Hate is exactly the reason I left so cal 25 years ago. I could feel myself becoming a hater,something I had never been in my life. I didn't want that for me or for my children and I was cognizant enough to know that even if I didn't say it out loud,my kids would internalize what they would see in me even if not able to describe it ( my youngest was 4). We moved to Idaho, which had gotten a bad rap,but I knew 2 people from there and they were kind hearted non hating people. What I found here was people,mostly from other places, that just wanted to talk to you, hold doors open for you,wave at you even though they didn't know you,teenagers that were friendly and people that just wanted to live their lives and be happy doing it. It was nothing like I was told it would be! The only thing they did hate was for people from Cali to come here and treat them like they were stupid bumpkins and try to change the place into a mini California. It has changed here a lot over the years,exactly because of wealthy democrats coming in,buying everything up, running for local political positions as conservatives and voting in stupid Cali style laws and driving the less fortunate out of their birth state. They simply cannot make the connection between their politics and the misery they came here to escape. But I still love this place and can't imagine living any where else. I am consumed with happiness,feel truly blessed and have taken up the good fight but I refuse to be hateful.
Hate is exactly the reason I left so cal 25 years ago. I could feel myself becoming a hater,something I had never been in my life. I didn't want that for me or for my children and I was cognizant enough to know that even if I didn't say it out loud,my kids would internalize what they would see in me even if not able to describe it ( my youngest was 4). We moved to Idaho, which had gotten a bad rap,but I knew 2 people from there and they were kind hearted non hating people. What I found here was people,mostly from other places, that just wanted to talk to you, hold doors open for you,wave at you even though they didn't know you,teenagers that were friendly and people that just wanted to live their lives and be happy doing it. It was nothing like I was told it would be! The only thing they did hate was for people from Cali to come here and treat them like they were stupid bumpkins and try to change the place into a mini California. It has changed here a lot over the years,exactly because of wealthy democrats coming in,buying everything up, running for local political positions as conservatives and voting in stupid Cali style laws and driving the less fortunate out of their birth state. They simply cannot make the connection between their politics and the misery they came here to escape. But I still love this place and can't imagine living any where else. I am consumed with happiness,feel truly blessed and have taken up the good fight but I refuse to be hateful.