For me..... I lived in San Diego for 4 years, LA for 8 years, and Miami for 5 years.
I'll take Miami.
1. I LIKE the tropical weather year round. Gets too cold in Cali for me.
2. No State Income Tax (in other words add 7% to your income)
3. Earthquakes give no warning....you have a week with hurricaines
4. You can still afford to buy a house here....only 17% of californians can afford their own home now. Housing prices are almost TRIPLE in Cali.
5. The ocean is much cleaner and much warmer...also much calmer, which makes for bad surfing, but great boating, scuba, snorkeling, fishing, etc... and you can do it YEAR ROUND.
6. Compared to LA there is NO traffic.
7. Center of the western hemisphere, easy flight to West coast, East coast, Europe, South America, Africa, etc.... Cali is closer to Australia and Japan.
8. Going back to boating (since I have a boat), there are SO many more places to go, both on the intercoastal, in the Keys, Bimini, the bahamas, the dry tortugas, etc....
Just my own thoughts/opinions.
