Board Thread:Off Topic/@comment-27082610-20170131064348/@comment-30530552-20170208045523

WC-83 wrote: For you non-Americans in the audience, Florida is California's sworn nemesis and foil. Florida is considered to be like California, but not as cool/is worse, and has crocodiles. If the Articles of Confederation were still a thing (and we somehow still got to where we are now), we'd have invaded them a long time ago. In all seriousness, I'd still not want to live there (I'd prefer a cooler, rainier environment that isn't always humid, like Massachusetts. I love Massachusetts). Illinois sucks in almost every respect:

Politically we're screwed: Our officials can't pass a fucking budget to save their own skins even, that's how horrible they are. We also have the most state governors in prison, if I recall correctly.

Economics are horrible: with people leaving, infrastructure closes and jobs are lost, making work hard to come by. Combined with property taxes second only to New Jersey, that's a bad combo.

Climate is the worst: Mother Nature has no idea what the fuck she wants with us. Summers are blisteringly hot and humid [arguably worse than simple dry heat like Arizona or other desert locations], while winter is notorious for being finnicky and fickle. One year we had 4 inches of snow total, the next year we got 3 feet of snow within a week. And the cold. I. ''HATE. THE COLD.'' Several times in the past few years we had days with windchills of -50F (-45.5C) on back to back days. Springs and summers come with severe storms and tornadoes, and the fall too. And on the rare occasion a day isn't too hot or cold, it's usually drenched with rain.