Cons of living in Southern California

[mrsltd]

Originally Posted by Chimérique

Don't believe a word about Jester's descriptions about Sacramento weather. Sacramento weather is way more comfortable than New Orleans and the gulf.

A lot of people don't know this, but Sacramento summer evenings, nights and mornings til noon are one of the coolest in the nation, similar to the Bay Area, Seattle and Portland.

Sac summers are like Riverside except in Sacramento we cool more often into the upper 50's because the coast/ocean up in NorCal is colder than the SoCal coast. That cool/cold air and wind is more abundant and penetrates further into the Sac area because the Sacramento Delta is a hug gap in the coastal mountains that lets in that cold air.

Right on schedule!

[MrJester]

Originally Posted by ryanthegoldengod

Have you ever lived in Florida? Or the east coast in general? Thee's a reason "it's not the heat, it's the humidity" is a proverbial expression.

I spent ten weeks during the summer in the New Orleans/Mississippi Gulf Coast area. While the locals complained about the humidity, I loved it. The abundant afternoon rain that cooled off hot days, the lush greenery, the very warm nights, the breezes blowing in from the Gulf--it all made the summers there very pleasant, vs. summers in Bakersfield or Fresno or San Bernardino.

Have you ever been to Bakersfield or Fresno or San Bernardino or Las Vegas during the summer? It sucks big time and will make anything on the Gulf Coast seem like a cakewalk.

[Leona Valley]

Cost of living, traffic, taxes.

[FullBloodedWhiteMale]

You can have all the pros of Los Angeles (Climate, amenities, Plan B jobs, shopping, entertainment, geography) with many less cons if you live in the outskirts AND have a job close by: Thousand Oaks, Agoura Hills, Camarillo, Santa Clarita, South Orange County. These places are LOADED with jobs and the neighborhoods are nice with smart kids in the schools.