California used to be heaven on earth to me. Stuck it out until 2004, then left and never looked back. How I miss the perfect weather, the beautiful scenery, the casual life style...but other than the weather, it is all memories now and I doubt if its former glory can be recaptured. I’m going to visit the diehard relatives in May and will love visiting but, despite their constant urgings for me to move back, it will never happen! California’s demise should be a warning for the rest of the country...what a shame!
As a San Diego Native and 43 year resident of CA, I can tell you that San Diego was heck of a town to grow up in, but a horrible place to try and raise a family unless you were well off. Left for Texas in 2005 and really do not regret the move at all.