Do you contemplate leaving? I grew up in Orange County and loved it but that Ca is gone now. I have a nephew with a gorgeous house in Carlsbad who now spends most of the year in Idaho. My son just sold his house in SF and moved to Montana.
I’d go back down there in a heartbeat if it were what it once was...really miss the weather.
“Do you contemplate leaving?”
Yes. Every day. But not right now as I’m in the biz and tied up with many stuff. FL or TX are my targets. Somewhere where you have Castle Doctrine and you can shoot trespassers on your property and not go to jail.
I left in 2013. Only miss fresh artichokes and fresh fish
I wish I could get my brother to get out of Fullerton, but his kids and grandson live near there, so he won’t. Even though he lives in a nice neighborhood, I’m amazed at the things he puts up with every day and considers normal.
All things being equal, I would have stayed in California - moved to the East Coast in 1997. Even then, California was getting ridiculous tax-wise, the traffic was a hassle every day and every hour, and the public schools were not exactly top-notch. But you cannot beat the climate and the diversity of surroundings - beach, mountains, desert, urban... If money were no object sure I’d be living in Beverly Hills.