{"id":7440,"date":"2015-04-20T05:51:45","date_gmt":"2015-04-20T10:51:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=7440"},"modified":"2015-04-20T05:51:45","modified_gmt":"2015-04-20T10:51:45","slug":"another-reason-to-move-away-from-california-conditions-are-like-a-third-world-country","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=7440","title":{"rendered":"Another Reason To Move Away From California: \u2018Conditions Are Like A Third-World Country\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3><a href=\"http:\/\/theeconomiccollapseblog.com\/archives\/another-reason-to-move-away-from-california-conditions-are-like-a-third-world-country\" target=\"_blank\">Another Reason To Move Away From California: \u2018Conditions Are Like A Third-World Country\u2019<\/a><\/h3>\n<p>As if anyone actually needed<strong>another<\/strong>\u00a0reason to move out of the crazy state of California, now it is being reported that conditions in some areas of the state \u201c<a title=\"are like a third-world country\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/articles\/2015-04-17\/california-plagued-by-dry-wells-as-drought-makes-water-elusive\" target=\"_blank\">are like a third-world country<\/a>\u201d due to the multi-year megadrought that has hit the state.\u00a0 In one California county alone, more than 1,000 wells have gone dry as the groundwater has disappeared.\u00a0 The state is turning\u00a0<a title=\"back into a desert\" href=\"http:\/\/theeconomiccollapseblog.com\/archives\/california-is-turning-back-into-a-desert-and-there-are-no-contingency-plans\">back into a desert<\/a>, and an increasing number of homes no longer have any water coming out of their taps or showerheads.\u00a0 So if you weren\u2019t scared away by the\u00a0<a title=\"wildfires\" href=\"http:\/\/www.seattlepi.com\/news\/us\/article\/Wildfire-near-Southern-California-dam-threatens-6209484.php\" target=\"_blank\">wildfires<\/a>, mudslides, high taxes, crime, gang violence, traffic, insane political correctness, the nightmarish business environment or the constant threat of \u201cthe big one\u201d reducing your home to a pile of rubble, perhaps the fact that much of the state could soon be facing Dust Bowl conditions may finally convince you to pack up and leave.\u00a0 And if you do decide to go, you won\u2019t be alone.\u00a0 Millions of Californians have fled the state in recent years, and this water crisis could soon spark the greatest migration out of the state\u00a0<a title=\"that we have ever seen\" href=\"http:\/\/theeconomiccollapseblog.com\/archives\/how-many-people-will-have-to-migrate-out-of-california-when-all-the-water-disappears\">that we have ever seen<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Back in 1972, Albert Hammond released a song entitled \u201c<a title=\"It Never Rains In Southern California\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/It_Never_Rains_in_Southern_California\" target=\"_blank\">It Never Rains In Southern California<\/a>\u201c, and back then that was considered to be a good thing.<\/p>\n<p>But today, years of very little rain are really starting to take a toll.\u00a0 In fact, one government official says that conditions in Tulare Country\u00a0<a title=\"\u201care like a third-world country\u201d\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/articles\/2015-04-17\/california-plagued-by-dry-wells-as-drought-makes-water-elusive\" target=\"_blank\">\u201care like a third-world country\u201d<\/a>\u2026<\/p>\n<p>&#8230;click on the above link to read the rest of the article&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Another Reason To Move Away From California: \u2018Conditions Are Like A Third-World Country\u2019 As if anyone actually neededanother\u00a0reason to move out of the crazy state of California, now it is being reported that conditions in some areas of the state \u201care like a third-world country\u201d due to the multi-year megadrought that has hit the state.\u00a0 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