I will weigh in on California geography. I live on the opposite coast but travel to CA often for work. I despise the state with all my being but no one can deny it’s the prettiest state in the country. LA has turned into a hell scape over the past few years but head a little south and San Diego is just amazing. The good people are still hanging on there so there is some hope. I travel to Carlsbad quite a bit. Great old surfing town. Heading East my buddy “retired” to Palm
Desert. It’s God Country out there. I love the mountains and the desert. Great golf. He loves it there but hates the politics. North of LA you got your Santa Barbara. Simply amazing. Top prettiest towns in America, no doubt. I used to travel to SF a lot when my employer was head quartered there. Stayed in the St Regis and used to shuffle down Howard St. Loved SF. True story Pink was chasing her kid in the St Regis and plowed into me. She was much hotter in person. Tiny and in shape. Another buddy of mines brother had a place in Truckee. Amazing. Great trout fishing in Truckee. SF now is in a major downward spiral. Homelessness is out of control. I have also been to San Jose, Bakersfield and Fresno. California’s bigger cities are meh. I worry about CA. Have a ton of great memories there.
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