I agree with you moving. I don't see how anyone could stay there longer than economicly ness in the central valley. Escape while you can. Even for work , you'll lose out in the long run because of the toll on your health. Even on the 80 and 50 corridor, if you don't want to live in gang warfare territory you have to live in the foothills with extreme high ozone eating your kids lungs. I '?lived? in Excramento 6 years, probably why I got Cancer.
Visalia , Kings Canyon in View, on the map it looks like the closest thing to heaven. I thought about living there,,, but you can't see the Mtns but a couple days a year.
Over here the skys are clearer and more star fill than anywhere. But no one but a billionaire could afford to buy a house here.
I'm planning on moving to Slab City myself to try to recover economicly.
Then maybe Oregon, too.