I know what you mean, we left Cali about 20 years ago for similar reasons. Hubs has visited a few times recently, but I haven’t been in probably ten years so I have no idea what it looks like there now.
We last lived in Hemet, can’t say I miss that, but I miss seeing the mountains every day...
I’m actually in AZ now, the Phoenix area, but lived in So Cal for a very long time. Mostly the Inland Empire, but I ran around all over the pace from beaches to deserts to mountains while I lived there. I imagine it has changed considerably, it has been a while since I’ve been back.
Ironically it wasn’t particularly cold here, but the cooler temps lasted much longer than usual. Not that I’m complaining!
This is how I keep my chickens away from plants. Some of the cages I leave forever because when the chickens eat the plants they can’t eat it down to nothing. This is a...