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Originally Posted by nvnvgirl

Kyle~ I'm a native Californian and have lived most of my life here...both in N CA (Napa Valley where most of my family and friends are) and in S. CA....the Palm Springs area. I lived in Las Vegas (and dealt 21) and in Reno for a little over a year at a time. I love California and when you're born and raised here, it's hard to even imagine living anywhere else.

But I just want to tell you that if your parents are at all older or have any health issues (which I'm thinking they must not or you wouldn't think of moving so far away from them).....it is SUCH a hassle to make plans to leave...at least I don't work, but I have other pets in addition to Max. I live in S. CA and my mom lives in N. CA. My dad lives in Hawaii. And if either of them gets sick, it's incredibly stressful trying to get things together to leave.....arranging to take Max with me if I'm flying or even driving, finding pet friendly hotels if I'm not staying with my folks (which I usually do; my mom's got plenty of room at her house and my dad has a separate guest suite plus he owns a condo that's closer to the beach than he is, which makes trips there really nice), arranging for a petsitter/ plant waterer etc.....I always thought I wanted to live in S. CA...and now I do! But it's just become such an issue with not being around my really good friends and family, that it makes it hard. And you think that when you live in such a great vacation destination, everyone would want to come visit, but they really don't that much, everyone came when we first moved here, but everybody is so busy with their own lives and they don't really want to spend all their vacation time or time off in Palm Springs, LOL. I guess if you're really young it's ok, but I really miss my good friends and being closer to my mom especially (I mean, I can't move over to Hawaii yet!). So think about how much you think you'd want to be close to home for holidays and all that stuff ....and how much it will take to get everything ready to get there and back with even one dog....even though I am not crazy about the weather in N. CA a lot of the time, 10 hour car trips are really a drag!

I would love to live in Hawaii or visit for a while! I want to move far away but with my family it is also hard because of what you say, my mom and dad both live here, my brother also lives here and just had a baby, everyone is here so it would be very hard to move away but i do want to travel. And with 3 dogs it will be even harder but i wont go anywhere i cant take my dogs!