[quote=FlyerInHi]I was talking to friends about retirement planning. That crazy couple is talking about moving to temecula wine country from West LA. Nothing with Temecula if you live there already…. but retiring from LA sounds crazy to me.

Plus in the next 10 years, with electric vehicles, there will be little pollution in the cities. Electric vehicles will improve liveability; and the desirability gap between urban and rural areas will widen considerably. I will wait to be proven right.[/quote]

Generalizations are a biotch.

Not hard to predict a trend that has been happening for decades – ie small town drying up. Nothing new.

However, it depends upon what small town you are talking about. Some near more desirable areas are certainly growing and will continue to do so.

And you never know – your friends from west LA may have just lived there for the income. Maybe they are from more rural areas. Perhaps they are just returning to their roots. You’ll find a lot of small northern calif cities filled with San Francisco retirees. They live the rest of their life perfectly content with the slower pace.