Comments by "Sean" (@sean2015) on "Malibu Homeowner Facing $4 Million Fine For Blocking Beach Access" video.

  1. Irony is...living in Southern California and then turning around and complaining about the lack of privacy and too many people
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  2. Corsica no but if I wanted lots of space and privacy I'd relocate to a place where there was plenty of both ...moving to Southern California and complaining about the lack of space and privacy is almost laughable in its irony
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  3. Certified Finest part of California's population growth is due to people moving there from other parts of the US and the other part is immigration (some of it illegal) mainly from Mexico. California's population is around 39,810,000 as of January 2018 and that doesn't include the estimated 2.3 million illegal immigrants living there. California has more people than most of the world's countries do.
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  4. Certified Finest I don't think many people hate it, my dear. There are some advantages to living there. But neither space nor privacy are one of those. If someone is going to live in SoCal, they need to learn to live with the crowds, the traffic jams, the lack of space and all the other problems that go with that -- such as air pollution, high property costs and the high taxes necessary to pay for all the public services.
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  5. Jose Jones yes I'm aware of the issues with building and development in SF. I grew up in Boston where building permits are a nightmare there too. But let's face the facts. The most densely populated metropolitan area in the U.S. is -- you guessed it -- Southern California, specifically Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim which has a population density of 1000 people per square kilometer (that's very dense!) While San Diego is much less densely populated than L.A. (250 people per sq. km.) it is still quite dense there as well, and it ranks among the Top 20 most densely populated areas. What causes SoCal's air pollution is that the urban sprawl and the fact that the people are so dependent upon cars to get around, unlike many cities along the eastern seaboard which have better public transportation systems.
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  6. Jose Jones perhaps your definition of "crowded" is much more narrow than mine...but San Diego (in my view) has way too many people...and that is what causes those high rent and property costs my friend (...basic economics --> too much demand for housing and land, not enough supply)
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  7. +Jose Jones for the record, San Diego ranks among the Top 10 most polluted metropolitan areas according to the American Lung Association's 2018 report (it is #6) and California accounted for the top 6 (and of the Top 10) cities on the list. Most of these metro areas were in SoCal, but Fresno also made the list.
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  8. +Jose Jones "While California ranks among the 10 highest, only 2 SoCal metro areas are listed: LA and SD" --> well those are two very BIG metropolitan areas (...we're not talking about Needles or Blythe after all!) Also, the list includes metropolitan areas (not just individual cities) so San Bernardino and Anaheim were included with L.A. and La Mesa was included with San Diego if I'm not mistaken. Lastly...I'm not sure I would consider Bakersfield as part of middle or northern CA. Anything south of San Luis Obispo could reasonably be considered part of SoCal.
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  9. Jose Jones a key cause of pollution is overpopulation. Governments need to provide easy and inexpensive access to birth control. Governments also should not only remove incentives for people to have children, they need to provide incentives for people NOT to have children.
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