Letters to the Editor
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"It never rains in southern California"
Your fantasy of California sounds very Northern California bohemian -- the selective impressions of an outsider dropping in for a visit -- and does not reflect the very harsh realities of living in the Golden State. Unless you have a superb. mobile job and plenty of disposable income to set yourself in a safe neighborhood in one of the (I am assuming) major cities in which you are interested, stay East.
California is magical, and we natives know this, but listen carefully to the song "It never rains in Southern California" before you board that west-bound 747. Do not come here expecting to find yourself, a man, or anything else, because it is most likely that these dreams will be confronted by everyday realities: outrageous insurance, taxes, and real estate, cutthroat competition in all aspects of life, crime, smog, traffic, and flakes who promise to call you for lunch and never do.