Why I Love California

I was raised in Southern California.  California has all different types of weather.  California is exciting and there are so many people there that are in the entertainment industry or are creative.  The beaches are gorgeous in California. It is not expensive to live in California.  California is for the fashionable.  California is integrated. The people there are open minded. Everything is always changing in California.  If you like the city but favor the suburb California is for you.

Who doesn’t like California? From my observations the people who hate California are the people who have lived there all of their lives and have not experienced anything different.  I was raised in California and when I was living there I did not appreciate it as much as when I moved because that was all I knew. California’s school children and teenagers want to get out of California and move to “better?” cities or other countries.  People always think that somewhere else is better.  People always think the grass is greener on the other side.  Not for Californians it’s not.  Californians have it good. Californians have it nice.  They are living it up in a life of luxury even if they are poor and don’t even know it.  Just the ability to have opportunity available to them makes Californians very rich.  Don’t get me wrong. It is hard to break into the industry if you are not making good connections or if you can barely support your own livelihood.  And I am going to bring up the saying “It takes money to make money” in this case. If you are planning on moving to California to become a rich and famous model, singer, or actress you are going to need an agent, some talent, and your start up fee.  Other people that hate California are people that do not like the glamorous lifestyle or keeping up with the Joneses mentality that many Californians have.  This can be a fun or a draining mental obligation but it is all a matter of preference.  California and the people who live there really aren’t that bad.

The weather is great in California.  People can go to the beach and the snow all in the same day.  Although many Californians do not spend their time doing this at least they can entertain the possibility that they can.  A persons mind will feel open to crazy possibilities.  There will always be perfect weather for hiking and having picnics even if it is rainy season and really cold outside.  There will always be other people just as adventurous and crazy as the next person hiking along with them.  People can befriend the tourists or befriend the locals. The choice is there's to make

You will always feel excited about going out when living there because you never know who you will meet or what you will come across.  A persons favorite or least favorite celebrity could be shopping in their favorite grocery store such as Whole Foods or Trader Joe's and then they can post pictures of that person on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, and Vine.  It will be the perfect avenue to make their friends completely envious of them and gain a lot of attention.

California is so exciting and there are many people you will meet who are in the entertainment industry  The entertainment industry is centered around media therefore everyone knows about it.  A person who has lived in California their whole lives will not understand the gravity and meaning of “everyone knows about it”. When you move and you say you are from California people will always show you off saying “My sister, brother, cousin, auntie came all the way to my small and deserted town from California!” People get paid well to work as actors and models. You might get invited to their big mansion and then you can gab about how gorgeous it is with your friends.

Although the beaches are not very kind to the swimmer they have excellent water for surfing.  The water is very cold most of the time.  If you are looking for a great place to enjoy the water visit Southwest Florida and dip your feet in the Gulf of Mexico.  You will find that it is a very different temperature than the beaches in California. California has great weather for kite flying and wind surfing.  If you drive along the coast there are very many beaches to choose from and mountains to look at.

It is not expensive to live in California.  This is a myth. When you compare what you are getting paid there and weigh in other possibilities you will be paying just as much as if you lived in nowhere-land.  Things to consider is food, rent, water bill, electricity, insurance, gas, mileage, how close things are to each other, your changing salary, college prices, and your happiness levels. Another important factor to weigh in is that living in California you will be living around some of the richest people in the world and some of the poorest.  You will run into people from all over the world that have come to live there, therefore you will make friendships with these people and learn things from them.  When people move they always take a small piece of the place where they were living with them.  When you develop friendships with these people some of them will rub off on you.  You will become cultured just by being around people from different cultures and other countries. 

California is a city of suburbs galore.  All the cities are close together and they change.  Each one has a different feel to it.  There are very many small houses and large houses everywhere.  There are also very many apartments depending on where you go.  If you live in the San Fernando Valley like I did everything is in very close proximity and you hardly ever need to leave the valley unless you are going to the beach or snow.  What I mean is that all of your organic produce can be found right there.  Food is one of the most important things in life isn’t it?  Californians love to be different and show how cultured, environmentally aware, and healthy they are.  Californians simply must keep up with the latest Hollywood trends and they must have great beach bodies.  You will find many vegetarians, vegans, and whole food plant based dieters in California because they care.