Apr 1, 2017, 03:46 PM

I moved to Southern California in 2008 from back east. I've also lived in a few other states. It seems like the only people bitching about California have never even been here and don't have clue one. So, let me dispel a few myths for you.

1. The only thing more expensive out here is cigarettes and gas.

2. The law is the law and chances are the laws here are more laid back here than where you're at now. And you can f#c&ing plea EVERYTHING, even the scum bags that have DUI's can get off scott free with the right representation. I mean, Christ, we can f#c&in' legally lane split for God's sake and a new law has been voted on and passed to legalize weed here without the need for a medical card. As long as you don't make yourself a target, you're good to go. It's the same in every single state in the country. Red lights still mean stop and you can't just go around murdering people.

3. I've known more gun owners here than I ever did back east. No ****, my neighbors on either side have freakin' arsenals in their damned homes, I've seen 'em. AK's-AR's-hand guns and everything, stacked so thick they almost can't close their gun safes. And also, you absolutely CAN get a concealed weapon permit in the state of California. You have to fill out paper work, take a safety course, and not be a scumbag, but you can do it. I personally know of 6 people in my neighborhood that have CCW's and I live in wine country where the crime rate is low.

4. TAXES. Where I came from you had personal property taxes on every damned thing. House, boat, bike, car, dog... And you paid personal property tax on your vehicle AND had to have it inspected EVERY DAMNED YEAR before you could get your tags. It was expensive as hell! Out here your vehicle taxes are included in your tag renewal and other than smog every two years, there's no inspection. It literally costs me 1/3 the price, per vehicle to own than it did back east. And the property tax on my home is about 2/3rd's what it was back east.

5. NO TAXES on food! There is no tax on food at the grocery store in California. And a loaf of bread cost exactly the same here as it does everywhere else, but there's no tax on it so you end up paying less for it.

6. They sell liquor at the goddam grocery store. No ABC stores or any of that crap and there are no dry counties or blue laws.

7. DO NOT believe the hype. Cali is the most beautiful state I've ever lived in, and I've lived in few. They're not brainwashing our kids, for Christ sake (I'm getting real tired of that old argument!!!). The liberal f#c&tards aren't in the streets oppressing anyone who doesn't believe the same things they do and we have as just as many conservative f#c&tards as any other state. California is NOT always on fire and the ground DOESN'T always shake and Malibu ISN'T constantly sliding off into the Pacific. The media and all the idiots in other states (who's politics you should actually be worried about) do not have one inkling of what it's like out here. Although, I don't really want them believing otherwise because it keeps their dirt out of my state.

8. I ride my **** YEAR ROUND here. Give-or-take that one month of the year in winter where we get a lot of rain, but it doesn't rain every day. And I ride on some of the worlds best roads for motorcycling.