Un-friendly California

After living internationally and out of state for awhile, I'm becoming to realize that California isn't really that friendly of a place to live. Other than nice weather and beautiful people, what else does California have to offer? Ok, I know California is definitely a 'melting pot' and a 'salad bowl' and definitely filled with diversity of culture, thought, and more importantly cuisine but so are other hot spots across the country. My biggest complaint of course is: traffic.

Here are some additional observations:
2000 sq. ft. home = $900,000 - $1,000,000; that is ridiculous. With $250,00 - $500,000 you could buy a 4000 sq. ft. ranch in a nice suburban area with great school districts in most parts of the country.

The way they treat 'outsiders'. When I went to New York, I walked into the DMV, asked how to obtain NY plates and license; in 15-minutes I filled out the necessary paper work and was issued a temporary license for $12 and took home my new set of NY plates. Back here in CA, I scheduled an appointment with the DMV yet still waited 30 minutes upon arrival. I've been driving in CA since I was 16, yet they require me to take the written test again and charged me $27 to issue a new license. At no point during my time spent inside the DMV did anyone smile. On the contrary, this hispanic person taking pictures made somewhat rude remarks.

Regardless of this, I still love California because this is where my roots lie; but truthfully before my time is up; I may be residing in a different state... maybe even a different country.

I got this picture on-line, the DMV I went to looked a lot worst...