Why I love socal

I just got a call from my mom today. She said that the weather in Utah is beautiful today - "it's a balmy 10 degrees this morning" I believe were her exact words. I hope anyone from Southern California reading this will realize that the chilly 42 degrees we try to bear in January and February is still above the freezing point of most liquids, whereas 10 degrees freezes the snot solid in your nose. Many people tell me that the weather in Southern California is perfect, but they are the same people that tell me it is the weather here that makes a 700-square-foot condo with one bedroom and no land worth $300,000. That's pretty expensive weather.

All this talk about nice weather (and yes, I have been talking to myself) makes me think about why I love socal. Is it the temperate climate that keeps me here? Or is it the traffic? Probably neither. Here's a look into a few mundane reasons as to why I love socal somuch:

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So that's why I live in Orange County. Forget the Vietnamese community down here, my wife's family, all my friends and schooling and job down here... I just like raking needles and dodging stray shopping carts.