Arizona has 99% of the weather benefits of California with only a few of the problems on that long list. It’s a little warm in July, true, but San Diego is a fairly short drive if one needs a break. Besides, extreme heat does more to eliminate the homeless from city streets than all the government programs ever devised. :)
Even if George Strait has never sung a song about it.
Arizona is nice, that’s for sure. But I wonder about those giant rolling dust storms you get and the monsoon humidity. Aside from those weather blemishes it is also a nice weather state.