If you moved to CA from another area,what did/would you miss the most/least? (San Diego: amusement parks, homes)

[i_love_autumn]

My son and I are hoping to escape the Cleveland area Ohio winters and humid summers by moving to San Diego soon. Those are what will be missed the least,plus the fact that there are very few attractions here,such as go kart tracks,laser tag,paintball,indoor trampoline,indoor skydiving,amusement parks,museums,and zoos,unless you take a long drive[from Nov-June,that drive is in possible crappy/dangerous weather]if any such attractions can even be found. The Cleveland zoo is pathetic!
We would not miss snow/ice,tornado watches/warnings summer outings ruined by the slimeball feeling humidity,and not even being able to pull your underwear down to use the bathroom,if you are not in constant AC,because it's stuck to you!

Autumn is the ONLY nice season here... comfortable/refreshing temps and gloriously dry!

What we would miss here is my city's[Lorain] amazing public library, all the brick and stone homes,green lawns[high summer they turn yellow or brown here too]and summer leaves,Cedar Point amusement park in Sandusky,OH,the large lot sizes 50-75' wide.I cannot imagine living where you are able to overhear your neighbor's dinner table or phone conversations in the the summer when windows are open,as I have read in several CA threads!

Would also miss the Polish,Hungarian foods that we have come to love here.Polish sausages,like brats and keilbasa,pierogis,and chicken paprikas...which only a few restaurants here come close to making really good paprikas where you can actually taste the sour cream in the sauce.

All the gardens,flowers,shrubs,flowering trees,and veggie gardens.Fall leaf colors.

We believe SD offers a perfect climate of no extremes[except lack of water]so much to do,15 museums in Balboa Park alone,plus the world famous SD zoo,and the state offers even more bucket list items~ LA,SF,Yosemite,the redwoods,Disneyland and Vegas nearby.

IF for some reason we found that we could not take CA,we would most likely move to either southern OR,or West TX like Lubbock or El Paso,never,ever,ever want summers ruined by HUMIDITY again! Nor severe winters.

So what items has it been/would it be for you?

[Plantweed]

We are moving to Palm Springs this year. I will miss motorcycle rides through the deciduous forested Adirondacks, Buffalo wings, and mom & pop Italian restaurants. I will miss the older architecture somewhat (brownstones and spiraling churches). I will NOT miss the humidity, endless winters, "king of pain" defeatist attitudes, and crushing property taxes.

[i_love_autumn]

Originally Posted by Plantweed

We are moving to Palm Springs this year. I will miss motorcycle rides through the deciduous forested Adirondacks, Buffalo wings, and mom & pop Italian restaurants. I will miss the older architecture somewhat (brownstones and spiraling churches). I will NOT miss the humidity, endless winters, "king of pain" defeatist attitudes, and crushing property taxes.

Wow,guess you and I are the only ones who will admit that there 'are' some things we would/did miss,lol!

[Tulemutt]

Lets see. I left Minnesota about 48 years ago. Guess I'm still trying to block it out.

B-52 mosquitoes? Um nope. Don't miss.
Choking humidity in the melting hot 3 month long summers? Nope.
Seven month long freezing cold winters with subzero temps? Nope.
One month long mud season otherwise known as spring? Nope not that either.
One month of gloriously colorful, refreshingly sunny crisp, mostly bug free fall? Sure. Okay that was nice.
Worth staying for the other 11 months? Uh nope.

[i_love_autumn]

Originally Posted by Tulemutt

Lets see. I left Minnesota about 48 years ago. Guess I'm still trying to block it out.

B-52 mosquitoes? Um nope. Don't miss.
Choking humidity in the melting hot 3 month long summers? Nope.
Seven month long freezing cold winters with subzero temps? Nope.
One month long mud season otherwise known as spring? Nope not that either.
One month of gloriously colorful, refreshingly sunny crisp, mostly bug free fall? Sure. Okay that was nice.
Worth staying for the other 11 months? Uh nope.

Oh I definitely feel exactly the same about the climate here in Ohio[but we are lucky if we get a month long fall, many years it,isn't that long!],lousy climate and having very few attractions,or not having to drive to~ or be in crappy weather for them are the reason we are planning to move to SD.

The good things I noted are not enough to keep use here,since weather affects every day of one's life,but those good things will be missed.

I'm just curious to what things others do appreciate/enjoy about where they lived/live and if weather is the #1 reason that everyone relocates to CA?

[freepelican]

As a general rule, the fall foliage in California is not as vivid as you find in other states. However, the understory of the redwoods last fall in Humboldt and Del Norte were about as lovely as I've ever seen anywhere.

[Hawk J]

If I were ever to move back to California, I would miss much from here on the beautiful forested mountain, here in southwest Oregon.

I wood miss the beautiful forest & many friendly critters who live in it. I wood miss the clean air, cool clean artesian spring water which comes bubbling out of the ground. Miss all the beautiful wildflowers & ferns which pop up out of the ground in Spring. Some are sweet smelling like the wild Lilac, sweet pea, & honey suckle...

I would miss the billions of stars (clouds of stars) in the night sky. I would miss the beauty & life in my basspond. I love observing the pairs of Bald Eagles or Osprey who sometimes nest in the old growth Doug Fir, on the other side of the creek, up the canyon.......I would miss all the chipmunkees, long tail squirrel, cotton tail bunnies, resident fox, lost llama, etc, who play, live, & hunt for food on my place.

[Curmudgeon]

If I moved back I'd miss four distinct seasons all in one place and not harsh, eastern bluebirds and cardinals, a relaxed pace, polite teens who call adults, "sir" and "ma'am" and hold doors for them, unapologetic patriotism, clean air, 6,000 springs, numerous rivers with actual water in them, abounding wildlife, homes without privacy fences, people waving to you with more than one finger, and much, much more.

[nslander]

Originally Posted by Curmudgeon

If I moved back I'd miss four distinct seasons all in one place and not harsh, eastern bluebirds and cardinals, a relaxed pace, polite teens who call adults, "sir" and "ma'am" and hold doors for them, unapologetic patriotism, clean air, 6,000 springs, numerous rivers with actual water in them, abounding wildlife, homes without privacy fences, people waving to you with more than one finger, and much, much more.

Sounds lovely. Makes me wonder why you frequent this site.

[oddstray]

I came to California to drive my BIL's VW beetle. (He was driving the van.) I never went back.

I miss thunderstorms. I miss (a bit) the Chicago urban bustle, and its variety of ethnicities. (SoCal has some variety, but not as much as Chicago.) And I miss decent public transportation.

I don't miss winter. Not one little bit. If I want snow, I can drive an hour eastward to the SoCal mountains.