California has a few advantages over Texas;
(1) Low property taxes fixed by statute. People would scream holy murder if this changes for primary residences, so it won’t. Texas is actually known for low income/high property taxes.
(2) Climate/even in Temecula you’re 1 hr away from mountains and world class beaches.
(3) Food/cost of living can actually be relatively cheap if you’re not pretentious, don’t need a 2013 car, the latest smartphone, and to eat out every other day.

Then again, Austin has SxSW — that counts for something :). Nevada? No thanks unless it’s northern/mountain NV. 110F in summer on a regular basis — I’d rather cut my left yarble off with a rusty razor.