1. I see a lot of those hybrid 70-80 mpg cars out and about. They're strange, because they zoom by making almost no sound.
2. They are building powerplants faster than you can believe. They just finished a plant in LA a year ahead of schedule. 11 more on the way. The DWP is currently selling power to the rest of the state, making a good amount of profit at the same time. Even Nuclear Plants are now being considered, I thought that I would never heard that word in Kali ever again. To me, the power crisis is the best thing to happen in a long time. I love it when environmentalists are proven wrong and their faces get rubbed into it.
3. You can't register your car without insurance. No insurance = no registration = no car.
4. Earthquakes happen everywhere. Some of the biggest earthquakes recorded in the continental US occurred near the New Madrid Fault. http://www.disasterrelief.org/Disasters/980422quakes/?clkd=iwm
Major earthquakes tend to hit this region once every 150-200 years. The last 9.0 earthquake to hit the midwest in 1811. Do you think y'all are safe now? That quake was felt all the way out to NYC with damage reaching nearly that far. All Kali structures have to meet extremely rigid building standards. The last time I visited Chicago, I noticed a lot of brick sky scrapers near downtown. In fact, most of the houses in Illinois seem to be made of brick. "Pancake" is the only word I could think of at the time.
5. Orange County is the place to be. My Chicago friend recently moved back to Tustin Ranch, no visible telephone/power lines, , clean air, about 10 minutes from the beach, everything is relatively new, planned communities, no slums, it's just a sweet place to live.
6. Smart guns don't exist yet and have to prove themselves reliable and safe. They are just a pie in the sky fantasy right now.