Oh, I've met so many Californians here who can't take the weather and the roads and they move back to California. I mean, once you've lived in California, even if you move out for a while, most everyone ends up going back. You can't beat the weather there. After just a few winters here with all the snow and cold weather, and then the good ol' boy politics and all the racism that exists in "flyover country," it's just impossible for anyone to want to stay in Indiana. Better to not even bother coming here.
Go out there on a Summer morning and pull in pumpkin seeds by the gazillions, set the umbrella on the boat just so, and drift off.
There are these little strings of small lakes, one set maybe 25 feet higher than the next, going up the hillsides ~ YOU DO NOT WANT THOSE CALIFORNIANS to know about any of that.
Keep their minds on the ice and snow, the tornadoes, thunderstorms, threat of reglaciation, inland earthquakes!
My Greatgrandfather had a place he called "The Ten Acres" ~ out in the country ~ a place away from the homes in town. And they'd go out there every Summer and make use of the hot spring and the cold spring ~ live under the trees, grow fresh veggies, and simply enjoy.
There are thousands of caves too. Why a Californian might fall in one and just disappear.
Lady in front of us was talking about being from "somewhere California". So, we asked her, "where from in California and why are you here". She answered "Los Angeles and I'm here so my kids can grow up and not get shot".
Prett good answer. Several others around us murmured that they, too, had come there from California because, as it turned out, they wanted their kids to grow up.
Cold as heck too.