Moved from California last year and I already want to move back

[zizi]

Ah, so, you've made you're choice what's the problem

The cold weather. I keep looking at my old city's weather, sunny and 70s and getting jelly.

 

[Camaro3800]

You miss basic-burgers

Sir, you might just end up In cheeseburger hell.

 

[SlickStick]

Missing a fast food place in general.

When I first moved down to Florida there were no Chipotles. The first one in the area opened across town like 35 minutes away in Winter Park. I was very happy to make that drive once they had spread down to God's Country.

 

[hootpie]

Turns out there's a reason, despite our flaws, we have a ton of people and insane CoL

There are a lot of places within California that I'd move to first before I left the state.

 

[Tesla Death Ray]

 

[FlyNReeLow]

Turns out there's a reason, despite our flaws, we have a ton of people and insane CoL

There are a lot of places within California that I'd move to first before I left the state.

i heard Taft is gonna be the new and up and coming place to live.... think @Good Ol' Gil just bought a townhouse there

 

[Sean6293]

I‘ve always wanted to experience seasons. Seems Virginia is good place for that-

lol no its not.

 

[Sean6293]

side note: i'm taking my first ever trip to california in may this year. flying JFK->SMF for a wedding in Napa.

 

[Good Ol' Gil]

i heard Taft is gonna be the new and up and coming place to live.... think @Good Ol' Gil just bought a townhouse there

nah fam the real hotness is Caruthers
followed by Raisin City

[email protected] non ironically

 

[zizi]

lol no its not.

Yeah lack of snow this year but on the plus side last summer wasn't bad and wasn't very humid. Didn't feel that much hotter/humid than SoCal summers.

 

[Sean6293]

They are INCREDIBLY over rated.

agreed. gimme 75 and sunny year round

 

[Sean6293]

Yeah lack of snow this year but on the plus side last summer wasn't bad and wasn't very humid. Didn't feel that much hotter/humid than SoCal summers.

i'm in lower NY and we're getting our first snow of the season tomorrow... 1-3" and they closed schools already lol. (mainly because we have x number of snow days built into the school calendar and haven't used any yet.)

 

[Lug]

side note: i'm taking my first ever trip to california in may this year. flying JFK->SMF for a wedding in Napa.

Have fun! That’s when and where my wedding was. So many great places to eat, drink…

 

[midnite]

sucker

 

[midnite]

I would agree, yours is likely a rare opinion.

But, my damn Sister did the exact thing.

Peak of pandemic, my Sister and her Husband decided that San Diego was no longer for them. They lived there since 2001, raised three kids but were done.
Sold their house outside of El Cajon and moved East.

Bought a house in Wilmington, NC, 5 minutes from the Ocean. They were in the Wilmington house for less than 9 months and were miserable.

Sold the Wilmington house after 10 months, somehow somehow more or less broke even/some profit and moved back to San Diego.
They are in an AirBnB near Mount Helix in San Diego right now and are browsing for their next home.

All in all, they estimated they are out around $80 thousand dollars in miscellaneous everything costs related to moving coast to coast, twice, basically within a year.

I found it colossally ignorant, but they are rich and I am not.

I know a few people who have left only to come back, and a few who are still in denial

 

[xioix]

10 months doesn't really sound long enough to fairly judge a place, settle in, and build a social network.

Maybe they really want to be close enough to their kids

 

[couchlock]

because CA > *.poverty east coast state

 

[mdaniel]

Maybe they really want to be close enough to their kids

I guess they never realized that NC is 3000 miles away from San Diego until they got there.

 

[couchlock]

I think the funniest thing is people here are like "why did you move from sunny southern California??"

theyre right u know

 

[Remy Bressant]

I bet there’s lots of fellow Asians near you though, right?

He moved from the most Asian area in America. Irvine.

 

[Remy Bressant]

Ouch. What specifically did they not like about the move?

Nothing beats San Diego bro.
I live in OC and would move back to SD in a heart beat if I could.

 

[Mariner]

Was an 03 but I think that account expired

Oh shit, I better check the expiration date on mine. I've been using it WAY longer than two years.

 

[Ffej207]

My sister had a laundry list of items.
First, she said the humidity made her sick and she couldn't adjust. Rich people have the permission to not adjust.

Separately, she said the Wilmington water was hurting her skin. Apparently, there was something to that and she had to start seeing a dermatologist and she was breaking out and had other problems.

No friends in NC, they both claimed they didn't like the food that was available.
Husband struggled with flight availability out of that airport for his business trips. Further, he opined that it was easier for him to travel and work starting on West Coast and he didn't anticipate that.

Likely the most important reason, 2 of their kids still in San Diego. One graduated, one still in SDSU and they missed each other.

In the end, they could afford to do it and did. Insane to me, but I do love San Diego and have enjoyed my yearly visits.

Man they sound like a blast.

 

[Sp33dealer]

side note: i'm taking my first ever trip to california in may this year. flying JFK->SMF for a wedding in Napa.

you’ll have a great time. That place feels like heaven on earth especially if you’re into wine

 

[Kremlin]

virginia fuckin blows IMHO