Trying to dismiss my points based upon the weather being the same is taking the easy way out. These are not the reasons everyone cites when talking about how its different here. Sure the weather comes up but that is not the only thing and fortunately it is the other things that have changed. The weather was the main driver when tourism and defense were our only industries. Now we have developed other reasons why it is different here than before. SD is home to major industries in growing fields like health sciences, telecom and tech. Other cities are dying because they rely on heavy manufacturing which is moving overseas while SD is still growing. Major cities on the east coast are suffering population declines while SD is growing.