9th October 2003, 10:43 AM
Quote:Originally posted by Laser Link
Colorado, Idaho, Washington, Oregon, and all the other Western states have grown like crazy over the last 10 years. And all of those people were Californians (okay, and some Texans too). It makes me laugh that these people will complain about how the rich Californians sold their million dollar houses and moved here and all how it ruined life. They blame things like property taxes rising, traffic, bad drivers, pollution, lack of jobs, and every other problem you can think of on Californians. But they forget that Colorado was in a huge economical slump back then. There was nothing here, housing prices were in the toilet, there was NO economy whatsoever. Houses that were worth $20,000 just 15 years ago are now selling for $300,000. Nobody complains about that. I've actually heard complaints that Californians are to blame for the drought, because they water the lawn too much and this somehow chases away the rain. There is no logic to any of these arguments, it's just a huge "Blame California!" thing.
The roads are clogged not because there are too many people, it's that the government and the citizens refuse to pay for new roads! There is a reason California has high taxes, and it's because they actually fix the problems they have. In Colorado Springs the taxes are a little lower, but it takes an hour to drive 5 miles during rush hour because there are only 3 2-lane roads that go east-west. This is a city of 500,000 people and growing faster than the video game industry. We have 1 free-way, and it's only 2 lanes as well! They've been trying to widen it to 3 lanes since I moved here in 99, and they still have barely made any progress. And don't even get me started on Denver's T-Rex project, a 15 year plan to widen the freeway just in time to out grow it again.
I would guess that 30-50% of Colorado citizens moved here from California. That's how it is with the people I know. It was the same way in Idaho and Washington.
All this has led me to the conclusion that these scientists are very wrong. Now they think Africa was the birthplace of human civilization, but I firmly believe it was actually California. The evidence speaks for itself.
Yeah but I'm not a native Coloradoan. :p