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[jeanlake]

San Diego or Maui

[lulu2]

On 2/18/2014 ury said:

San Diego or Maui

2 excellent choices

[chessylady]

I am not a native Californian but California is where I have lived for 48 years and will never leave. Here in Northern California we have beautiful weather and can visit the snow but never have to shovel it. I have a year round garden and sunshine most days.

[sunshine45]

On 2/18/2014 ~foundinlv~ said:

On 2/18/2014 RainCityGirl said:

On 2/18/2014 lenapecci said:

San Diego, CA. I have been there many times. I was just there in Jan. and it was 70 degrees.

Last August when I was there it was well over 100 in Vegas and it was 80 in San Diego.

I honestly wish I could afford to live there.

I second that. I visit there as often as i can. I am a lifelong resident of the state of Washington, but if I could afford it, I'd move to one of those little beach communities in the San Diego area. I spent 4 months in Hawaii, and I wouldn't really say that the climate there is all that great. The humidity is high, and during the rainy season, the torrential downpours are worse than anything I've ever seen in Seattle, believe it or not. They may not last over a period of time, but you don't want to be out walking in a rainstorm in Hawaii. You will be soaked.

I agree 100% with everything you said. I do want to add this one negative about living in CA and that is the fog. San Diego can have some really bad pea soupers and driving in it is really scary. We sometimes got caught in it at night and you have to use the freeway there, there's just no way around that in many cases.

Regarding the cost of living, I remember there were apartment buildings under rent control and they were nice and many with security systems where you had to hit a buzzer to be let in. Very reasonable to live in and not just for the over 50 age group.

Living at the beach is something I did in my 20's and rented an apt with a friend and then later a house.

Living inland can be very hot and not manageable without a/c.

LOL it isnt called FOG in SD.....they have their own special name for it......they call it the "marine layer". i always tease my s/o about this. i keep telling him that so cal is too special to use the word "fog".

there are definitely affordable apartments in SD, but not as many affordable homes with property. that is definitely a negative for me.

[evelomaddict]

hawaii but california is the next best thing in my opinion.

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On 2/18/2014 sunshine45 said:

On 2/18/2014 ~foundinlv~ said:

On 2/18/2014 RainCityGirl said:

On 2/18/2014 lenapecci said:

San Diego, CA. I have been there many times. I was just there in Jan. and it was 70 degrees.

Last August when I was there it was well over 100 in Vegas and it was 80 in San Diego.

I honestly wish I could afford to live there.

I second that. I visit there as often as i can. I am a lifelong resident of the state of Washington, but if I could afford it, I'd move to one of those little beach communities in the San Diego area. I spent 4 months in Hawaii, and I wouldn't really say that the climate there is all that great. The humidity is high, and during the rainy season, the torrential downpours are worse than anything I've ever seen in Seattle, believe it or not. They may not last over a period of time, but you don't want to be out walking in a rainstorm in Hawaii. You will be soaked.

I agree 100% with everything you said. I do want to add this one negative about living in CA and that is the fog. San Diego can have some really bad pea soupers and driving in it is really scary. We sometimes got caught in it at night and you have to use the freeway there, there's just no way around that in many cases.

Regarding the cost of living, I remember there were apartment buildings under rent control and they were nice and many with security systems where you had to hit a buzzer to be let in. Very reasonable to live in and not just for the over 50 age group.

Living at the beach is something I did in my 20's and rented an apt with a friend and then later a house.

Living inland can be very hot and not manageable without a/c.

LOL it isnt called FOG in SD.....they have their own special name for it......they call it the "marine layer". i always tease my s/o about this. i keep telling him that so cal is too special to use the word "fog".

there are definitely affordable apartments in SD, but not as many affordable homes with property. that is definitely a negative for me.

Yes, true

There are pros and cons of SD but I love my city (and I'm not being snotty when I say that ).

The downside is it is very expensive to live here. Rush hour traffic will make you tear your hair out. And although this is a senior friendly city with plenty of golf courses and 55+ communities generally speaking this is a community for the younger crowd who likes to party.

[conlt]

On 2/18/2014 FrostyBabe said:

I'd have to go with Hawaii. Florida is gorgeous from October - April, but I won't go near the place the rest of the year. Hot, humid and then there's that hurricane potential thing. Michigan is magnificent in the fall and spring, but winter can be brutal.

I live in North Florida and I agree it gets hot as heck here. Mostly though June, July, August, and Sept. May is usually pretty nice. We do have fine weather October through May. We do have that Hurricane thing though. I thought California around San Diego stays pretty temperate. Anyone live there?

[sylviahomeatlast]

Hawaii is certainly consistent but Colorado has 360 days of sun---we have 31/2 seasons--fall is wonderful---IMO

[tansy]

On 2/18/2014 ------ said:

On 2/18/2014 sunshine45 said:

On 2/18/2014 ~foundinlv~ said:

On 2/18/2014 RainCityGirl said:

On 2/18/2014 lenapecci said:

San Diego, CA. I have been there many times. I was just there in Jan. and it was 70 degrees.

Last August when I was there it was well over 100 in Vegas and it was 80 in San Diego.

I honestly wish I could afford to live there.

I second that. I visit there as often as i can. I am a lifelong resident of the state of Washington, but if I could afford it, I'd move to one of those little beach communities in the San Diego area. I spent 4 months in Hawaii, and I wouldn't really say that the climate there is all that great. The humidity is high, and during the rainy season, the torrential downpours are worse than anything I've ever seen in Seattle, believe it or not. They may not last over a period of time, but you don't want to be out walking in a rainstorm in Hawaii. You will be soaked.

I agree 100% with everything you said. I do want to add this one negative about living in CA and that is the fog. San Diego can have some really bad pea soupers and driving in it is really scary. We sometimes got caught in it at night and you have to use the freeway there, there's just no way around that in many cases.

Regarding the cost of living, I remember there were apartment buildings under rent control and they were nice and many with security systems where you had to hit a buzzer to be let in. Very reasonable to live in and not just for the over 50 age group.

Living at the beach is something I did in my 20's and rented an apt with a friend and then later a house.

Living inland can be very hot and not manageable without a/c.

LOL it isnt called FOG in SD.....they have their own special name for it......they call it the "marine layer". i always tease my s/o about this. i keep telling him that so cal is too special to use the word "fog".

there are definitely affordable apartments in SD, but not as many affordable homes with property. that is definitely a negative for me.

Yes, true

There are pros and cons of SD but I love my city (and I'm not being snotty when I say that ).

The downside is it is very expensive to live here. Rush hour traffic will make you tear your hair out. And although this is a senior friendly city with plenty of golf courses and 55+ communities generally speaking this is a community for the younger crowd who likes to party.

My cousin refers to June Gloom. Oceanside and Carlsbad seem more reasonable for housing costs...maybe.

[sunshine45]

carlsbad itself is still pretty expensive, but there are slightly more affordable homes in oceanside and vista. we have been thinking of moving out of SD and up to the north county.