Quote from blackjack007:
people come here for the:
- diverse economy
- diverse population (anyone can fit in, no matter how odd or queer you are).
- climate (there is no other state in the US with this climate)
- diverse geography and natural scenary (beaches, snow-capped mountains, lakes, idyllic valleys, anything and everything)
I've had friends visit from texas, iowa, lousiana, oklahoma, and every one of them said Calif was the most beautiful state they had been to. Some of them had never seen a hill or valley in their life. they expressed desire to move here, until I told them how much a house costs.
and that is the main thing wrong with this state: the cost of living in desirable areas. If not for that, we'd probably have 70M people living here