THE BEST IS THE WEST!
Hello from Los Angeles!!! Have lived 90% of my life in the West and would have it no other way! Love everything about it, right down to the fact that it is in the high 80s in MID OCTOBER! And that we have surf, ski, --any climate you could want, within driving distance--and that we are traditionally a very liberal and accepting culture.
California and the West is the best!!!

Amy