I’ve been to quite a few states, and cost of living aside, I have yet to find a place as “livable” as San Diego. The north (Idaho, Montana, etc.) gets ungodly, painfully cold in the winter. Most of the east coast and south – bugs, humidity. Central – too hot, too dry, or both. Northwest – too wet, overcast.
My wife wants to pay cash for a house in small-town America where they have actual seasons, and I’m all for that, but I haven’t seen one that didn’t have its own issues – full of ignorant hicks, too small, too artsy, too popular with tourists, too far off the beaten path. If anyone knows of a good compromise, I’d love to hear it.
