Reply #68: It's not just sun and good weather.

[Yollam]

The whole southwest has sun and good weather. There is an intangible something about CA that makes it a very appealing place to live. I felt it in both San Diego and San Francisco. I had very few complaints about San Francisco, other than the outrageous cost of living. Japan is more affordable.

And the worst place I've ever lived was S. Florida. Looks great on paper, but it's a horrible place.

The woman in the story would not have had to deal with such rent shocks in San Francisco, btw, as we had rent control.