I've lived in SoCal all of my life, and It's VERY hard to think about moving anywhere else. However, I have gone to Oregon before for friends, and will be going up there Dec. 28th-Jan 4th. and the time that I have been there makes me think how great of a place it is to live in. Slow paced, No sales tax, people are a lot nicer than people down here in Orange County..... but I love it here, I love my sun, I love my microclimates, I love it here in general. It's true it does take a certain person to live here though.