Moving back to California?

Thats what were working towards. Closer to 2500sqft and maybe 45 minutes west of DFW.

 

Sooooo nice!! I go there on my vacations. Just a great way to relax and my brother in law keeps the pond stocked with fish

 

Maybe this is just to be expected on the internet (which is a statement on its own) but to the people simply hating on California, how you're expressing your opinions speaks volumes about you as a person.

Its one thing to say "I had a certain set of circumstances, and my opinions are A, B, and C, so California just isn't for me. I see the appeal, but I would prefer somewhere else." That's totally understandable, and no one can fault you for that.

But when you come in here and just say things to the effect of "its a failed state, CA Sucks, I don't miss anything about it," or "CA sucks, I would never move there in a million years, and anyone who lives there is an idiot." things without any nuance, it really does say more about you than you anything else.

 

Well said. I’ve never poo’d on any state. (Maybe Florida. Hehe - not)

my friend craps on CA and he’s never been here. Gets old.

 

Our company had headquarters in Houston so I traveled there a number of times. Holy hanna was it miserably hot in the summer! And flat! Worse traffic than when I lived in Los Angeles area back in late 80's. I will say the people were very nice and I never met anyone who wasn't.

For a time I traveled to Albuquerque frequently, and for some reason that I still cannot figure out, I really liked it. I'm more of a tropical weather, lush greenery type, so that makes no sense.

Our plan is to move to a rural area in Hawaii in the mid-future. As far as real estate and cost of living, it's comparable to where we are now, so no shock.

 

thanks, yea, I'm not really not a fan of dichotomizing things and lack of nuance.

I've lived a lot of places (Including texas for about 4 months), and each one has a certain appeal, and certain negatives. I would never completely just hate on things. There's upsides everywhere. If you can't express your opinions with some level of nuance, and you just shit all over the place, that says a lot about you.

 

I completely agree. I definitely appreciate what Texas has to offer and it's an awesome place in it's own way. However, it definitely doesn't fulfill everyone.

 

As an almost native Californian, had my first birthday here after my parents drove out of Chicago in 1951 Studebaker convertible... 70 years ago
Lived in San Diego until I went in the army, LA after I got out and the Bay area after the Bell System breakup. Got a lot of opinions about the coast which is why I live in the Eastern Sierras.

The further you get away from the coast, the nicer the people are, I suspect it is from the less stress. Not much in the way of jobs, surely not high paying ones. But not a day goes by that my wife doesn't say "Have I told you today how much I love it here?"

 

If you can, try to avoid SoCal. We have enough souls wondering around.
Happiness is not necessary.

 

Man do I miss Santa Cruz. Are these photos recent? lol That's a crap ton of people

 

Probably not from the past few days as Santa Cruz is closed and close to burning down.

 

That's Santa Monica, Santa Cruz is further north and is much nicer

 

Also this, unfortunately. Norcal is getting hit way harder by fires than Socal is

Big Basin Redwood Park in the Santa Cruz mountains where my wife and I got married a few years ago is burning up, trees that are hundreds if not a thousand years old. Really sad.

Crazy lightning strikes happening all over the area starting the fires, as if 2020 wasn't weird/bad enough.

 

My bad lol I always seem to confuse those 2 beaches.

 

I would pick Santa Cruz in an instant over Santa Monica, if only because it's further north and the weather (IMO) is better. Way nicer beaches, mountains and forest only a few miles inland. But Santa Cruz is probably one of the most expensive cities in CA to live in, outside of San Francisco

 

July 2019
Mostly every summer we have to deal with this.

 

I’m born and raised in Texas.

big state with vast differences. Great place. I could move back in retirement.

 

same, as a plus for me there's AWESOME, world class mountain biking there.

 

I’m from rural Hawai’i and I wouldn’t recommend anywhere in Hawai’i. It’s a great place to visit but not to live. Left in November to our current location in Oregon. Double your grocery bill is just the first thing that comes to mind.

 

OP you can have at it if that's what makes you happy! There are more places than Cal and Tx too. Good luck to you. Not that you care but there's NFW I would live in Calf! Good Luck do what makes you happy!