Even though we live in the Sacramento Valley (where it was 110 degrees or higher every day last week!), we are only two hours from the Pacific, 90 minutes from Lake Tahoe, a couple hours from Mt. Lassen.
I guess an argument can be made that it's a good thing for the rest of the country that we're so messed up here in California.
Otherwise, EVERYONE would live here.
It seems that almost everyone from Mexico will be living there soon. According to this article, whites and Latinos have reached parity in CA, with Latinos poised to become a plurality in the next year.
http://www.sfgate.com/news/article/Whites-Latinos-hit-population-parity-in-Calif-4640801.php