Btw, we moved to Florida from California 15 years ago ... love it here and wish we had made the move decades before, when our kids were young. Thankfully, they are out of CA now, too.
I wanted to leave California in 2002, but necessary commitments held me here until retirement this year.
I have never cried over spilled milk. The future is bright for me. I am SO grateful I have the money and freedom to leave California behind. I can’t say for sure, but there is a good chance I will never set foot in Calfornia again the rest of my life.
The only thing I am going to miss about California is Yosemite National Park. Well, maybe Lake Tahoe. a little bit. Yosemity, for sure.