Where I Want to Live: California
Why Cali' Is The State to Live In
CA-Introduction to Greatness
How California Stacks Up Against the Competition
California seems to excel in many areas compared to other places. When compared to my home state of New Hampshire and a region of Canada, Quebec, California is not the best in every are out there, but it does have a lot of characteristics that would make it an enjoyable place to live, like its warm climate. Many issues addressed and compared:
Climate
California-warm summers, mild spring and autumn months with a gentle but rainy winter. Warmest near coast in the summer where average temperature in a city like San Francisco is 72 degrees Fahrenheit. The temperatures go even higher in the summer to 109 degrees Fahrenheit in San Bernardino. Like the rest of California, the average low in winter in San Bernardino is 30 degrees Fahrenheit.
Quebec-severely cold winters and possibly extremely hot summers. Winter's average temperature is -10 degrees Fahrenheit. Chilly!
New Hampshire-mild summers with cooler spring and autumn seasons but particularly cold winters. The average temperature in winter is about 33 degrees Fahrenheit. In summer the average is about 78 degrees Fahrenheit, lower than California.
California seems to reign supreme here because of how it tends to stay warm all the time, while the other two are cold at points. Unless you're into that.
Crime
California-not the best, in 2012 had around 7500 violent crimes per 100,000 people
Quebec-better crime rate, around 5000 per 100,000 people
New Hampshire-NH owns this category because it is on of the safest states to live in, ranking #1 on comcast.net's crime report (yes, comcast did a crime report, surprised me too).
Cali' lacks in this area mainly because of its vast population, but crime rates have been lowering.
Economy
California-IN THE TOP TEN BEST ECONOMIES IN THE WORLD! BEAT THAT NH! It is at number 8 in the ranking of best country economies. The whole United States, China, Japan, France, and a few other countries have better economies that California. But only 7 countries. Has a GDP of 1,891,363,000.
Quebec-strong economy, could be better. Is number 6 out of the 13 provinces of Canada when ranked by gross domestic product. The GDP is $357,859,000.
New Hampshire-focused on manufacturing, not good in terms of GDP. In 2009, NH ranked 41 out of all the states in terms of GDP. It's GDP is $59,400,000.
California easily, easily has the best economy of the three. It beats out many countries even though it is only one single state!
Income and Property Values
California-household income per person is an average of $61,000, home value average of $403,700
Quebec-$68,000 household income but has a $264,217 average property value
New Hampshire-$64,000 average household income per person but an average of $245,000 property value
California has a lower than average household income, but an unbelievably high property value. This can show the houses there are not cheap in quality.
Racial Makeup
California-White: 40.1%. Hispanic: 37.6%. Asian: 12.8%. Other: 9.5%.
Quebec-Canadian: 60.1%. French: 28.8%. Irish: 5.5%. Italian: 4.0%. Other: 1.6%.
New Hampshire-White: 92.3%. Hispanic: 2.8%. Asian: 2.1%. Other: 2.8%
Religion
California-45% religious. 27.89% Catholic. 55% atheist.
Quebec-83% Catholic. 4.7% Protestant. Other: 12.3%.
New Hampshire-35% religious. 24% Catholic. 65% atheist.
Recreation
California-walking on the many beautiful beaches, biking, any outdoors sport because of climate
Quebec-hockey, limited amount of sports because of cold
New Hampshire-most sports that you want to play but can be cold to play in winter
You can do almost all activities you want in California. Even the winter ones are present like hockey.
Sports
California-you can play whatever you want here. They have many professional teams, have held the Olympics 3 times in Los Angeles, and have teams for baseball, football, hockey and others.
Quebec-major sport is hockey. Not many others, but curling is one of them.
New Hampshire-almost all sports you want to play you can, but baseball is a major one here.
Taxes
California-income tax rate is 12.3%. Banks have a 10% tax.
Quebec-income tax rate is up to 29% when you make over $136,270.
New Hampshire-no income tax or sales tax at all.
New Hampshire is better than California in terms of taxes. Them having no sales or income tax makes it much easier on the citizens. But, California doesn't have an insane property tax when compared to New Hampshire. NH to CA tax rate: up to 5% per year to 1% of the full cash value of the property.
Unemployment Rate
California-8.0% in Feb 2014.
Quebec-8.8% in Feb 2014.
New Hampshire-4.7% in Feb 2014.
Okay, so Cali has a not so good unemployment rate. It is going down though. In January of 2013, California's unemployment rate was 9.8% so it is going down.
Cali' is a very warm place that has happiness everywhere you go.
Movement: Why California is Where I (and others) Should Live
California: Final Reasoning
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