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What are the best places to live in California ?

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I want to move to a city in California with sunny, but windy weather. (Not all year around, of course). I love cool weather and hate when there are days when it's so hot, the air is stuffy.

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  1. Well, the simple answer, right now, is no where. The economy sucks, finding a job is nearly impossible (especially one that will do much more than cover basic cost of living), crime is high, immigration is inflating an already inflated population. I could go on.

    These are probably the best options (as stated above) "San Francisco, Santa Cruz, Monterey, Santa Monica, San Diego" but let me delve into them.

    San Francisco - High, high crime and out of control living expenses. Rent will suck you dry. Homelessness is rampant. How rampant? Try more than any other city in the US.

    Santa Cruz - Expensive and a college town. Fun to visit, though.

    Monterey - As expensive as anywhere else. There is a reason only 60,000 people live there. Complete tourist town. They do have a pretty nice aquarium, though.

    Santa Monica - Well, it's in the LA area so you know two things for sure: Expensive and high crime rates. Gang activity abound. They did move weed to the bottom of the police priority list recently though, so they've got that going for them.

    San Diego - Is it ever even windy there? I know that it's expensive. Like everywhere else.

    Oh, and don't forget gas prices, sales and property taxes, a state government that is annually one of the slowest moving in the country (they take their vacation before passing the budget every year effectively stopping most state work), and the woes of immigration.

    I really don't mean to dash your hopes but you should realize the struggle it will be to move pretty much anywhere in CA. The entire state is experiencing high unemployment and high cost of living. Research it more and see if waiting a few years isn't a better idea.

    Good luck.

    PS: All of this is pretty much mute if you are independently wealthy.


  2. san francisco

    santa cruz

    monterrey

    santa monica

    san diego

  3. I would suggest that you check out more northern based towns and cities, you can always check out the bigger ones for mini road trips... but finding a place to live there is a big problem unless you find work easily and have good savings.

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