No, I haven't, but I don't care how beautiful the scenery is. I just can't think with such astronomical prices for such little real estate.
Here in Texas you can buy a 7,000 square foot mansion on ten acres, right outside Dallas, for $3 million. And that's in gorgeous, rolling countryside.
When we visited an ex Angeleno friend in Rockwall, TX, we were told to look at such and such a mansion and told it cost $500K. Our chins dropped and hung down to our chests. The homes are so large and lovely. Also in Nashville, where I am interested in moving. How can you keep 5000 sq ft clean?? It sounds like a palace.