[onewhippedpuppy]

Originally Posted by speeder

You have that right, Matt. London and New York City are even more expensive places to raise a family in the style we are accustomed to. But there is a big difference between saying that a place is expensive and saying that it sucks and where you live is better. That's the problem I have with these tired-ass threads from flat-staters bashing CA.

Denis, I don't ever recall saying that CA sucked. Here was my first post on this thread:

Originally Posted by onewhippedpuppy

If you don't think CA is expensive just don't bother pricing a house, utilities, gas, food, taxes, entertainment, etc in the midwest. You'll sleep better at night. You guys have awesome weather, but I'd rather be warm in my affordable 6 br/3.5 ba affordably priced home with the extra income to do fun things with my family and allow my wife to stay home with my kids. Everything is a trade-off in life, but I often wonder how my CA friends make that math work.

I don't think I said anything out of line or untrue. BTW, I didn't start the thread. But I am done posting on it, because educated civil discourse has gone way out the window.