I'm tired of Los Angeles! I'm burnt out on the traffic and the very expensive rents for crappy housing.
My rent is fairly low at $895 but that only gets me a very old one-bedroom duplex that has not been well maintained. To move to a larger, newer place with more modern amenities would cost $2000 per month or more plus several thousands for the "deposits".
The basic things like electrical supply and plumbing are very old and worn out. It can take a half hour to fill a bathtub because the water pipes are clogged up. I cannot run my computer and my wall A/C at the same time because the electrical service was installed by Thomas Edison himself! Only 30 amps of service for the whole place. It seems that every outlet in this four room unit is on the same breaker. One hot days, the breaker trips every half hour or so. I put a UPS on the computer so this constant breaker tripping would not kill it.
It's been very hot here as many know. This space is unusable without the A/C. And the A/C works poorly when it is running.
As for the traffic! When I have a full schedule day (I'm a Home Inspector) I'm out of the house for 13+ hours a day. About half of this time is spent driving or waiting. What a waste! If I get a scheduled inspection on the West side, (only 20 miles away) it can take me two hours to get home because of the traffic. I made one trip home from there and never got out of first gear till I got within about 3 miles from home.
I am seriously looking at moving out of this area to the Central Coast area of California. It's about 220 miles north of Burbank. I've spent several weekends up there and love the area. It's the San Louis Obispo county area of Paso Robles, Atascadero, Santa Maria area. There are also very nice beach area communities of Morro Bay and several others along the coast. After all the driving I've done down here (to get nowhere effectively) driving 20-30 miles up there only takes a half hour. Big difference! The rents are reasonable, vehicle insurance is about half, gas prices are similar. Now if I can only get my inspection business going up there, I'm set!
Till the next rant..............Dana
