Extremely diverse place, you can find all kinds of people here. rich Republicans from Orange County, crime-ridden areas in South Central LA, rednecks, white trash in Riverside and San Bernardino County, surfers and hot girls along the coastal cities, beautiful but somewhat dangerous city of San Francisco, one of the best cities in the world San Diego, and great scenary in the Northern area, desert wasteland in Death Valley and Arizona border...

1. State the produces more food than anywhere else, has crazy night life, large schools, hot women, a load of stuff to do, and a the longest beach anybody has ever seen.
2. A place you'll want to stay in once you visit get there.
3. Extremely diverse.
3. Much more entertaining than Texas.

land that endures the verbal abuse of other states and nations while still welcoming the dreams and aspirations of other states and nations. Impossible to stereotype, yet often the subject of the crulest stereotypes.

In the words of Arnold Schwarzenegger,

"California is to me a dreamland. It is the absolute combination of everything I was always looking for. It has all the money in the world there, show business there, wonderful weather there, beautiful country, ocean is there... You have beautiful-looking people there. They all have a tan."

my favorite place in the world!

Best state ever. Makes every other state look like crap

CALIFORNIA means: Everyone hates cops. We all live next door to Mexicans. Our chicks are WAY hotter than yours. We say "like" and "for sure" and "right on" and "dude" and "totally" and "peace out" and "chill" and "tight" and "bro" and "hell of" and "hella"(Nor Cal only) and "faded" and "stoked" and "fo sho" (and I say them often). We know what real cheese and avocados taste like. All the porn you watch is made here, cause we FUCK better. We don't get snowdays off because there's only snow in Mammoth, Tahoe, Shasta, and Big Bear. We can wear sandlas all year long. We go to the Beach--not "down to the shore" you idiots! We know 65 mph really means 100. When someone cuts me off, they get the horn and the finger and a high speed chase cuz we don't fuck around on the road. The drinking age is 21 but everyone starts at 14. You judge people based on what area code they live in, and when asked where you're from, you give your area code. We might get looked at funny by locals while on vacation in their state, but when they find out we're from California we turn into Greek GODS. We don't stop at stop signs... we do a "California roll". No cop no stop baby! We can get fresh and REAL Mexican food 24 hours a day. All the TV shows you "other" states watch get filmed here. We're the Golden State. Not the Cheese State. Not the Garden State.....GOLDEN!!! We have In-N-Out which have the BEST burgers EVER(Arizona and Vegas are lucky we share that with them). We have the most representation in the House of Representatives, which means OUR opinion means more than yours, which means we're better than you. The best athletes come from here. We call it soda, not pop. We have 3 NFL teams..Raiders, 49er's, Chargers. Other countries hate the United States but they love CALIFORNIA. We have the best weed here....and it's all grown in our backyards!!!!!!!

A really nice state. Often ridiculed and stereotyped by people who either live in shitty states nobody cares about or they just have never been there.

The Golden State and the most loved and hated state in the United States.

1. The nations top agriculture state for over 50 years.
2. The most diverse state in America.
3. Most populous.
4. Most national parks.
5. The 5th largest economy in the world.
6. Tallest and largest trees in the world.
7. Highest mountain in the lower 48 states. Sorry Colorado.
8. Lowest and hottest place in Western Hemisphere. Death Valley.
9. Large cosmopolitan cities like SF, LA, San Diego and small towns like Julian, Lone Pine and Buellton.
10.Excellent weather
11.Beautiful beaches including a chain of islands off the coast.
12.Religous tolerance.
13.Racial meltingpot.
14.Hearst Castle, Big Sur, Lake Tahoe, Yosemite, Sequoia, Joshua Tree, Channel Islands, Mount Shasta, Central Valley, El Camino Real, SF Bay, LA Basin, Tomales Bay, Santa Barbara coast....
15.Great UC colleges.
16.Great aerospace heritage. Movie heritage. Agriculture heritage.
17.Beautiful women.
18.Golden Gate Bridge
19.Great musical heritage (rock, jazz and country)
20.Home of American Graffiti--one of the best movies of all time.

I could go on---but suffice it to say that if a state is the most loved and hated--then it has to be the best. Just like America is the most loved and hated nation.

I was born in Texas but moved to Cali as a kid and have loved it ever since. Anything you want is in Cali. Snow, sun, forests, lakes, deserts, beaches, rivers, wine country, farmland.

I am proud of my home state.