Tony D....that was great haha. My family is originally from Massachusetts and we can attest to the brutal winters, the bugs (ticks are NOT fun as opposed to what everyone else says), and the damaging effects of salt covered roads. And I hear you on the housing expense. Our 10 acres out in Temecula are my parents retirement, no joke! And it was cheaper to buy the land with the house than buy a new track home.
School out here are great though. I have a great scholarship at Chapman but kinda wish I had applied to state schools too.
Anyways...enough of the thread stealing.