Yep, California of my youth was great...best schools, roads, and weather (at least the weather in Santa Barbara, Bay Area and San Diego)....even the "liberal" Gov. Edmund G. "Pat" Brown got the Central Valley Project done (Central Valley water/agriculture)...now the state pretty much wrecked. We are currently helping out my 83 y/o Mom who has 14 acres in the Central CA foothills, but we are planning our departure from CA soon. Just got through moving my Mother-in-Law to assisted living in FL from the Monterey, CA area. Tragic waste of a formerly good state. Would be nice if the "State of Jefferson" movement would take over my Mom's area...but that is a long shot...political power remains with the S.F. Bay Area, L.A. and Sacramento.