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I have returned to Texas. I was in California for six months. California is where I am originally from and I thought I would enjoy being "home" again. Sorry to say, I hate the place now. The topography and the ocean were beautiful, but I just hated everything else about the place. It all started with people calling "fog" the "marine layer" in Santa Barbara. How friggin' snobby can one get? Bunch of phonies. I told people we used to ride horses down in Orange County when I was a kid and they just laughed at me. It's also frickin Obama country. The illegal alien situation there is out of control. Much more than in Texas. For crissakes I'm a Latino and even I think the problem there is out of control. The homes are crap. You pay $1 million for crap. I say nuke the place. Anyhow, I quit my job and was able to find a new one quickly here in Houston. Oilfield stuff. By the way, they hate oilfield people over there, even though they drive Porsches and BMWs. Hypocrites.

I guess I became a Texan long ago. I am back in Houston and am staying.

Hilarious! Most of the CA produce comes from Mexico, and they are worried about me bringing something from Texas?

BTW, I was rear-ended on US101 while I was going 65 mph. Hit by a van, two Middle Eastern guys. I wonder if they had a dirty bomb in the van.

I crossed the border today. There is actually a border checkpoint at Blythe, CA on I-10. It's like I am entering a whole other country. I was asked at the border if I was bringing in fruit or vegetables. what the heck? Neither NM or AZ had these checkpoints. They did not ask about guns.

California is a broken state, and it isn't going to get any better until it it collapses in on itself...

This is what I am banking on. At that point I will step in and take over. Viva La Revolucion!

WildBill wrote:As long as you have steady employment and a decent salary the central coast is still a good place to live. It has changed a lot since my days at UCSB. It will definitely be different than Houston. In the summer you might have to wear a windbreaker in the morning to fight off the chill of the "marine layer".
The bad part is it isn't Texas so you won't be able to carry your sidearm underneath.

Agreed! And also on the chill. Just drove my Mustang Bullitt out there a couple of weeks ago and it was really chilly. Was there in August, also chilly. Beautiful coastal area from SLO down to SB hasn't changed much, and Morro Bay is still as I remember it.

I just signed up at CalCCW.com Seems like that is the website equivalent to this one.

Thanks guys!

You guys crack me up.

The place is soooooo different from when I grew up there. Born & raised. An example of change : (1) We used to ride horses in Orange County, I mean like between the rows of trees in the orange groves. Now it's all built up and they have TV shows about Orange County Housewives. (2) We used to call it "fog" when I was a kid, now they call it "the marine layer." How friggin' snobby can you get? (3) We used to go hunting up north of L.A., now it's all built up. (4) When I lived in L.A. proper we could go dirt-biking up in the Hollywood Hills, now banned of course. (5) Not only that, you could hike up to the hills and look over the back and see cows grazing down in the San Fernando Valley. (6) Nobody hung out at Venice Beach. It was always empty, now full of wackos. "Muscle Beach" was actually next to the Santa Monica Beach pier, not at Venice Beach. Anyhow, I'll be in the Santa Barbara area, and that place is really different now too. They went all Beverly Hills like.

Worst thing I noticed out there is not just the Leftiness of the place, but the deep anger that seems to be festering in people. Not the laid back and open place of my youth.

I am moving to California (don't get me started),

1. Anybody know if I have to register my handgun when I get there?
2. I am thinking about buying another pistol here in Houston before I leave. Is there a waiting period if one is a CHL holder? I leave on Wed, today is Sun.
3. Do I get to keep the TX CHL even if I move?
4. How long before I have to notify DPS that I have left the state?

Thanks.