My oldest a Marine was based recently in CA and said he could never live there , and wanted to get out. It got so bad he and his friends never left base in the end. He said CA is great to look at, the weather is perfect , but the laws and many people are so screwed up./ He is happy he go away and based back in the south.
I was based out there in SoCal in the late 80’s/early 90’s; loved it, loved the atmosphere, loved the surf - you couldn’t pay me to go to the cities though, and hell freezing over couldn’t get me to go back.