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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Simplicity" data-source="post: 2351496" data-attributes="member: 1496">Man, California is taking a lot of flak in this thread, so I guess I'd better stand up and give the other side of the story...1) One poster mentioned that people in California don't know zip codes, and think 15 minutes is too long to drive anywhere.  The poster CLEARLY hasn'tlived in California...  First, we've got the same USPS you've got.  Zip codes are how mail works here too...  Second, the entire state is based around the automobile.  Literally.  Drive-thrus started here.  You've gotta drive to get virtually anywhere, because everything is so sprawling and spread out.  2) Regarding earthquakes.  People who don't live in California are terrified of the idea of the whole earth moving and killing everyone and flattening the whole city.Californians, on the other hand, just try to decide whether this earthquake is worthgetting up for or not.  Most earthquakes are easily slept through.  There are RAREcases of large earthquakes causing massive damage, but the number of people who actually die is pretty low (We actually BUILD for earthquakes now.  Go figure.)  3) Some people think Californians are crazy.  I don't think crazy is necessarily the right word.  California (even Hollywood) is not like what you see on TV.  Some people see Venice Beach (where you can find 31 flavors of loons) and think the entire state is that way.  It's not.  Some of California is very liberal (and people call that "crazy"), but I think that's simply because everyone who lives in California is pretty much either a transplant from another state or their family came from another state.  We have to be open-minded, as we are the melting pot state of the melting pot country.  Some of California is very conservative.  San Diego has a large number of military families.  Orange County is very religious, and very Republican.  4) Arnold.  Yeah, okay you got us there.  At least we didn't elect Gary Coleman.Good things about California:1) Geek central due to the computer boom and a general love of movies/TV.  That's gotta count for something on a D&D board...2) Nice weather.  Not seasons, mind you, but great weather.3) Lots of ocean, mountains, forest, desert...  It's a huge state.4) Very diverse.  Dense city in L.A. turns into sticksville in central California which turns into more wooded sticksville as you head north, and then back to urban.5) Food.  The food is very good.  Mexican food, thai food, japanese food, chinese food, italian food, steaks (okay, not as good as midwest steaks, but they're okay) and on and on.</blockquote>

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