The results are in on paradise

Southerndawg

Swaye said:

UW_Doog_Bot said:

Being upper middle class in California is like being mid to lower-middle class most other places. I can afford to rent a decent place but I can't afford to buy one. The truly shitty part is that the state still tax me as though I was in that 95th percentile of income earners. The upside is that it's 70 degrees year round and I'm a half-mile from the beach.

I'd move back to Seattle but it sounds like they are doing their best to transform that into an extension of the bay area.

This is precisely why I will never move back to Seattle. It's like all the bad parts of CA, but without any of the good weather or hot chicks.

Southerndawg

PurpleThrobber said:

UW_Doog_Bot said:

Being upper middle class in California is like being mid to lower-middle class most other places. I can afford to rent a decent place but I can't afford to buy one. The truly shitty part is that the state still tax me as though I was in that 95th percentile of income earners. The upside is that it's 70 degrees year round and I'm a half-mile from the beach.

I'd move back to Seattle but it sounds like they are doing their best to transform that into an extension of the bay area.

Somebody is gonna have to explain this 'half mile to the beach' thing to the Throbber.

The Pacific is fucking cold. It's not like the Caribbean or the Gulf bath water warm with all-you-can-drink day-resorts everywhere.

And when you do go to 'the beach', you with like 12 million other Mexicans Angelinos.

Just don't get the attraction. Would much rather be near a ski resort in the winter and some boating in the summer. But 70 degrees year round is nice. No question.

Completely agree except I don't get the ski resort thing, well except for maybe the bar with a fireplace in the ski resort thing. Skiing is kind of fun, but got tired of Stevens and Snoqualmie as a kid. Cold water blows, but so does cold weather IMHO. Sunshine and a white sandy beach on a shore with bath warm water, laced with scantily clad women who actually give a shit about how they look, lined with huts filled with ice cold beer and cocktails that could put a first avenue bum down for a week are a whole lot more appealing.

phineas

What an entitled, privileged thread.

Swaye

When you're right, you're right.

BearsWiin

Southerndawg said:

PurpleThrobber said:

UW_Doog_Bot said:

Being upper middle class in California is like being mid to lower-middle class most other places. I can afford to rent a decent place but I can't afford to buy one. The truly shitty part is that the state still tax me as though I was in that 95th percentile of income earners. The upside is that it's 70 degrees year round and I'm a half-mile from the beach.

I'd move back to Seattle but it sounds like they are doing their best to transform that into an extension of the bay area.

Somebody is gonna have to explain this 'half mile to the beach' thing to the Throbber.

The Pacific is fucking cold. It's not like the Caribbean or the Gulf bath water warm with all-you-can-drink day-resorts everywhere.

And when you do go to 'the beach', you with like 12 million other Mexicans Angelinos.

Just don't get the attraction. Would much rather be near a ski resort in the winter and some boating in the summer. But 70 degrees year round is nice. No question.

Completely agree except I don't get the ski resort thing, well except for maybe the bar with a fireplace in the ski resort thing. Skiing is kind of fun, but got tired of Stevens and Snoqualmie as a kid. Cold water blows, but so does cold weather IMHO. Sunshine and a white sandy beach on a shore with bath warm water, laced with scantily clad women who actually give a shit about how they look, lined with huts filled with ice cold beer and cocktails that could put a first avenue bum down for a week are a whole lot more appealing.

Snow is for visiting, not living in

YellowSnow

BearsWiin said:

Southerndawg said:

PurpleThrobber said:

UW_Doog_Bot said:

Being upper middle class in California is like being mid to lower-middle class most other places. I can afford to rent a decent place but I can't afford to buy one. The truly shitty part is that the state still tax me as though I was in that 95th percentile of income earners. The upside is that it's 70 degrees year round and I'm a half-mile from the beach.

I'd move back to Seattle but it sounds like they are doing their best to transform that into an extension of the bay area.

Somebody is gonna have to explain this 'half mile to the beach' thing to the Throbber.

The Pacific is fucking cold. It's not like the Caribbean or the Gulf bath water warm with all-you-can-drink day-resorts everywhere.

And when you do go to 'the beach', you with like 12 million other Mexicans Angelinos.

Just don't get the attraction. Would much rather be near a ski resort in the winter and some boating in the summer. But 70 degrees year round is nice. No question.

Completely agree except I don't get the ski resort thing, well except for maybe the bar with a fireplace in the ski resort thing. Skiing is kind of fun, but got tired of Stevens and Snoqualmie as a kid. Cold water blows, but so does cold weather IMHO. Sunshine and a white sandy beach on a shore with bath warm water, laced with scantily clad women who actually give a shit about how they look, lined with huts filled with ice cold beer and cocktails that could put a first avenue bum down for a week are a whole lot more appealing.

Snow is for visiting, not living in

That's really fucking hurtful.

BearsWiin

YellowSnow said:

BearsWiin said:

Southerndawg said:

PurpleThrobber said:

UW_Doog_Bot said:

Being upper middle class in California is like being mid to lower-middle class most other places. I can afford to rent a decent place but I can't afford to buy one. The truly shitty part is that the state still tax me as though I was in that 95th percentile of income earners. The upside is that it's 70 degrees year round and I'm a half-mile from the beach.

I'd move back to Seattle but it sounds like they are doing their best to transform that into an extension of the bay area.

Somebody is gonna have to explain this 'half mile to the beach' thing to the Throbber.

The Pacific is fucking cold. It's not like the Caribbean or the Gulf bath water warm with all-you-can-drink day-resorts everywhere.

And when you do go to 'the beach', you with like 12 million other Mexicans Angelinos.

Just don't get the attraction. Would much rather be near a ski resort in the winter and some boating in the summer. But 70 degrees year round is nice. No question.

Completely agree except I don't get the ski resort thing, well except for maybe the bar with a fireplace in the ski resort thing. Skiing is kind of fun, but got tired of Stevens and Snoqualmie as a kid. Cold water blows, but so does cold weather IMHO. Sunshine and a white sandy beach on a shore with bath warm water, laced with scantily clad women who actually give a shit about how they look, lined with huts filled with ice cold beer and cocktails that could put a first avenue bum down for a week are a whole lot more appealing.

Snow is for visiting, not living in

That's really fucking hurtful.

Suck it, bitch

YellowSnow

BearsWiin said:

YellowSnow said:

BearsWiin said:

Southerndawg said:

PurpleThrobber said:

UW_Doog_Bot said:

Being upper middle class in California is like being mid to lower-middle class most other places. I can afford to rent a decent place but I can't afford to buy one. The truly shitty part is that the state still tax me as though I was in that 95th percentile of income earners. The upside is that it's 70 degrees year round and I'm a half-mile from the beach.

I'd move back to Seattle but it sounds like they are doing their best to transform that into an extension of the bay area.

Somebody is gonna have to explain this 'half mile to the beach' thing to the Throbber.

The Pacific is fucking cold. It's not like the Caribbean or the Gulf bath water warm with all-you-can-drink day-resorts everywhere.

And when you do go to 'the beach', you with like 12 million other Mexicans Angelinos.

Just don't get the attraction. Would much rather be near a ski resort in the winter and some boating in the summer. But 70 degrees year round is nice. No question.

Completely agree except I don't get the ski resort thing, well except for maybe the bar with a fireplace in the ski resort thing. Skiing is kind of fun, but got tired of Stevens and Snoqualmie as a kid. Cold water blows, but so does cold weather IMHO. Sunshine and a white sandy beach on a shore with bath warm water, laced with scantily clad women who actually give a shit about how they look, lined with huts filled with ice cold beer and cocktails that could put a first avenue bum down for a week are a whole lot more appealing.

Snow is for visiting, not living in

That's really fucking hurtful.

Suck it, bitch

Fucking lightweights.

Kaepsknee

BearsWiin said:

PurpleThrobber said:

UW_Doog_Bot said:

Being upper middle class in California is like being mid to lower-middle class most other places. I can afford to rent a decent place but I can't afford to buy one. The truly shitty part is that the state still tax me as though I was in that 95th percentile of income earners. The upside is that it's 70 degrees year round and I'm a half-mile from the beach.

I'd move back to Seattle but it sounds like they are doing their best to transform that into an extension of the bay area.

Somebody is gonna have to explain this 'half mile to the beach' thing to the Throbber.

The Pacific is fucking cold. It's not like the Caribbean or the Gulf bath water warm with all-you-can-drink day-resorts everywhere.

And when you do go to 'the beach', you with like 12 million other Mexicans Angelinos.

Just don't get the attraction. Would much rather be near a ski resort in the winter and some boating in the summer. But 70 degrees year round is nice. No question.

My beach is 340 miles NNW of LA. We get idiot tourists from Fresno, not Angelinos. I don't get in the water, but my kids boogieboard regularly, and we know many families that surf, paddleboard, and kayak. All it takes is a wetsuit. Wife and I take the dogs down for a 2-mile walk once or twice a week, to gain some perspective. You can't put a pricetag on perspective.

Looks just like the Oregon Coast except 20 degrees warmer. Except in October and sometimes November. By far the best times to go to the OC as you can get 70 degree days . Although NYE weekend was pure bliss. I live a few miles from the beach though. And the water is actually colder in the summer than the winter most years.

Very few sink holes however.

YellowSnow

Southerndawg said:

PurpleThrobber said:

UW_Doog_Bot said:

Being upper middle class in California is like being mid to lower-middle class most other places. I can afford to rent a decent place but I can't afford to buy one. The truly shitty part is that the state still tax me as though I was in that 95th percentile of income earners. The upside is that it's 70 degrees year round and I'm a half-mile from the beach.

I'd move back to Seattle but it sounds like they are doing their best to transform that into an extension of the bay area.

Somebody is gonna have to explain this 'half mile to the beach' thing to the Throbber.

The Pacific is fucking cold. It's not like the Caribbean or the Gulf bath water warm with all-you-can-drink day-resorts everywhere.

And when you do go to 'the beach', you with like 12 million other Mexicans Angelinos.

Just don't get the attraction. Would much rather be near a ski resort in the winter and some boating in the summer. But 70 degrees year round is nice. No question.

Completely agree except I don't get the ski resort thing, well except for maybe the bar with a fireplace in the ski resort thing. Skiing is kind of fun, but got tired of Stevens and Snoqualmie as a kid. Cold water blows, but so does cold weather IMHO. Sunshine and a white sandy beach on a shore with bath warm water, laced with scantily clad women who actually give a shit about how they look, lined with huts filled with ice cold beer and cocktails that could put a first avenue bum down for a week are a whole lot more appealing.

I think the key to enjoying skiing is proximity and avoiding crowds. When I lived in Utah I could duck out of work for a few hours on a powder day and have epic conditions. Here you're driving 90 to 100 minutes to get to the slopes and waiting in lines with a bunch of other assholes on the weekends. If I could live in place like Telluride, CO, I'd do it in a heart beat.