MrR and I were both born and raised in California. We were afraid we were really going to miss it. Truth is we don’t miss it at all (except occaisonally the weather when it is -20 outside here).
My mom still winters out in CA and I drive her out, and come pick her up in the spring to drive her back. Every year, I schedule it so I have to spend less time in CA. You are right it is intolerable.
OMG, I could never do a cold state...have to stay in the Sun Belt. I'm from Detroit originally, and the day my Dad dug what he thought was his car out after a blizzard - and found out it WASN'T his car - was the day we quit Michigan.
Actually, we thought we had been brought to Paradise when we got to L.A. in 1962. You could smell the oranges in the air and every street was lined with King Palms. Gosh, it was spectacularly beautiful. Sniff..