My family left the Ventura/Santa Paula/Ojai area in 1970. Went to Arkansas.
School, college, job, moving around have planted me in middle TN for the last 22 years.
Come on in, the water is warm. Good jobs, low cost of living, no income tax, decent sales tax, low property taxes, good schools, and great retirement areas.
Tennessee is one of the states we’re looking at.