{"database": "surfing", "table": "posts", "rows": [["299290", "17382", "California--Current State of Living?", 70, "mightyrime", "Dec 6, 2023", "2023-12-06T11:37:31-0500", "I am happy in Oceanside, Ca.  I have lived all over the country and worked in every state except Hawaii and Alaska.  Everywhere has it trade offs.  Since there is a bit of a Texas theme here i will say my wife is a Texan born and raised in Temple / Waco so i spend a lot of time there as well so i feel i have good perspective.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nYes California is too expensive across all fields.  I estimate it would cost my family roughly $40k less a year for the same standard of living in Texas ( house, schools, gas, food, taxes, day care...etc..)\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBut for me currently the extra $40k is worth it.  We have lucked out and found a good neighborhood with good people, a great elementary school, and 20 minutes from either excellent surfing or desert hiking and mountain bike trails.  I also have my elderly mother near by which is amazing for my kids and They have built a strong relationship.  And the weather is amazing as all know.  I lived in the midwest for a while and those winters i never want to go back to.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nIts all about personal situations i think.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nIf i did not surf, made less money ( i am not rich nor have a trust fund... I never went to college and built debt and i have worked my whole life and earned what i have), did not have family here.... i would leave the California coast for sure.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nLike said everyone is unique and California is worth the cost to me currently."]], "columns": ["post_id", "thread_id", "thread_title", "post_number", "author_username", "post_date", "post_date_iso", "post_body"], "primary_keys": ["post_id"], "primary_key_values": ["299290"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.5317719987942837, "license": "Public Domain"}