the only place in cali that I would even think of living
is grass valley or a small town on the east side of the sierras. Cultural?
http://themaryc.org/ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ocean_Springs,_Mississippi gotta avoid the occational storm surge, but 1969 and 2005 they dont happen all that often. Political? ya got me on that one. Race relations are decent. Mixed marriages don't raise eyebrows here, unlike Ohio, North Dakota, Minnesota and Alaska. The coast is not the interior, completely different.
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