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What are the things that you miss most from California. We are thinking of making a move and wonder if any details or items stick out that are not available in Cary. Thanks
According to my wife: not having to use air conditioning, walking or biking in the summer without sweating, In-and-Out Burger (though she does like Hardee’s), churros, Disney Land, Chinatown, Koreatown, Samoans who “have her back if stuff went sideways...”, being minutes to the beach, only needing one light jacket if a hoodie wasn’t enough, cool-looking conifer trees, shorts at Christmas, decorating for the Rose Parade, friends with convertibles, not ever having seen a real scary thunderstorm or tornado.
Some things she doesn’t miss—“fire season,” earthquakes, mudslides, TRAFFIC, the insane cost of real estate...
the weather (it's too hot here and I don't like humidity)
lack of bugs and snakes (way too many mosquitos and snakes here)
not having to worry about tornados and lightening
having more plants to choose from for my garden
being able to be outside day/night all 12 months
But with that being said....I really wouldn't want to move back there unless I could afford a beautiful home with lots of land in Carmel.
Cheap Tri-Tip from Smart & Final....picturesque coastline/beaches, The Sierras...if you are into snow skiing. However, if you are into boating/skiing/fishing, you can get on a lake here without having to take a number, or getting run over. Unions/union wages, and as mentioned....no humidity.
Cheap Tri-Tip from Smart & Final....picturesque coastline/beaches, The Sierras...if you are into snow skiing. However, if you are into boating/skiing/fishing, you can get on a lake here without having to take a number, or getting run over. Unions/union wages, and as mentioned....no humidity.
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Gemstone1
On balance, would you say the move was worth giving those things up?
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What are the things that you miss most from California. We are thinking of making a move and wonder if any details or items stick out that are not available in Cary. Thanks
I am not exactly your target audience for this question, but I'll throw in my two cents. I'm an NC native, but lived in California briefly a long time ago. Made some good friends then and am still friends with them now. We went out to CA to visit this past August. Went from LA up the coast to SF, but the fire season was so bad this August we actually cut our trip short. We could not get into Yosemite because of the Ferguson fire, so then we were going to re-route and go up north but the Mendocino and Carr fires broke out and we just decided to bail and use some frequent flyer miles to come back to NC. Give me rain and hurricanes any day over the fires.
We enjoyed visiting our friends and it was somewhat fun to show our teenagers California, but really there's not much there that I would want to bring here. Certainly there's some amazing scenery, but we couldn't get to half of it. NC has some beautiful spots here too, gorgeous sandy beaches and the ocean is much more swimmable. The mountains are smaller and older, but beautiful, expansive and tree-covered. I love to travel, but I was really glad to get home. I will not go to California in the summer again any time soon. Too dry, too crowded. Felt dusty and dirty and so very very smokey almost everywhere we went that wasn't within 5 miles or less of the coast. I was glad to get back to the humidity.
According to my wife: not having to use air conditioning, walking or biking in the summer without sweating, In-and-Out Burger (though she does like Hardee’s), churros, Disney Land, Chinatown, Koreatown, Samoans who “have her back if stuff went sideways...”, being minutes to the beach, only needing one light jacket if a hoodie wasn’t enough, cool-looking conifer trees, shorts at Christmas, decorating for the Rose Parade, friends with convertibles, not ever having seen a real scary thunderstorm or tornado.
Some things she doesn’t miss—“fire season,” earthquakes, mudslides, TRAFFIC, the insane cost of real estate...
As a native of NC who lived in SoCal for 5 years, one huge difference that I think you would love about NC is the tree canopy's much taller height than in Southern California.
It creates a much bigger space that you're in all the time and puts everything in a different perspective.
California really doesn't have a tree canopy at all and the few trees of the "marine desert" which is what it is, aren't much taller than the roofs of single family homes.
The price for that tall, continuous tree canopy is giving up being able to see for miles in the distance like you can in Riverside County and the Palm Springs area.
SoCal is brown all year more or less and the East Coast really transitions to completely different looking surroundings every 6 months.
Oh when it rains, it's not like the mist on the West Coast. Sometimes it rains so hard that you cannot see 3' in front of you, and it's more like a bucket of water being thrown on your head.
The Ocean gets very warm in Summer, just swim in the middle of a bunch of people so the sharks will be bite them first.
As a native of NC who lived in SoCal for 5 years, one huge difference that I think you would love about NC is the tree canopy's much taller height than in Southern California.
It creates a much bigger space that you're in all the time and puts everything in a different perspective.
California really doesn't have a tree canopy at all and the few trees of the "marine desert" which is what it is, aren't much taller than the roofs of single family homes.
The price for that tall, continuous tree canopy is giving up being able to see for miles in the distance like you can in Riverside County and the Palm Springs area.
SoCal is brown all year more or less and the East Coast really transitions to completely different looking surroundings every 6 months.
Oh when it rains, it's not like the mist on the West Coast. Sometimes it rains so hard that you cannot see 3' in front of you, and it's more like a bucket of water being thrown on your head.
The Ocean gets very warm in Summer, just swim in the middle of a bunch of people so the sharks will be bite them first.
Interesting ... I picked up my brother in law and and his wife at RDU last night. Former east coast folks, they've lived outside LA for a few years now. The first thing they mentioned was how big the trees are ... even before they mentioned the pollen :-)
We moved here from California (Northern) 10 years ago and let me tell you what I DONT miss first:
Earthquakes
Traffic
Wildfires
Lack of 4 seasons
high cost of living
What I miss about California:
.....crickets
What I love about NC:
4 seasons
beaches
cost of living
slower pace of life
friendlier people
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