Sitting in the DMV at the moment hating on California. I have a ticket with a letter and a number on it. There are over 100 numbers to be called in my letter class before me and there are about 10 letter classes. I think I am in one of the more dense letter classes and not quite sure how they work but I’m willing to guess that there is over 200 people before me. The reason I’m hating is not just the wait time but the whole system.
Last night I got a ticket for driving with expired registration. I could have paid it by mail but they sent it too me several months before I had to and stupid me put it off and forgot about it. Then life just got crazy and getting to the DMV at an appropriate time was just not convienent. I’m actually cutting class right now just to sit here.
I probably would have put it off again except that I the cop told me if I get caught a second time they tow my car. So it’s skip a class or risk missing lots of classes cause I can’t drive to them. I do know that I will be marking my calendar from now on with 100 alerts to remind me….. In fact I am putting my drivers license in there now. August of 2013, but entering it now.
The one thing that I would like to complain about is the cost. It’s going to cost me over $300 just for the sticker that goes on my license plate. In Tennessee it was $15 per year, in New York it was $50 for two years, and I can’t remember what it cost in Pennsylvania but I’m sure it wasn’t as expensive as it is here. But no one seems to care or complain. They just say, oh it’s California. Which is really confusing to me. This state is home to Hollywood and Sillicon Valley. They can’t get enough money from those two huge world famous industries that they need to tax me so much?
New York City is the 2nd largest city in the world, and the largest American city. But $25 a year paid every other year is all they ask for. California is a whoping 1,000% higher! Double the rate, triple it even would be somewhat reasonable…. But more than 10 times?!? I’m ready to move anywhere else just to not be taxed to hell and living in a state that is so irresponsible with money that they are on the verge of bankruptcy.
One of the many reasons that me and the wife are considering moving back to Korea. The large number of people who look like they are in a gang and possibly dangerous…. The extreme lack of respect among the younger crowd…. And I could go on all day giving reasons like these.
Either way this is not a country I want my daughter brought up in. It does shine a new light on understanding those who are part of a cult. But I still would rather not go that route!
