[JavaBrewer]

The only CA metric that gives me pause is the high taxes - and how the funds are, IMO, misspent. Laws and politics tend to be 'insane' in many places and frankly I'm not interested - so I guess I am partially to blame for the mess that is Sacramento.

But as others here have already mentioned it's all about being satisfied with your life. Everyone has a different priority list - SoCal pretty much ticks all the boxes for me. YMMV.