Thanks everyone for the suggestions. We want to stick to the West, west of Denver, so Texas is out and I’ve lived there before and no real desire to head back.
Brian, yep I agree on the middle of nowhere, not where we want to head. Job availability and a broad spectrum of industries doesn’t hurt.
We don’t want to leave SD necessarily, or even CA. Love SD and also the Bay Area which we almost moved to. However there have been some family circumstances in both of our families that has forced us to consider going somewhere with a lower cost base and more land.