I'd argue it is the greatest civic tragedy of the last five centuries. California should have been the crown jewel of the USA. A fairly high trust society, with near perfect climate, excellent locations for trade, and plenty of land to go around. Instead it has been turned into a socialist hellscape run by clowns and populated by degenerate heathens where nothing works properly and wealth is repeatedly stolen by the state.

The worst part is that it was all totally avoidable. This wasn't done by some violent takeover or invading army from another culture. This was done slowly and deliberately over time by fifth columnists.

I would LOVE to live in California as a car enthusiast. Getting to drive up and down the Pacific Coast Highway, going into canyons and hills, driving up to the Redwoods, occasionally spotting Jay Leno and whatever contraption he's driving that day, etc. It would be like something out of a Beach Boys song. But the government and the people there just make it such a hard no.