you guys in CA pay so much for a property. It's ridiculous. Barb and I looked to get out of the east coast 30 years ago. We went to Colorado, I wanted to become a ski bum.. but have a real job. You can't do that easily. Not unless you have that bubbly personality. So we retreated from the mountains and started looking in Boulder.. For so little and so little in taxes you could get a really nice house. We spent a week looking, then another week later. The Californians were deciding to leave in a mass exodus, and prices were starting to climb.. We came back next year to continue, and could no longer afford our dream, the Californians had driven prices sky high (by comparison to where they were).
Anyway, it's still a far cry from what you pay there in CA. It's also a far cry from our east coast highs. I moved inland to farm country because I couldn't afford what I wanted.
Yep, we don't have the nice weather that you have, but we don't have the mud slides, the fires, the earth quakes, the high prices.. The people that make up Jay Lenos "Jay Walking" ... oh wait... they're everywhere.. stupid people are really everywhere and proud of it.
I know CA has some really nice areas. But the cost of living seems to be through the roof. And your highways are packed. it takes you hours to go someplace.. at least that's been my experience many times... if you are moving, what is keeping you in CA??????