[chzvacmyye]

Not with people like you on them.

Fact: San Diego isn't even on that list.

[Svatudjw]

This might make Asher a little more sympathetic. San Diego recently became the first city in America to name a street after Harvey Milk a civil rights leader for the gay community who was assassinated in 1978 because of his civil rights work. Harvey Milk was stationed in San Diego in 1954 as a Navy diving instructor.

Harvey Milk Street unveiled in San Diego

The nation’s first Harvey Milk Street was unveiled in Hillcrest Tuesday at 5 p.m. on what would have been the slain San Francisco supervisor’s 82nd brithday.
The two-block road leading up to the San Diego LGBT Community Center in Hillcrest will be renamed from Blaine Avenue to Harvey Milk Street in honor of the first openly gay man to be elected to public office in California.
Milk’s life was cut short at age 48 when he was assassinated in 1978 along with then-San Francisco Mayor George Moscone by Dan White, a former San Francisco supervisor who had resigned but wanted his job back.
Milk was stationed in San Diego as a Navy diving instructor in 1954. Supporters of the name change, including Councilman Todd Gloria, who is openly gay and represents the neighborhood, said naming a street after Milk honors the late-supervisor’s contributions to the fight for equality.
“Harvey Milk Street will long serve as a symbol of San Diego’s respect for all and our celebration of diversity,” he said in a statement. http://www.utsandiego.com/news/2012/...t-be-unveiled/

[VeniHemealm]

California's median tax burden is with in two percentage points of Texas when all taxes are counted so it's a crock of **** to claim there is a huge difference between "high tax" California and "low tax" Texas. Further more you're one of the most arrogant people I've met online so you claiming other people are "insufferable" is a good laugh.

Just keeping it real and trying to tweak your nose a bit with a thread like this as I know it always gets to you. BTW median home prices between San Diego and Calgary are very close together; not that far apart at all so if it's high cost to live here (and other than housing everything is very cheap) then it's high cost there as well.

[Cinzomzm]

Define "fake". I'm really curious what you mean by that. The people aren't fake nor as materialistic as other places (though like any big city you see all kinds) but, yes, most of it has been built since the 1950's so much of it is suburbia but that's true with most of America including Atlanta which seems to be an endless suburb when I visited there.

[spaxiaroorbes]

I prefer those as they're better for people watching and attract a younger crowd so you're more likely to see young hotties in bikinis but Coronado does have the classic long and wide white sandy beaches. To bad the crowd is mostly older pensioners.

[TSVIDeo]

Define "fake". I'm really curious what you mean by that. The people aren't fake nor as materialistic as other places (though like any big city you see all kinds) but, yes, most of it has been built since the 1950's so much of it is suburbia but that's true with most of America including Atlanta which seems to be an endless suburb when I visited there.

As in more of a "planned city" than grown organically. More like when the Navy came in, in force, the city was built for their specifications rather than neighborhoods and portions growing by themselves.

Atlanta has many suburbs, but the city itself and the so-called "intown suburbs" (ie, cities inside "the perimeter") have had a good deal of organic growth, and now, a lot of gentrification as people are moving back from the suburbs into the old neighborhoods. Of course it is no way like cities such as New York and Boston because it was burned down in 1864 and therefore to rebuild it there was some planned growth rather than just letting it grow in whichever way it wanted.

[broksaksaak]

As in more of a "planned city" than grown organically. More like when the Navy came in, in force, the city was built for their specifications rather than neighborhoods and portions growing by themselves.

Atlanta has many suburbs, but the city itself and the so-called "intown suburbs" (ie, cities inside "the perimeter") have had a good deal of organic growth, and now, a lot of gentrification as people are moving back from the suburbs into the old neighborhoods. Of course it is no way like cities such as New York and Boston because it was burned down in 1864 and therefore to rebuild it there was some planned growth rather than just letting it grow in whichever way it wanted.

Well, that's true. The parts built prior to WW2 were more or less organic growth while post WW2 it has been almost entirely planned communities designed to be suburbs. Some of the older suburbs have had planned redevelopment but most of it is still original planned communities.

[KirillAristov]

It's true. As long as you don't make over a certain amount Income taxes are zero here in TX.

property taxes are actually lower in California And housing prices are about 3x as high in CA as in TX. I can get a nice free standing house for about 70k in TX depending on the locale. Heck I used to live in one that was 70k. Even if property taxes are lower - the overall price is higher, so that you actually end up paying, way, way more.

, and both states have sales taxes. Sales tax is 9.5 in CA and 6.5 in Texas. That's 30 percent less sales tax.

CA has a 10 percent income tax if you make over 45k a year. Texas has zero income tax.

Property taxes in CA are around 1.5 percent depending on where you live.

http://www.county.org/resources/coun...tes/index.html

Shows that most TX jurisdictions have about 1/2 the property tax rate of California.

The only way it makes sense to live in CA is if you make 45k and own a 300k house. Wouldn't you be better off if you had 45k and the same 100k house in TX?

[VINPELA]

Let's face facts, Ben.

Texas could have 0 tax and free houses and many sensible people still would not choose to live there.

The weather sucks, the people are awful, the accents are incredibly annoying, guns are everywhere, it's way too close to Mexico, religion is too prominent, and it has no scenery.

[investor]

Which parts?

I probably just have much higher standards for scenery, being blessed with being in one of the most beautiful places in the world.

[Olympicdreams]

Isn't Wales just rocks and moss and people who can't spell?

[ArraryTauTDew]

It's about as beautiful as a post-apocalyptic wasteland could look.



Incidentally, it looks indistinguishable from the Alberta Badlands.

[engideNedmupe]

Speaking of Texas, land of the free: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/0...ef=mostpopular

Diane Tran, Honor Student At Texas High School, Jailed For Missing School

Diane Tran, a 17-year-old honor student in Texas, was forced to spend the night in jail last week after missing too many classes, KHOU-11's Sherry Williams reports.

The Willis High School junior, who helps support two siblings, has both a full time and part-time job. She said that she's often too tired to go to school.

"She goes from job to job from school," Devin Hill, one of Tran's classmates, told KHOU-11. "She stays up until 7:00 in the morning doing her homework."

In an interview with KHOU-11, Tran said she takes AP Spanish, college level algebra and dual credit English and history courses. Her parents divorced and no longer live near her, so she lives with the family that owns the wedding venue where she works on weekends.

According to Texas law, if a student has ten or more unexcused absences within a six-month period, the school district may refer the student to a juvenile court. "In such cases, resolution of the issue is entirely in the hands of the court," reads a statement on the website of the Willis Independent School District.

After being warned by a judge in April about missing too much school, Tran was arrested in court on Wednesday and required to spend the night in jail, according to the above video from KHOU-11. She has also been fined $100.

Tran's case has spread online, with dozens of news outlets across the country picking up her story. HelpDianeTran.com, a site set up by the Louisiana Children's Education Alliance in partnership with Anedot and Gatorworks, has raised over $28,000.

A petition at Change.org that calls for the judge to revoke the teen's fine and sentencing was approaching 26,000 signatures on Monday afternoon.

"This remarkable young woman doesn't deserve jail," wrote a Change.org commenter going by Letitia Gutierrez. "She deserves a medal."

Williams, the KHOU-11 reporter, visited the judge who sent Tran to jail. Watch the video above to hear the judge's reasoning behind the punishment.

[paypaltoegold1]

Speaking of Texas, land of the free: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/0...ef=mostpopular

My step-daughter had to go to court for too many tardies! Fine and community service. Texas really does suck.

ACK!

[baxodrom]

You can make any excuse you like, but the fact remains California is rightfully ****ed.

[Drugsonl]

You forgot the sheep and all the people on the dole fighting outside pubs.

All of which still make it better than Calgary...

[HQTheodore]

The politics are disfunctional mostly because Republicans put in the stupid 2/3rds rule into the constitution in the 1980's. Tell me another state which requires a 2/3rds vote on virtually everything. Things worked fine up until Republicans suckered people into that change as now they just sit their with their 1/3rd saying no to everything resulting in complete gridlock. Yes, that is a very bad thing when government doesn't function because one party doesn't want it to function.

???? I thought CA was dysfunctional largely due to its habit of settling everything by referendum, so now something like 90% of the budget is locked in and committed by old votes and lawmakers have nothing do their jobs with? That's what I've read.

[www.forumsovetov.ru]

???? I thought CA was dysfunctional largely due to its habit of settling everything by referendum, so now something like 90% of the budget is locked in and committed by old votes and lawmakers have nothing do their jobs with? That's what I've read.

That's another major problem. Unable to pass anything in the legislature due to the stupid 2/3rds rule (you can get 1/3rd of them to disagree with anything thus vetoing it) the governor or interest groups often put policies to a referendum. That means lots of emotional decisions instead of real budget conscious decision making. "Sure we'll mandate 50% of the budget be spent on education because it's for the children", "why shouldn't we make a rule that 33% of the electricity should come from renewable power", more for this & that with no eye on the total cost because few of the 40million people even know what the budget looks like.

That doesn't change the fact that the reason it all ends up as referendums is because the 2/3rds rule means the state legislature is dysfunctional with one party against any tax increase while the other is against any spending cuts. It should be 50% + 1 vote and the motion passes.

[Meerenuch]

The episode is Butterballs, season 15, #5. Above average episode, hilarious song.

[Chubrehege]

The poor Kony 2012 guy sure did lose his **** and right in the high rise apartments of OB where people are packed in like sardines so it was sure to end up on youtube.



I like how someone trips him and makes him fall of the top of a car around 1:45. He was just jacking it and jumping on the roofs of cars then fell down on his head.