Visiting California

[jarhead714]

I’ve been back twice since I left, once for a family friends wedding and once for my nieces daughters 1st birthday. I never look forward to it, but luckily I’m in driving distance and still have my retired California peace officer concealed carry permit. But I don’t think that covers the loaded AR that I keep under my trucks back seat, oh well.

Being as you’re part of the seperate class of citizen specifically prohibited by the Constitution, I wouldn’t pay that last part much mind.👌🏻🥱

[ibanezfoo]

I havent been back since I left in 2011. No reason to. If my family wants to see us they can come visit.

[stormvet]

I havent been back since I left in 2011. No reason to. If my family wants to see us they can come visit.

I didn’t realize you’ve been gone that long, you got OG status in the expat forum.

[covingtonhouse]

I am visiting San Diego in 3 weeks because my wife misses the beach. Not looking forward to it. To be honest, I really don’t want to ever go back. But I need to keep the wife happy.

There's always Mexico for beaches....kinda the same difference anyway.
For us, CA trips are limited to weddings, funerals, or family/friends w/ severe illnesses or recoveries. Even far northern CA, or east slope Sierras are overrun now.

[Danodog]

Last day in the PRK and I am itching to get out. Even my wife admitted to seeing more homeless, graffiti, and trash than she was expecting. We talked to our neighbor who is paying $10,000 per year for fire insurance. We wouldn’t have been able to afford that on our retirement income. We paid $1,000 for our homeowners insurance in Idaho. His property taxes were a little over $13,000. We pay only $3000 now. I have to admit that I am more pissed than sad to see what the state has done for its citizens.

The beach and Mexican food was nice, but not enough to make us regret our decision to leave.

[stormvet]

In AZ I got lots of beach, just not much water and as far as Mexican food goes. I get that anytime I want, I brought a Mexican with me. The Mexican food in AZ is mostly in the style of Sonoran Mexico, it is nowhere near as good as the Mexican food from central and southern Mexico, but it’s still better then that horrible Tex-Mex junk. My wife makes it central Mexico style, it’s the bomb. But like anything else you get tired of eating it after awhile.

[Reno-Kid]

My sympathies. The way I got out was agreeing to go back every few years for a week stint in the office. Since then, things have changed so that everyone is working remote, and there's no office to go back to.

Now days, FASB requires companies to capitalize on the balance sheet all rented office space, equipment, and autos instead of simple expense to income statement. FASB requirements hit smack middle of 2020. So now what you see is millions dollars of assets and liabilities, company does not own. For start ups and small companies, that kills them financially. Makes more sense to term all rental agreements and go remote. Now there is massive savings on rental cost, utilities, property taxes, government compliance, etc. At best short time meetings at local hotels make more sense.

[sigstroker]

In AZ I got lots of beach, just not much water and as far as Mexican food goes. I get that anytime I want, I brought a Mexican with me. The Mexican food in AZ is mostly in the style of Sonoran Mexico, it is nowhere near as good as the Mexican food from central and southern Mexico, but it’s still better then that horrible Tex-Mex junk. My wife makes it central Mexico style, it’s the bomb. But like anything else you get tired of eating it after awhile.

The beach with real ocean is closer to you in Mexico than in kali. When I was growing up, our family went to Rocky Point 2 or 3 times a year, for cheap gigantic shrimp and fishing.

[sigstroker]

Now days, FASB requires companies to capitalize on the balance sheet all rented office space, equipment, and autos instead of simple expense to income statement. FASB requirements hit smack middle of 2020. So now what you see is millions dollars of assets and liabilities, company does not own. For start ups and small companies, that kills them financially. Makes more sense to term all rental agreements and go remote. Now there is massive savings on rental cost, utilities, property taxes, government compliance, etc. At best short time meetings at local hotels make more sense.

The building the company used to be located in was owned. Since the rona, the company found that everyone working remote worked out great for everyone, as most business was conducted over the phone anyway. They rented a small office area and sold the old building. The chief must have made a fortune on it because it was literally a stone's throw from the bay in Marin County.

[stormvet]

The beach with real ocean is closer to you in Mexico than in kali. When I was growing up, our family went to Rocky Point 2 or 3 times a year, for cheap gigantic shrimp and fishing.

Yeah but it’s still roughly 3.5 hours from me, when in California it was only 1.5 max. Not close enough either way to say I have beach access.

[Reno-Kid]

The building the company used to be located in was owned. Since the rona, the company found that everyone working remote worked out great for everyone, as most business was conducted over the phone anyway. They rented a small office area and sold the old building. The chief must have made a fortune on it because it was literally a stone's throw from the bay in Marin County.

Wow! Yup, Marin is expensive.