I just came from LA and SD, and I was RELIEVED to come home. LOL. This country gal hates zero lot lines and all that traffic. I have a 2400 sq. ft. house that is on beautiful land with mountains, oak trees, and fields all around, paid less than $150,000 for it, and could sell it in CA for $750,000 without the land. I live in the "technology corridor", so I have all the modern conveniences of life with all the old-timey joys. You can't live any better than this. DesignerChick, you need to move to SW Virginia. We have all the good stuff and very little of the bad stuff.
Let me say I also spent several days at Pismo Beach, and I enjoyed every single one of them. I still wouldn't want to live there.
"Let me say I also spent several days at Pismo Beach, and I enjoyed every single one of them. I still wouldn't want to live there."
I live here, and I don't like it either. Too many people escaping LA and Frisco, and they brought their rat race attitudes with them.