How many people that live in CA are living exactly where they want to live? (Los Angeles: best cities, home)

[atkinsbeach]

Originally Posted by BRinSM

Don't take Charles personally, he asks everyone questions like this when they are asking about moving to southern california. if you answer him honestly, he'll probably have some pretty good advice for you.

Today is my first day of posting. Didn't take long to get some challenging replies. Thanks for the clarification. By the way, we love Santa Monica!

[impala66]

I live in the two best places on the planet (me thinks) Big Sur, some days the beauty of it all can almost make you cry on other days it will scare the bejesus out of you. My kid’s dive off the rocks and swim in the sea when the otters are nowhere to be seen.
Our other refuge is the Metrogloglopolis (my creation) of London Town, a city with no equal.
If you doubt my words spend a year exploring this magnificent city and let it change your life.

[jessemh431]

Originally Posted by atkinsbeach

Not happy living in Silicon Valley for the past two years. Rents and the overall cost of living are not worth it. We don't like the weather up here even though most of the long time residents deem it paradise. Consider a lot of people up here to be snobby. Neither of us feels like we fit in here.

In our travels, found that we much more prefer Southern California. Plan on moving within the next year or so to somewhere in the San Diego area along the coast.

What don't you like about the weather of Silicon Valley? It's almost the same as SoCal.

[EscapeCalifornia]

Originally Posted by jessemh431

What don't you like about the weather of Silicon Valley? It's almost the same as SoCal.

Isn't the Bay Area generally cooler than SoCal unless to go to the other side of the hills, like to Gilroy?

[jessemh431]

That's only SF. SJ has 80* summers, but the winters are cooler. It's because SJ is in Silicon VALLEY. They have mountains to protect them from the cold ocean. The winters are only like 2* cooler tho.

Wedding Planner - Set the Date, Climate Comparision for San Jose, CA and Los Angeles, CA

[Soccersupporter]

Originally Posted by impala66

I live in the two best places on the planet (me thinks) Big Sur, some days the beauty of it all can almost make you cry on other days it will scare the bejesus out of you. My kid’s dive off the rocks and swim in the sea when the otters are nowhere to be seen.
Our other refuge is the Metrogloglopolis (my creation) of London Town, a city with no equal.
If you doubt my words spend a year exploring this magnificent city and let it change your life.

Your post reminds me of my travels to Big Sur in the mid/late seventies. It was absolutely the most beautiful coastline in CA. I went back years later and it was not a pretty but the ranger said that they had had a few dry years and the trees had paid the price.

How is it now days? I remember walking out from a forest of trees onto a beautiful beach with cliffs, large rocks on the shore and slightly off shore. It was spectacular.

I will miss that beauty now that we have moved to TX but the beautiful blue bells that just pop out all over the countryside and ranch homes out here are just as beautiful in the own way. It is a different type of beauty but it is the felling of being back to nature that I enjoy wherever we live.

Enjoy your little piece of heaven, not many people have the time or place like you do.

[Katimae]

Originally Posted by jessemh431

That's only SF. SJ has 80* summers, but the winters are cooler. It's because SJ is in Silicon VALLEY. They have mountains to protect them from the cold ocean. The winters are only like 2* cooler tho.

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I have lived in Silicon Valley (Palo Alto) for a few years now and I was HORRIFIED my first winter here. From everything I read and people I knew in the area, I was under the impression that it gets down to the low 60's in the winter. It is totally untrue. It goes below freezing many winter nights. I threw away my car window scraper when I moved here, but had to go buy a new one by November. There are many days in the winter where it doesn't even get up to 50 degrees. I also got rid of my winter coats and heavy sweaters when I moved here just to go buy them all over again. Even in the summer here while it may get up to 80 during the day (if you are lucky) it will be around 50 at night and you need heat almost 365 days a year. I actually think I do use heat every day of the year unless I'm on vacation. I loved our pool when we moved here, it's all pretty lit up at night, but I've never used it after dark because the temp drops so drastically that even though it's heated I will freeze to death getting out! Don't even get me started on the beaches! the water is 55 degrees year round! it's always cold and windy and fly infested on the "beach" too... yuck!

[jessemh431]

I'm sorry you misunderstood San Jose. Not to be rude, but you should have researched more. I actually like the weather up there. The temperature drops are drastic, but it's called Silicon VALLEY. Of course the temps will be drastic b/w night and day, summer and winter. SoCal does have better weather tho. However, even if you move to the warmest areas such as the valleys or inland empire, the winters drop below freezing. Highs will be in the 110's in summer and fall.

[Katimae]

[quote=jessemh431;3265850]That's only SF. SJ has 80* summers, but the winters are cooler. It's because SJ is in Silicon VALLEY. They have mountains to protect them from the cold ocean. The winters are only like 2* cooler tho.

This is what we read and were told by residents out here before moving. If you look on Weather.com it seems much warmer than it really is, I believe it even says the lowest average low is 40... we could live with that. But the reality is it gets down to the 20's most nights from Dec-Feb and the highs seem nice, but it usually doesn't get up to those temps until around 2PM, then it starts getting cold by 4. Weather.com also lists the lowest daily highs at 58 degrees, but really most days are in the 40's. Yesterday we went for a walk and we were cold in winter coats with long sleeved t-shirts and sweathirts! It's almost April!


Quote jessemh431:
"I'm sorry you misunderstood San Jose. Not to be rude, but you should have researched more. I actually like the weather up there. The temperature drops are drastic, but it's called Silicon VALLEY. Of course the temps will be drastic b/w night and day, summer and winter. SoCal does have better weather tho."


A little bit of a contradiction, no? We are planning a move to the So-cal coast so we won't have the drastic temp drops. We will be planning more thoroughly this time, instead of believing everything we read and people we talk to we'll actually spend a week in San Diego during each season. It wasn't really an option when we moved to Palo Alto (we moved from Pennsylvania and winter travel is a nightmare there)

[jessemh431]

Oh, wow. I didn't realize it was THAT cold. They don't have beaches in NorCal though which is why I don't like it.

Actually, LA's valley's and deserts have weather like that. Lancaster/Palmdale and Apple Valley/Victor Valley go down to 20's at night and up to low 50's in winter but summers go up to 110 and down to only 80.