I live here, and have lived here since 1987. And since about 1998, I’ve been looking for a chance to pack up and break out of this place.
On some things, it’s not a bad place to live. But others… it’s not so good. But it depends on what you’re looking for. This area used to be very big on aerospace, so we had a lot of related jobs. A lot of that’s shut down now. There’s no real nightlife, and even though there’s about 170K people here, virtually everything is closed by 10pm.
However, certain areas are pretty. If you like summer sun, we’ve got it. And the winters aren’t too bad either. Cold, but mostly dry.