I have been to Fla., (once almost 40 years ago), and I obviously dislike it pretty intensely though you are right, I should temper my remarks in light of potential hurt feelings from people who live there.
My response was to someone who made a remark equating it w SoCal, they could not be further from one another in appeal, IMO. I'd actually rather live in Kansas, Matt's home state, than Fla. any day of the week. Kansas is not a bad place, just sort of boring. There are far worse places to be in the USA.
If I strike you as aggressive and belligerent because of my remarks, I apologize. To me, it's just the Internet and it's normal for people to express strong opinions on these threads. Sometimes I don't think enough about someone becoming offended, I should.
FWIW, Los Angeles and CA. in general have plenty of problems but they are mostly related to too many people wanting to live there. I'm house hunting in the Midwest and plan on spending more time w family in MN. and WI. in the coming years though I'm not moving from CA. completely. My close friends and working life are all in CA.
A massive earthquake, (w/o the nuclear reactor scenario), would actually be great for CA as long as people don't die, (very few have in any CA. EQ in last 100 years). A quake that sends people scurrying elsewhere leaving a trail of piss would relieve some population pressure there. There is no hope, though. Half the people in the world want to come to the U.S. and they all want to come to CA.
