Sounds like you and your family are having a great time, FIH. It’s always fun to see CA and other destinations through the eyes of people who have never before visited a certain locale.

I agree that every location in the world has it’s pros and cons. Imho, if you have a choice of where you live, you have to decide what lifestyle elements are important to you and your family–and that’s a very individual decision.

We’ve visited and lived a lot of other places, but when it comes to home base, we can’t find anything we like more than CA, and, specifically San Diego.

We’ve seen a lot of people come and go from our fair state, not because they didn’t like it here, but because they (or their families) couldn’t sustain their preferred standard of living here, long-term. In the final analysis, I think that’s really what makes it or breaks it for many people.