I have been suggesting for some time to my wife about moving there. She fears change.
I tell her she is fearing the wrong change.
I ran into the same resistance when I first suggested to my wife that we relocate to Texas. She was so skeptical, I couldn't talk to her.
A good friend from down here suggested that I convince her to take a three day trip down here just to look around and she agreed to it (she's a sucker for a road trip :-).
Anyway, we get down here and start checking out the place, and before you know it, she was in love. She's a Southern girl by birth, so it was a better fit for her than she'd realized it would be. She'd been in Cali for so long, she'd forgotten how different things are down here.
Anywho....you might try a little visit so your wife can see what a wonderful place this is.