We bought a second home in North Idaho earlier this year. Our car registration fees are about one-quarter of the California fees and the roads there are FAR better than here. The Idaho roads are not torn to pieces and are not filled with curb-to-curb potholes. The main arterial roads down here in the South Bay must be the worst in the entire nation. Of course, the ten North Idaho (Panhandle) counties have one-third million people — about the population of Sunnyvale, Mountain View and Palo Alto combined. But North Idaho is 21,000 square miles vs. 50 square miles for those three cities here on the peninsula.
“We bought a second home in North Idaho earlier this year. “
Enjoy your winter along with the other “benefits” that go with living there! Yeah, Idaho is a good and decent place. But the only way a move makes sense is if it’s your permanent residence. Having any interests in California subjects you to some of its tax policies. I do think though, it will take the Liberals half a lifetime to make any serious inroads there, unlike neighboring Nevada which is now handily run by Clark County.