If We Ignore It, Maybe It Will Go Away

http://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/local/Governor-Brown-California-Drought-240821841.html

http://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/local/Northridge-Earthquake-20th-Anniversary-239479471.html

OK, here's the plan for building the perfect city:

• find a super dry place in the middle of a desert
• if possible, make sure it is located on an earthquake fault
• channel all of the water you need from nearby rivers (perhaps the Colorado) that aren't even located in your state
• don't worry about that river ever running dry because other morons in Arizona and New Mexico are doing the same thing you are doing
• lure people to your "paradise" by stressing the "beautiful weather"
• encourage more people to move into your area by opening your arms to illegal immigrants
• spend tons of money on "social welfare" programs instead of building a supportive infrastructure (after all, just because you live on the edge of the world's largest ocean, why should you even consider spending money on those expensive desalinization plants to provide the water you require to support your chosen lifestyle)
• mock people who live where the weather isn't quite as nice as yours, because even though they have plenty of water and don't have earthquakes, they are idiots for living where the sun doesn't shine every day
• elect public officials who are more concerned with "undocumented alien" rights, gay marriage, "social welfare", "climate change", etc (Governor Jerry Brown is a perfect example - a mid-60's hippie)

Before you know it, you've got a dream megalopolis of about 20,000,000 people that is collapsing under it's own weight (no money, smog, plenty of crime, crumbling infrastructure, etc.)  Then, when it runs out of water, blame "the government", "global warming" or the phases of the moon ... ANYTHING but your own stupidity for living in the middle of an earthquake prone desert in the first place.  And about those earthquakes ... don't worry.  If another one hits, you can rely the rest of us, through our tax dollars, to bail you out.

In the meantime, just keep on telling us all how wonderful Souther California is and how stupid we are for living anywhere else.