I'd say one day you should go. Definitely bucket list item. While the state is messed up Glamis is pretty awesome if you like the Sand, partying, offroad, Sand drags, SXS's, quads, Dirtbikes, fireworks, etc. Some weekends are very tamed with no crazies, but Halloween, New Years, and Thanksgiving are absolute S*** Shows.
I've never been a big partier. I gave up drinking over 9 1/2 years ago and I really don't want to be around those who do. I can't stand SxSs. Those people are usually a-holes. My own (step) brother now has one. As unmechanical as he is, He's going to be in for a rude awakening soon.
Technology, good or bad, takes time to develop and it will get cheaper as it goes. Look at how much the price has dropped on EVs. They're still priced WAY too high for what you get, but they are a lot cheaper than they were 10 years ago.
I have lived in California all my life. There is a lot to hate here, but the natural beauty of this state is not one of those things. You absolutely should visit and absolutely stay out of the big cities. Hit the coast between LA and San Fran (where I live) go up the 1 along the coast. Cruz over to the Sierras and see the tallest mountain in the lower 48, yes it is here and not in the rockies. See the Giant Sequoias, you have never seen trees like them. Pictures do not do them justice. There are a lot of great hard working down to earth people here, we just get overshadowed and outvoted by all the crazies in the big cities.
I agree with this wholeheartedly. I live in the Northern California foothills, gold country. It’s a totally different world here than what you see in Sacramento/Bay Area/SoCal. The demographics of the area are consistent, the crime is lower, the people are friendlier and more neighborly, the country is phenomenally beautiful, and in some ways I will go out on a limb and say they are harder workin and smarter than what you would find generally in rural areas of other states. You have to grind to make it in this state, between the taxes, gas/grocery prices and mind numbing regulation. It takes grit and drive. With that said, you have a special breed of people who are used to the state government actively making it harder and harder for them to exist and live, normally atleast, and yet they continue to do so. Id compare it to a guerrilla citizenry that isn’t actively pursuing warfare. Talk all the mess one will about California, when things actually do get ugly and they will, the hillbillies and rednecks will come out of the woods of the rural parts of California and speak for themselves.
Tons of SoCal and Vegas people moving to Utah. My in-laws moved out there about 8 years ago and it’s being slowly overran just like every state in this country. The Morman thing is definitely prevalent but overblown in my opinion. Lots of great people living there.
It's amazing to me how many electric car related patents came out in the late 1800's and early 1900's and how much technology the minds of these inventors created on paper, and just couldn't implement it due to lack of (electrical)energy storage. I don't have a link or anything but there are hundreds of cool patents, I remember seeing some in high school and being blown away...knowing the way history unfolded and having graduated in 2001, electric cars were not a thing yet(again). Very cool stuff!
