Moving to Cali- thoughts?

[SMT]

Hey all, I'm not sure if this is the proper forum for this question, but since I'm motivated by concern for my security etc, here it is. Anyway, my wife and I have started thinking about moving to California to escape the prohibitionist attitudes of the east coast. We've been growing for about a year now, and we truly love it. It's the most satisfying thing I've done in a long time (except getting married) and I plan to keep growing for the rest of my life. There is only one downside, which is that we have to lie to all of our close friends, and the paranoia is a real pain in the nards sometimes. I'm sick and tired of feeling like a criminal for doing something I know to be harmless. I know that Cali still has conflicts with the Feds and whatnot, but we're both yearning to be part of a community that accepts cannabis as a gift to humankind, and it seems like the Cali is as close as it gets in this country. So my question is, where should we go? It's one big ass state. What's the most weed friendly place to be? Somewhere we can be open about our lifestyle without fear of punishment? We're not rich, just working class folks looking to live in peace and grow our own medicine. How much $$ should we have saved up before making the plunge? I don't know much about the cost of living, but people say it's a bit higher than we're used to. Basically I'm just trying to get a feel for the place, to kind of develop a strategy for moving, hopefully within a year. Anybody who wants to chime in, please do. I'd really appreciate any experiences you all can share.

thanks,

[precursor]

Welcome to weedbay good to see some new posts.

If you are looking for a community that understands cannabis this is it. In California we have the state laws that let us collectively figure out how to disperse meds to other patients. What that means is kicking down everything you grow extra to people that can't afford to pay for free. This is often not the way things are being run. We do have bugs and kinks but the system is working fine for many.

But part of this system I speak of is that while we were spending long hours in front of Safeway getting signatures you were supposed to be doing the same for your state.

I'd urge you to try to get the votes settled in your state, California has no lock on people interested in cannabis as medicine, it's a country wide interest. And there is power in numbers. Also there are counties in this state that are just like your state, still. We owe most of our compassion laws to the gay brothers that died and suffered through HIV and AIDS.

[nugs]

Welcome to cali,

At least it's a you and the ol' lady type of thing....

I get a kick out of posts that start out...

'Imma gonna move to kali and sell to da clubz'
...

And i picture some overfertilized hydro-crap pound barely trimmed showing up at a club buyer that just rejected 10 pounds of better strains, better grown and better trimmed bud.

[local]

the biggest pot crowd is Humboldt County.....Northern California


Arcata
Garberville
Eureka


Grow with the best of 'em up here!