trying to get my older sister, her husband, and my boyfriend to all leave Cali, but no such luck with the three of them.
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If there ever were an earthquake during these gnarly Santa Ana winds, this whole place would burn down. I always think about that when we get these crazy dry winds.
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If your going to Disneyland I heard it's good to go early on Sundays, Wed and Friday's as there are very few lines. Do research for the rides with fastpass, and don't go on them in the morning, go to the big rides that have long lines normally (and don't have fast pass) first, since you can skip the line once for the ones that do.

Supposedly that is still the time (opening, which I think is 8 am) when the least number of people show up.
Also if your not going with kids etc, you probably can actually walk faster then many of them and get
to the rides first.

Plan out your rides, grabbing the ones with longer lines etc right away, then hit the fast pass ones and you
won't have to wait in almost any lines (they can be over an hour sometimes otherwise).

The cost for a ticket varies, but it's about $100 or so ($120 normal I think, $100 value). Fast pass is free
but there is something you can pay for to let you access them on your phone, so you can schedule
them before actually getting to the ride (which can literally mean you jump right on the ride as soon
as you get there). The cost for that is an additional $15 per ticket.

Avoid going near holidays as the lines get much larger during that time.

Supposedly none of the lines are over 15 minutes (when they can be over an hour normally sometimes), early in the morning on the above days (I'm sure there are exceptions). That makes fastpass less important, but it's still nice to have. One.....interesting thing is you get 1 fastpass a day....but if the lines
are short, you could get a fast pass, go on the ride, get off, and go right back on it (with no wait), since
you have not used your fast pass yet. So if there is a 15 minute line, and you really like a specific
ride, you can go on it twice (main reason for this is fast passes are set for a specific time frame. If
you get to the ride 20 minutes before the time frame starts (you only can choose between options), you
could stand in line for 10-15 minutes, do the ride, and then be within your time frame to do it again
without waiting.

Anyway it's not THAT expensive over all, considering almost all parks cost 50$ or so at this point.
I'd aim for a day that isn't to hot/sunny if you can, going early means you might be done by noon
even, or at least ready to take a break in the shade by then. California can get pretty hot though, this
is actually a pretty good time to go if the entire state wasn't on fire again.
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DirtBasedSoap posted...

Smarkil posted...

DirtBasedSoap posted...

Hop103 posted...

fires_trust posted...

Would it be okay to visit? Like LA/Anaheim for disney world?

Yes, but keep your expectations way low. also, Disney theme parks have gone to shit lately.

how have they gone to shit exactly? I havent been in about 6 or 7 years.

They've been getting far more expensive and are still getting even more crowded. It's practically ass to elbows now.

Ive been hearing that theyre wayyyy underperforming right now. They thought the Star Wars shit would bring in a bunch of people and it didnt really do much. Probably because disney ran star wars into the ground in 2 movies because theyre fucking morons.

MrMelodramatic posted...

Are you still moving to abq?

Yeet, but not for like 6 months. Been twice in the last month and a half and I love it there. Got another flight out there in like 2 weeks.

Woot, I feel so hip!! I have seen Yeet used in a sentence now!!! Yeet!!!
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wolfy42 posted...

If your going to Disneyland I heard it's good to go early on Sundays, Wed and Friday's as there are very few lines. Do research for the rides with fastpass, and don't go on them in the morning, go to the big rides that have long lines normally (and don't have fast pass) first, since you can skip the line once for the ones that do.

Supposedly that is still the time (opening, which I think is 8 am) when the least number of people show up.
Also if your not going with kids etc, you probably can actually walk faster then many of them and get
to the rides first.

Plan out your rides, grabbing the ones with longer lines etc right away, then hit the fast pass ones and you
won't have to wait in almost any lines (they can be over an hour sometimes otherwise).

The cost for a ticket varies, but it's about $100 or so ($120 normal I think, $100 value). Fast pass is free
but there is something you can pay for to let you access them on your phone, so you can schedule
them before actually getting to the ride (which can literally mean you jump right on the ride as soon
as you get there). The cost for that is an additional $15 per ticket.

Avoid going near holidays as the lines get much larger during that time.

Supposedly none of the lines are over 15 minutes (when they can be over an hour normally sometimes), early in the morning on the above days (I'm sure there are exceptions). That makes fastpass less important, but it's still nice to have. One.....interesting thing is you get 1 fastpass a day....but if the lines
are short, you could get a fast pass, go on the ride, get off, and go right back on it (with no wait), since
you have not used your fast pass yet. So if there is a 15 minute line, and you really like a specific
ride, you can go on it twice (main reason for this is fast passes are set for a specific time frame. If
you get to the ride 20 minutes before the time frame starts (you only can choose between options), you
could stand in line for 10-15 minutes, do the ride, and then be within your time frame to do it again
without waiting.

Anyway it's not THAT expensive over all, considering almost all parks cost 50$ or so at this point.
I'd aim for a day that isn't to hot/sunny if you can, going early means you might be done by noon
even, or at least ready to take a break in the shade by then. California can get pretty hot though, this
is actually a pretty good time to go if the entire state wasn't on fire again.

Thank you, I appreciate your input

Mead posted...

I might be moving to Fresno

Don't get murdered.

DirtBasedSoap posted...

Fresno sucks but at least youre close to Yosemite.

I'd suggest Kings Canyon over Yosemite. Unless you go to Yosemite in the winter time its wall to wall tourist and traffic jams.
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Miroku_of_Nite1 posted...

Don't get murdered.

Ill try, Ive survived in St. Louis for a couple years now so luck might be on my side
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I heard there's a new cheaper option to get into the park, but you can only enter after mid-day

As for Star Wars Galaxys Edge, the CEO says its deceased the number of attendees to the park since everyone (including nearby hotels who jacked up prices) thought everyone would flock to go see it (that and the recent price hike for a ticket).... while another top exec. says it's been a success just for the attention its drawn and the amount of fast passes handed for the new ride

wolfy42 posted...

Avoid going near holidays as the lines get much larger during that time.

We went during Xmas one year, it was really quiet, a family friend and I immediately went on the rollercoaster after getting off the ride a dozen times
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Last time I went to Disney was in 2016

I was sitting with my wife over by the Matterhorn when a mom and her two kids walked by, a boy and a girl, coming from the its a small world area. As theyre walking by the boy starts loudly singing Its a fart world after all!

My wife and I both lost it and his mom looked so pissed. I still think about that kid and fucking funny that was
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The last time I went to Disney was sometime around the turn of the millennium; I don't quite remember when. I was mainly there because my mom and older sis wanted to go, but I wasn't particularly interested in the place by that point.
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Meanwhile I'm debating leaving CT since the state keeps electing far-left jackasses as governors who have been almost-criminally mismanaging the state (and the last DNC primary was literally between a guy who had lost multiple elections -- including a bid for the senate after taking the party nomination from Joe Lieberman -- and an ex-con who had been convicted on corruption charges).
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California is a cesspit.
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Zeus posted...

Meanwhile I'm debating leaving CT since the state keeps electing far-left jackasses as governors who have been almost-criminally mismanaging the state (and the last DNC primary was literally between a guy who had lost multiple elections -- including a bid for the senate after taking the party nomination from Joe Lieberman -- and an ex-con who had been convicted on corruption charges).

I didn't even know anyone lived there:) (joking of course)
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Ogurisama posted...

California is pretty much a third world country at this point.
Shit and piss covering the streets, tent cities in all major cities that cops ignore. Huge amount of crime. Homeless problems. No power to the population. Only the super rich can live comfortably.

Are you a Texan?