What are California's conceal-carry gun laws like, and do they honor Missouri conceal-carry permits?
No idea. Since CA is a large state, I'd wager that there's a greater variation of laws due to there being more municipalities. But, overall, CA is probably less favorable toward guns laws than MO.
Hey, I was just around Sacramento! I was in Elk Grove, then moved to Sutter Creek. I gotta admit, those foothills are a pretty cool place to live, but there are some crazy pot-farmer/meth addicts in the woods who will kill you for driving on the wrong road.
Yeah, the foothills all along the Sierras are very nice, and, yes, they also have a lot of crazies.
I want you to concisively prove to me that California is more expensive to live in than Long Island.
Is is as insanely expensive to live in California as I have heard? What is the rent for a one bedroom apartment in a decent neighborhood in the city in San Francisco or LA (Minneapolis/St Paul is about $600 a month)
My aunt said you have to be very watchful of rise and fall of real estate rates. Here in Kansas, there are small variations over time, but in California rates can go drastically up and down, and homeowners sometimes buy property only to sell it off a few months later when the rates become favorable.
I'm sure LI is more expensive. SF and SD are very expensive, though. I do think that even the smaller cities in CA are way more expensive than a comparable city in the Midwest, but probably fairly comparable to New England.
@Drew, I think Garric answered your question for SF. Checked w/ a couple friends who live in SF and for a middle-of-the-road place where you're unlikely to be stabbed at night, you're looking at around $1500 a month for a 1-bedroom.
For LA is much different. LA is an extremely sprawling city, while SF is very compact. So, LA has a much broader range, I think relative to how far toward the outskirts you want to live, etc....
@Puglover.... Since CA prices are so much higher to start, incremental % changes result in larger net changes than in Kansas. But, yes, a lot of people do buy homes as investments and hope to flip them in short periods. However the market is going down now, so I'm sure they're not so happy right now.
- A week
- I live in Kansas
- I'm going with my family, so something that would be enlightening enough for adults, and entertaining enough for kids
- Probably summer, but we're still in the vague planning stage.
I love impressive natural features. I hope we get to visit the redwood forests while we're in California.
What I meant by "how far are you willing to travel" was how far, once here, are you willing to drive?
If you really love impressive natural features then Yosemite is a no-brainer. Its about a 3-3.5 hour drive from Sacramento so I recommend trying to stay overnight and spend a couple days there in the middle of the week.
Yes, you can easily also find many parks to the NW of Sac w/ Redwoods, etc.... You can drive out East of Sac a little and go to Coloma and see where gold was discovered in 1848.
Lake Tahoe is about a 2.5 hour drive east of Sacramento and is absolutely beautiful.
Lots to do here.

If you do make it out, let me know and I can help you hone in on things that will appeal to you.