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Originally Posted by ImmerLernen
If you've relocated outside of Southern California, I have a ton of questions for you...all related, but here goes:
What part of SoCal did you leave (work & home)? Where did you go and why? How long have you been in your new location? How is it going for you/yours?
What are the best & worst part(s) of your new location? What did you leave behind that you miss?
Would you consider returning to SoCal (assuming that was a possibility)? What would bring you back?
How would you describe your current stage of live (young & single; married with kids; empty-nesters; etc.)?
Looking forward to your feedback.
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I left Southern California after college, having grown up in Orange County. I lived in Boston after going to school there,and then to Chicago, where I lived in the Lincoln Park area and now the Western suburbs. I love Chicago; I married a Chicago girl and have Chicago children.
The best part of my location is living in a beautiful suburb with some great houses, every one individual and not like the tract housing I grew up with in Orange County (no offense Shea homes ). My kids attend top notch schools, which give them tremendous opportunities. I take the train each day to a highrise with great views of a great city. I like Chicago people, real and seldom pretentious.
I miss growing up in the hills and biking with friends, staying out in great weather until tired, and the beach where I spent summers in Balboa. I had an idyllic childhood in a growing county; today it has changed and is more crowded and less attractive in my opinion. I would consider a snowbird situation to S.C., but it would be in the south OC area or north SD County, where there is still some breathing room.