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It has been said that \u201cas California goes, so goes the nation\u201d.\u00a0 That is why it is such a shame what is happening to that once great state.\u00a0 At one time, California seemed to be the epicenter of the American Dream.\u00a0 Featuring some of the most beautiful natural landscapes in the entire world, the gorgeous weather and booming economy of the state inspired people from all over the world to move to the state.\u00a0 But now people are moving out of the state\u00a0by the millions<\/a>, because life in California has literally become a nightmare for so many people.<\/p>\n I certainly don\u2019t have anything against the state personally.\u00a0 My brother and sister were both born there, and I spent a number of my childhood years in stunning northern California.\u00a0 When I was younger I would sometimes dream of getting a place on the coast eventually, but for reasons I will discuss below I no longer think that would be advisable.<\/p>\n In fact, if I was living in California today I would be immediately looking for a way to move out of the state unless I specifically felt called to stay.\u00a0 The following are 16 reasons why you shouldn\u2019t live in California\u2026<\/p>\n #1<\/strong>\u00a0The entire California coastline is part of the \u201cRing of Fire\u201d seismic zone that roughly encircles the Pacific Ocean.\u00a0 The San Andreas Fault has been described as a \u201ctime bomb<\/a>\u201c, and at some point there will be a catastrophic earthquake that absolutely devastates the entire region.\u00a0 In fact, a study that was just released says that a \u201cmajor earthquake\u201d on the San Andreas Fault\u00a0\u201cis way overdue\u201d<\/a>\u00a0\u2026<\/p>\n A recently published study reveals new evidence that a major earthquake is way overdue on a 100 mile stretch of the San Andreas Fault<\/strong>\u00a0from the Antelope Valley to the Tejon Pass and beyond.<\/p>\n Researchers with the U.S. Geological Survey released the results of the years-long study warning a major earthquake could strike soon.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n #2<\/strong>\u00a0Out of all 50 states, the state of California has been ranked as the worst state for business\u00a0for 12 years in a row<\/a>\u2026<\/p>\n In what is sounding like a broken record, California once again ranked dead last in Chief Executive magazine\u2019s annual Best and Worst States for Business survey of CEOs \u2013\u00a0as it has all 12 years the survey has been conducted<\/strong>. Texas, meanwhile, earned the top spot for the 12th straight year.<\/p>\n #3<\/strong>\u00a0California has the highest state income tax rates\u00a0in the entire nation<\/a>.\u00a0 For many Americans, the difference between what you would have to pay if you lived in California and what you would have to pay if you lived in Texas could literally buy a car every single year.<\/p>\n #4<\/strong>\u00a0The state government in Sacramento seems to go a little bit more insane with each passing session.\u00a0 This time around, they are talking about going to a single-payer healthcare system for the entire state that would cost California taxpayers\u00a040 billion dollars a year<\/a>\u2026<\/p>\n On Friday, State Senator Ricardo Lara introduced legislation that would transition California\u2019s healthcare into a single-payer system<\/strong>. (RELATED: Read\u00a0what a retired colonel said about the real purpose of Obamacare<\/a>). The system would be very similar to the healthcare system currently in place in Canada and\u00a0would cost California taxpayers roughly $40 billion for the first year alone<\/strong>. Given the poor economic climate California has already created for itself, this will no doubt be just one more burden on the people of California, and one step closer towards total bankruptcy.<\/p>\n Micah Weinberg, the president of the Economic Institute at the Bay Area Council, raised concerns over the financial consequences of the proposed legislation. \u201cWhere are they going to come up with the $40 billion?\u201d he asked. He went on to suggest that adopting a state level single-payer system is \u201cjust not feasible to do as a state.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n #5<\/strong>\u00a0The traffic in the major cities just keeps getting worse and worse.\u00a0 According to\u00a0USA Today<\/a>, Los Angeles now has the worst traffic\u00a0in the entire world<\/strong>, and San Francisco is not far behind.<\/p>\n #6<\/strong>\u00a0A lot of money is being made in Silicon Valley these days (at least for now), but poverty is also exploding in the state.\u00a0 In desperation, homeless people are banding together to create\u00a0large tent cities<\/a>\u00a0all over the state, and the L.A. City Council recently asked Governor Jerry Brown \u201cto declare homelessness a statewide emergency<\/a>\u201c.<\/p>\n #7<\/strong>\u00a0Thanks to unchecked illegal immigration, crime is on the rise in many California cities.\u00a0 The drug war that has been raging for years in Mexico is increasingly spilling over the border, and many families have moved out of the state for this reason alone.<\/p>\n #8<\/strong>\u00a0California is one of the most litigious states in the entire nation.\u00a0 According to the U.S. Chamber Institute for Legal Reform, the \u201clawsuit climate\u201d in California\u00a0is ranked 47th<\/a>\u00a0out of all 50 states.<\/p>\n #9<\/strong>\u00a0Every year wildfires and mudslides wreak havoc in the state.\u00a0 Erosion is particularly bad along the coast, and I have previously written about how some portions of the California coastline\u00a0are literally falling into the ocean<\/a>.<\/p>\n #10<\/strong>\u00a0California has some of the most ridiculous housing prices in the entire country.\u00a0 Due to a lack of affordable housing rents have soared to wild extremes in San Francisco, where one poor engineer was actually paying $1,400 a month\u00a0to live in a closet<\/a>.<\/p>\n #11<\/strong>\u00a0All over the state, key infrastructure is literally falling to pieces.\u00a0 Governor Jerry Brown recently issued a list of key projects that needed to be done as soon as possible, and the total price tag for that list was 100\u00a0billion<\/strong>\u00a0dollars.\u00a0 Of course that list\u00a0didn\u2019t even include the Oroville Dam<\/a>, and we all saw what happened there.<\/p>\n #12<\/strong>\u00a0Radiation\u00a0from the ongoing Fukushima nuclear disaster<\/a>\u00a0continues to cross the ocean and wash up along the California coastline.\u00a0 The impact of this crisis on the health of those living along the west coast could potentially be felt for generations.<\/p>\n #13<\/strong>\u00a0Illegal drug use in the state is on the rise again, and emergency rooms are being flooded\u00a0by heroin overdose victims<\/a>.<\/p>\n #14<\/strong>\u00a0On top of everything else, it is being reported that Russia is \u201cquietly \u2018seeding\u2019 the U.S. shoreline with nuclear \u2018mole\u2019 missiles\u201d.\u00a0 The following comes from retired colonel and former Russian defense ministry spokesman\u00a0Viktor Baranetz<\/a>\u2026<\/p>\n \u201cWhat are these mysterious \u2018asymmetrical responses\u2019 that our politicians and generals speak about so often? Maybe it\u2019s a myth or a pretty turn of phrase? No! Our asymmetrical response is nuclear warheads that can modify their course and height so that no computer can calculate their trajectory. Or, for example, the Americans are deploying their tanks, airplanes and special forces battalions along the Russian border. And we are quietly \u2018seeding\u2019 the U.S. shoreline with nuclear \u2018mole\u2019 missiles (they dig themselves in and \u2018sleep\u2019 until they are given the command)[\u2026]<\/p>\n \u201cOh, it seems I\u2019ve said too much. I should hold my tongue.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n Hopefully what Baranetz is claiming is not accurate, because if it is even partly true the implications are absolutely staggering.<\/p>\n #15<\/strong>\u00a0North Korea is a major nuclear threat as well.\u00a0 It is\u00a0being reported<\/a>\u00a0that the North Koreans are developing an ICBM that could potentially reach the west coast of the United States\u2026<\/p>\n Defense officials have warned that North Korea is on the brink of producing an ICBM that could target the United States. North Korean leader Kim Jong Un\u00a0announced<\/a>\u00a0in January during his New Year\u2019s address that Pyongyang had \u201centered the final stage of preparations to test-launch\u201d an ICBM that could reach parts of the United States.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n #16<\/strong>\u00a0Someday a very large earthquake will produce a major tsunami on the west coast.\u00a0 According to\u00a0the Los Angeles Times<\/a>, one study found that a magnitude 9.0 earthquake along the Cascadia fault could potentially produce a massive tsunami that would \u201cwash away coastal towns\u201d\u2026<\/p>\n If a 9.0 earthquake were to strike along California\u2019s sparsely populated North Coast, it would have a catastrophic ripple effect.<\/p>\n A\u00a0giant tsunami<\/strong>\u00a0created by the quake would\u00a0wash away coastal towns<\/strong>, destroy U.S. 101 and cause $70 billion in damage over a large swath of the Pacific coast. More than 100 bridges would be lost, power lines toppled and coastal towns isolated. Residents would have as few as 15 minutes notice to flee to higher ground, and as many as 10,000 would perish.<\/p>\n Scientists last year published this grim scenario for a massive rupture along the Cascadia fault system, which runs 700 miles off shore from Northern California to Vancouver Island.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n Over the past decade,\u00a0approximately five million people<\/a>\u00a0have moved away from California.<\/p>\n After reading this article, perhaps you have a better understanding why so many people are getting out while they still can.<\/p>\nAmong the survey\u2019s subcategories, the 513 CEOs from across the nation ranked California 50th in taxation and regulation, 35th in workforce quality and 26th in living environment, which includes cost of living, the education system and state and local attitudes toward business. Notably, California placed worst among the nine states in the Western region in all three categories.<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n