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The Worst US Cities To Work In IT
bdcny7927 writes with an excerpt from CIO.com to inspire some caution before your next job switch: "IT workers have their choice of many great US cities for work and play (Atlanta, Chicago, Seattle), but what are the cities that you probably should avoid? Here's a very unscientific, highly subjective and unapologetically snarky list of our least favorite US tech job locales."
Washington D.C. The entire metropolitan area is one big mess. I have to plan my WEEKEND trips to the grocery store with severe traffic in mind. The area/weather/people are nice enough. However, with the addition of the commute times, I am basically holding down another part-time job just to get to work and back. I work 10-12 hour days just to avoid sitting in that mess for 3-4 hours a day.
I couldn't fail to disagree with you any less.
Dude, it's a 2/3 majority, not a 3/4 majority. And far from "not listening to the People", the initiatives system makes California one of the most responsive to the will of the People. Which is exactly why they're in so much trouble.
People: We demand that $2B from the general fund be set aside for the education of small puppies.
Government: OK. That means that uncommitted revenue drops by $2B. We'll have to cut teacher's salaries by 14%.
People: Idiots! Why do you hate children? We demand that teacher's salaries be increased 5%, not cut.
Government: Okay, but we'll have to cut housing assistance.
People: Why do you hate the poor? You may not cut housing assistance.
Government: We'll raise taxes, then.
People: We demand that all tax increases be approved by 2/3 of the state senate.
Government: You do know that means taxes will never go up again, and that you're allowing a tiny, intransigent minority to run the state off a cliff, right?
People: Why don't you respect the will of the People?
Prop. 13 has butchered California. Prop. 13 was a conservative brainchild. Congratulations, bozo. You and yours just wrecked 1/5th of the the economy. But I suppose you think your state will be so much better once the schools shut down and Prudential is buying ad space on El Capitan.
You want the truthiness? You can't handle the truthiness!