I just passed the six month mark of living in the Los Angeles area after having spent the previous 31 years in Las Vegas. So far so good, it’s all is going pretty smoothly except for the fact that I have not learned Spanish yet, so there is a language barrier.
While there are some similarities between Los Angeles and Las Vegas there are also a lot of differences considering they are only about 270 miles apart. The biggest difference is that while L. A. is only a little west of Las Vegas it is so far to the left politically that if Joseph Stalin was still alive he would probably spend his summers vacationing in Southern California.
That said, it’s not at all surprising to know that the California state government is almost as badly in debt at the U.S. government, proportionally speaking.
It would be interesting to hear a conversation between a California politician and a Nevada politician. Here’s how I’d think it would go:
Nevada guy: How is it you guys are way more in debt than us and you also have more taxes than we do?
California guy: Well, wise guy… oh, get it, wise guy like the mob. I wasn’t even trying to make a joke when I said that.
Nevada guy: That’s good because it wasn’t funny at all. There’s been no mob in Las Vegas since the 80s.
California guy: But you can’t deny that you have it easy with all the casinos.
Nevada guy: Yes I can. The casinos are just a business that pay taxes like any kind of business you have there in Taxifornia.
California guy: But we have a rich culture and lots of history.
Nevada guy: We have a lot of culture too.
California guy: …Didn’t you just recently open a mob museum?
Nevada guy: Thanks for reminding me, there’s the history too. And don’t forget, we are the “Entertainment Capital of the World.”
California guy: A title you stole from us, I might add.
Nevada guy: Stole-schmole, we earned it, baby! Just like we earned getting so many Californians who moved to Nevada over the years so they don’t have to pay so much in taxes.
California guy: Yeah, we’re not happy about that, by the way.
Nevada guy: Of course, you do get the occasional person who moves from Nevada to California for some unknown reason, like the schmuck who is writing this article!
(Steve’s note: HEY!!)
California guy: Well, you’re welcome to take him back anytime you want to.
Okay then, I’m putting an end to that conversation. For the record I like both Nevada and California and I don’t like most politicians from anywhere.
California and Nevada guy: We heard that!
I don’t care, you’re both morons!
Anyway, the fact is, I never expected to move from Las Vegas but at the same time I never expected my wife of 28 years to die at the age of 55. But you have to play the cards you are dealt. As it turned out I played them well. I have found happiness again and for the love of a good woman is why I moved. I am happy again and as soon as I’m able to learn to speak some Spanish everything should be perfect for me here in Los Angeles.
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