So as not to be outdone by all the redneck, hillbilly, and Texan jokes, you know you're from California if:
1. Your coworker has 8 body piercings and none are visible.
2. You make over $300,000 and still can't afford a house.
3. You take a bus and are shocked at two people carrying on a conversation in English.
4. Your child's 3rd-grade teacher has purple hair, a nose ring, and is named Flower.
5. You can't remember . . is pot illegal?
6. You've been to a baby shower that has two mothers and a sperm donor.
7. You have a very strong opinion about where your coffee beans are grown, and you can taste the difference between Sumatran and Ethiopian.
8. You can't remember . . is pot illegal?
9. A really great parking space can totally move you to tears.
10. Gas costs $1.00 per gallon more than anywhere else in the U.S.
11. Unlike back home, the guy at 8:30 am at Starbucks wearing a baseball cap and sunglasses who looks like George Clooney really IS George Clooney.
12. Your car insurance costs as much as your house payment.
13. You can't remember . .is pot illegal?
14. It's barely sprinkling rain and there's a report on every news station: "STORM WATCH."
15. You pass an elementary school playground and the children are all busy with their cells or pagers.
16. It's barely sprinkling rain outside, so you leave for work an hour early to avoid all the weather-related accidents.
17. HEY!!!! Is pot illegal????
18. Both you AND your dog have therapists.
19. The Terminator is your governor.
20. If you drive illegally, they take your driver's license. If you're here illegally, they want to give you one.
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XMEN Ashaman DTM
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I can definitely say that 2, 10, 11, 12, 14, 16, and 19 are so true.
I got gas today on base and it was 2.85 a gallon. It's going to be around 3.00 dollars a gallon this summer supposedly.
As for the drivers... if they even think they see water on the road they do one of two things: go 90 mph or 15 mph. They still ride your bumper when it's wet too. (And get mad at you for leaving many car lengths of room in front of you so you don't rear end someone!)
Californians are seriously messed up.
I got gas today on base and it was 2.85 a gallon. It's going to be around 3.00 dollars a gallon this summer supposedly.
As for the drivers... if they even think they see water on the road they do one of two things: go 90 mph or 15 mph. They still ride your bumper when it's wet too. (And get mad at you for leaving many car lengths of room in front of you so you don't rear end someone!)
Californians are seriously messed up.
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XMEN Ashaman DTM
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Try this...
The going price for lots in Los Angeles is something like 1 million per square foot. Thus, not much new building out there! But there are a lot of remodels or refurbishments. My girlfriend's cousin's husband works for a company that goes in and converts buildings to living spaces. They're lofts mostly, but some are 2 or 3 bedroom condos stacked on top of each other. It's all different configurations. But it's not like New York where you have a railroad car for your house.
The going price for lots in Los Angeles is something like 1 million per square foot. Thus, not much new building out there! But there are a lot of remodels or refurbishments. My girlfriend's cousin's husband works for a company that goes in and converts buildings to living spaces. They're lofts mostly, but some are 2 or 3 bedroom condos stacked on top of each other. It's all different configurations. But it's not like New York where you have a railroad car for your house.