Don't put your trash in my backyard, my backyard is full.

This blogging is a bit harder then I expected. While I find it easy to make obtuse comments on other's posts, I can never seem to find the time to write posts of my own. Anyways, I've decided to write a little about where I live: California, more specifically Orange County.

In the following paragraphs I will explain why there is no better place in the U.S. than O.C. (it is not “The O.C.”, that is just retarded) and why nobody should ever live here.

I’ll begin with a few positives, the most obvious being the weather. In the summertime 80 is considered a hot day and in the winter 60 is a cold day. The humidity is mild year round and it only rains when it is supposed to (late winter to early spring) . Contrary to popular belief there are 4 seasons and if you want to see them you only have to drive an hour to Big Bear or Lake Arrowhead. No, there is no snow. If we were meant to live in the snow we would have fur and paws. Sure it’s pretty but nobody likes scraping it off their windshield or driving in it. If you really can’t live without a snowman it is only an hour away.

O.C. is safe and relatively crime free. This may sound absurd considering all of the gang violence and high speed chases on the news. However by designating certain areas where crime is tolerated if not welcome Sothern California has created some extremely safe communities. (The City of Compton’s Police force was disbanded in the mid 90’s while other cities such as Newport Beach and Irvine have a strikingly high number of police per capita).

This is getting a little lengthy so I’ll skip to the negatives. The main reason to avoid this place like the plagues is home prices. Currently you cannot find a detached home for under $5oo,ooo and if you want anything over 2000 sqft you are into the millions.

Coming in close second is traffic. California is home to five of the nations’s 20 most congested metro areas. The average American spends 62 hours a year in traffic delays. Times that by about 100 and you have the average Californian. I spend about 2 hours of every work day in traffic. (that is not total time on the road, that is total time going 20 mph or slower)

If that isn’t enough to keep you away consider the type of people that have called this place home: Paris Hilton, Larry Flint, David Hasselhoff, Prince, Liam Gallagher, Jennifer Lopez, Rodney King, Barry Bonds, Dustin Diamond, L. Ron Hubbard, Courtney Love, Ben Affleck, Richard Nixon, Michael Jackson, Joan Rivers, Brittney Spears, Arnold Schwatznegger, Dianne Feinstein, Barbra Streisand, Jane Fonda, Ricki Lake, Whoopi Goldberg, Ryan Seacrest and just about every other piece of work I can think of including myself.

For more reasons why you don’t want to live here Check out "Land of Competition" by Bad Religion or "Californication" by The Chilli Peppers. If I knew how to make a link I would.