You know how they say the farther West you go, the more you are in the free world? Well the west end of western civilization is California. Some History: In California, the American dream tells a magical story "73 men sailed out to the San Francisco Bay....Ride Captain Ride upon your mystery ship".....these were the men of Sir Francis Drake's expendition.....before the pioneers even got there. Americans freedom is about loving an pursuing happiness with everything you consume, center to this is Ghirardelli Chocolate in the square in San Francisco. finding the way to absolute hippie freedom....telegraph Avenue, Berkeley, California Cherishing our national Parks (Ted Roosevelt's mission) - even the old Republicans were for the national park missions - and California has the Sierra, the Redwoods, Yosemite California is very capitalist in its selling of hollywood Cinema and popcorn and theatres. California embraces innovation in the Silicon Valley/Palo Alto region California education speaks for itself: Stanford, Cal Tech, UC Berkeley, lots of top schools California has more consumer protection laws than any other state, also employee protections such as if you are being background searched for drugs, you do not have to reveal if you some marijuana you can smoke marijuana for medicinal purposes in California California has a near perfect moderate climate where you don't need corporate utilities (A/C - Central heating to survive) you can grow your own grapes in California and live on a vineyard and love the land itself In California, if bored, you can take a drive up Pacific Highway on a sunset and leave all your troubles behind. I see more of the spirit of freedom and the American dream in California than I ever hear from USA Conservatives. why is this? and California has an amazing melting pot of Mexicans and Asians and Liberals and fruits and nuts California's budget is in good hands in Sacramento