700 that I really don't have. Even if I still had my old truck, that would have been 400 to renew.

I fucking hate California.

So should I not move to California?

sex offender registration?

srsly, what registration are you talking about? What is it for?

Even if I still had my old truck, that would have been 400 to renew.

The context was there, you just have to use your reading eyes.

So should I not move to California?

Why would you? Unless you're following a six figure job or have really, REALLY good connections; there's no point. California is hard if you're not making good money, then if you are you're being taxed out the ass between income to sales and gas. Want to have some fun? Look at rent prices in LA and the bay area. Even the hipsters are fed up paying for rent in San Fran, a lot of them are driving across the bridge from FUCKING Oakland.

And that's annually? What the fuck?

Indeed :^)

But I have a friend offering me a place out there just south of LA for $750 a month. I dunno where else to go other than Iceland or Norway, since Germany is fucked

It should be 1000.

Quote from: Kernel Kraut on February 15, 2019, 09:43:44 PM

Do you plan on getting a green card?

Seriously though, if you can find a decent job to pay for it, then by all means. LA sucks though, just a warning. it's a dirty, nasty city.

Good luck though, maybe after you get established and then citizenship you can move to a not shitty state. I lived very well in Utah, and I could have, if I really wanted to, bought a house making 12 dollars an hour.

Lol no I'm from Pennsylvania. Where I'm looking at in California is Torrance. Seems like it's a bit nicer than LA, plus the job market is better than what's here in this shithole

You made it sound like you were from Germany with the whole, "Germany is fucked."

Torrence is oil country. If you can get a decent job at a well, you'd make good money. Same with Bakersfield. If you can get a job in Oildale, you can work your way up to six figures if you're a good worker.

But it's still a shitty state to live.

kek it costs $50 here

There was a gas station out near Barstow where the regular fucking fuel was $4.74 a gallon.

Fuck this gay state man.

Quote from: FatherlyNick on February 15, 2019, 05:03:53 PM

sex offender registration?

srsly, what registration are you talking about? What is it for?

Quote

Even if I still had my old truck, that would have been 400 to renew.

The context was there, you just have to use your reading eyes.

You know how I figured this out? By thinking back to old US movies where you get pulled over by a cop and they ask you for "License and registration." So now I get it.

For an EU citizen, registration would probably mean you are some refugee looking for a residence permit.

Quote from: Verbatim on February 22, 2019, 07:00:31 AM

these are the benefits of not driving

they're vastly overshadowed by the benefits of driving

yeah

no

you're being informed that autonomy in mobility is a vast advantage in all walks of life

it, objectively, is not

because in order to attain "autonomy in mobility" (i wish i could crack your skull open) you MUST be an idiot

it is a requirement, and one that i don't come close to meeting

truthfully in the age of uber, why does anyone really need to drive around? my insurance is 500$ a month (which is about 1.5 times more than what the average person pays in my city, granted), but for that kind of money I could just uber around where i needed to for the month.

500 a month?!

(That's crazy even for Ireland - my insurance was 3k euros [about 3500 dollars])
What do you drive? Were you in a lot of accidents?

there's no mental gymnastics you can do to get out of it

it's a good thing they're not necessary, then

There was a gas station out near Barstow where the regular fucking fuel was $4.74 a gallon.

Fuck this gay state man.

That's Barstow though. Want to see some real gouging? There's a gas station just off the 40 near Fenner on the way into Needless. It's on average 5.99 for Regular unleaded. Why? Because they know people who are scared shitless about the last 100 miles of nothing they drove will pay for it when their low fuel light comes on. If they had the common sense to fuel up in Barstow, Dagget, or Ludlow for god's sake; they wouldn't have the problem of being gouged by Pakistanis in the middle of nowhere.

It's about on par with the gas station in Pennamnint Springs.

I've been to some really fucked up places in California. I mean some really fucked up places. Like downtown Perris, Adelanto(City of Endless Possibilities), Salinas, Goffs. But there isn't a place in the state that makes me cackle as I am driving by like that gas station in Fenner. Why? Because it's an idiot trap. Ludlow is 50 miles away, and Needles is 50 miles away. A little foresight that you're on your last 50 miles of fuel would go a long way to preventing you from getting bent over by, and I quote, "GAS STATION." I mean, Arizona is RIGHT there, just go fill up at a Maverick in Mojave Valley. It's that easy.