Except those places get crowded as fuck and are a pain in the ass to get to.
This is the nicest thing about living in CA, actually getting to enjoy outdoor living spaces. Except that EVERYONE is enjoying their outdoor living spaces. You get a bit of everyone's music, cooking smells, and whatever new strain they are trying out. As nice as it may sound, there is actually very little peace and no elbow room.
Even this part of CA has its drawbacks. I lived on Monterey peninsula for five years. I really loved it there, but it's EXPENSIVE, gets a lot of tourist traffic, and with the fog/mist, overcast in the winter I struggled with low-grade SAD.
Bottom line, there are positive and negatives wherever you go. Pick your poison. We left SoCal for Tulsa and now have more space and peace and disposable income, but I had to spend some of that income to put a storm shelter in the garage.
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