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Date: 11 Jan 2025 20:46:18 GMT
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On Sat, 11 Jan 2025 09:10:34 -0000 (UTC), RonB wrote:

> On 2025-01-10, chrisv <chrisv@nospam.invalid> wrote:
>> RonB wrote:
>>
>>>Apparently L.A. is burning because they quit making fire breaks on the
>>>hills overlooking the city because "they interfered" with the migration
>>>of some breed of mouse. And the water shortage is partly caused by the
>>>removal of dams in north California. (That and they sent their "extra"
>>>fire equipment to Ukraine.)
>>
>> 'Course, the fire chief is a lesbian whose main agenda is increasing
>> "diversity" in fire fighters.  Sheesh.
> 
> California was almost a "paradise" when my dad moved their in the early
> 50s.
> They've sure managed to screw that up in the following decades.

Compare the population in the '50s with today's. Like Las Vegas and 
Phoenix the city can only exist with artificial life support and if the 
politicians spend money on more visible things to get elected while 
letting the infrastructure deteriorate collapse is inevitable.

Must be time to re-watch 'Chinatown'.