User blog comment:Ty Rezac/Best states to live/@comment-5789047-20130512172131/@comment-5789047-20130518183933

I 100% disagree. California and Massechucets are the only two states bringing income to the federal budget (last time I checked). California is a beautiful place in general with the Valley and Redwood Forest and such. If the Bay Area declared independance tomorrow it would have the world's 20st largest GDP. Pollution, bad traffic, high housing costs, and high cost of living are only with large cities, of which there is San Fransisco, San Diego, and Los Angelos. Also crime rates have significantly dropped ever since the state decriminalized the use and possesion of marijuana.