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re: There is now a 'Drought Shame' app; you can rat on your neighbor's lush green lawn
Posted on 6/18/15 at 4:01 pm to jennBN
Posted on 6/18/15 at 4:01 pm to jennBN
Oh I enjoyed the trip, but I feel here in south Louisiana I have been insulated concerning the financial downturn.
We took backroads the entire way to and through california, I was shocked by the poverty in each new area we entered.
The homless population of northern dallas, the failing farms and drilling in oklahoma/kansas, the wealth disparity in colorado was insane, northern Nevada and southern oregon may as well be ghost towns, and then the massive amount of poverty and drugs in northern california. Even san francisco seemed...strained.
It put A LOT of things into much clearer perspective.
Everyone rags on Louisiana, mississippi, alabama, and Georgia because of the lower education ratings, but trust me, we seem to be doing a helluva lot better than the rest of the country when it comes to standard of living.
We took backroads the entire way to and through california, I was shocked by the poverty in each new area we entered.
The homless population of northern dallas, the failing farms and drilling in oklahoma/kansas, the wealth disparity in colorado was insane, northern Nevada and southern oregon may as well be ghost towns, and then the massive amount of poverty and drugs in northern california. Even san francisco seemed...strained.
It put A LOT of things into much clearer perspective.
Everyone rags on Louisiana, mississippi, alabama, and Georgia because of the lower education ratings, but trust me, we seem to be doing a helluva lot better than the rest of the country when it comes to standard of living.
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Posted on 6/18/15 at 4:04 pm to jennBN
By most everyone's own admission, individuals in CA should not be watering their lawns or setting up sprinklers for their kids to run through. While I can't tell what they're doing in their home, I would definitely rat on any neighbor this is defying common sense logic.
Posted on 6/18/15 at 4:09 pm to Black n Gold
Oh I agree, but most of the homes in my neighborhood are solar powered and gray water is fairly common here so a lush lawn may not indicate waste. Also conservation is not mandatory so who do you really call? each municipality has different supplies and rules as well. It's a quagmire but ultimately California will spend the money to use somebody else resources....I don't think SF will go dry. Maybe I am wrong but I can't envision that scenario.
Posted on 6/18/15 at 4:21 pm to Adam4LSU
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frick California.
You'd be completely lost without tech engineered in California. Those frickers may be crazy but they innovate the frick out of technology.
Posted on 6/18/15 at 4:26 pm to Asgard Device
too bad we can't innovate the frick out of desalinization...or student housing in Berkeley for that matter...
Posted on 6/18/15 at 5:35 pm to X123F45
Not sure what roads or cities you traveled through CA. There are certainly areas that won't win any prizes, but the blanket you cover CA and other states with is questionable.
I have no intention of sticking around CA any longer than I have to, because having been raised in rural LA, it's not for me either. To spin a yarn about how poverty stricken the state looks as a whole, however, only indicates that you haven't seen most of it.
My main issue, in terms of quality of life not politics, is that there are just too damned many people here.
I have no intention of sticking around CA any longer than I have to, because having been raised in rural LA, it's not for me either. To spin a yarn about how poverty stricken the state looks as a whole, however, only indicates that you haven't seen most of it.
My main issue, in terms of quality of life not politics, is that there are just too damned many people here.
Posted on 6/18/15 at 5:51 pm to jennBN
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I don't think celebrities are really the cause. There is a town/development called Mountain House here that has less than 48 hours of water left and the pictures in yesterday's paper showed multiple people with sprinklers on...we could definitely stand to conserve.
50% of water previously captured in reservoirs is now diverted for environmental projects, and citizens of the state have flatly rejected construction of important new reservoirs for decades.
There would still be plenty of water to weather this drought, but hey, we all have to live with stupid decisions we've made.
Posted on 6/18/15 at 6:20 pm to lsufanz
You couldn't have said it any better. There are entirely too many people out here.
Posted on 6/18/15 at 8:37 pm to lsufanz
We came down through eureka, across klamath, and down ca-1/101 to san francisco. Over to hollister and then down to i10.
Things looked rough everywhere.
The most shocking was colorado. We took us50 and other highways. Things are rough.
Things looked rough everywhere.
The most shocking was colorado. We took us50 and other highways. Things are rough.
Posted on 6/18/15 at 9:27 pm to X123F45
Due to the unwillingness to upset the environment, California's water supply infrastructure lags far behind the population increase. So when the inevitable cyclical drought hits... they're screwed.
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