[rms427]

Different strokes for different folks. It's nice that people like different places. While working I started in California and ended up being transferred around the world. We ended up living in California several times, Texas 3 times, Colorado twice, New Orleans and overseas a couple of times. When it was time to retire we looked in Texas, Nevada and California. We ended up in a gated community in Northern California. It's just over an hour from the Sacramento airport in the foothills towards Lake Tahoe. There's a 300 acre lake, golf course, tennis courts, club house and plenty of parks on the lake. Houses sell for under $100,00 to several million. Now I agree that in general California housing and taxes are high and the politics suck but it's hard to beat the weather and scenery.