It has been 8 months since our migration to the "left" coast and we have decisions to make!
With the blood bath the housing market has taken our house still hasn't sold and we are seriously considering pulling the plug on the promised land and reclaiming our life in the midwest.
People think of California and imagine - sun-kissed, west coast paradise, happy healthy living with a touch of Hollywood glamour thrown in - guess what?! It's a myth!
Sanctuary cities, high taxes, bad air, filthy beaches, gangs and crime - California is no longer The Golden State in my opinion.
Deciding to pack it in and head home will not come without a cost. David will still work in California which means the family will constantly be split up.
I want to be there and be the shoulder Dave can lean on when he has a bad day at work and shouldn't he be able to come home each night to a home cooked meal and his family.
I also want my kids to go to a school where English is the first language of most people attending.
The weather here is a constant 70 degrees year round. I feel I value allot of the same things many in California value- a slower lifestyle with less consumption of material things and damn it - I HATE SNOW! I do miss fall though.
As we rethink the California dream allot of decisions have to be weighed....one of them being you can NOT get a decent slice of pizza out here (:
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