The wife is from Irvine…thankfully she hates orange county.
I went to school in San Luis Obispo (finest town in California), and have worked down here for 4 years.
We are moving to Placerville and working in El Dorado Hills (foothills east of Sac). It is not out of California sadly, but it is moving in the right direction. It is way cheaper. I can rent a nice SFH on land for ~$1200/month, with south lake 1.5 hrs away.
