Besides me, for 15 years

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Does a relocated to CA, then ex-CA count?

I enjoyed two years in the foothills east of the Central Valley. Five acres of dry land overlooking a future inland sea (when the Big One hits) was costing $45,000.

Me.

Born in Chula Vista.

Lived in San Diego, Lemon Grove, Imperial Beach, and Vallejo, way back before SoCal went to pot. (50's early 60s)

I will be planted there, next to my father, but that is the only way I'll return.

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Does a relocated to CA, then ex-CA count?

sure

Not too many years but Ballast Point, San Diego, El Cajon, La Jolla. Lot of visits to Whittier & LA.

Biggest memory... a beautiful state. Second memory- 650k for a "bungalow" house.

Third memory... 35 year old surfer dudes saying "Wow, man, freak me out, what a whaler"...

Lived in CA(Bay Area) from the age of 6 until I went into The AF at 19(1968-1981). Stationed in Sacramento for 3 years (1986-1989). Haven't lived there since. I still visit family occasionally, but will never move back.

My employer transferred me to SoCal for 3 years. Don't consider myself a Californian, but still have some good friends in Orange County (one of the sanest places in California).

Graduated from high school in Calexico, Ca. Left shortly thereafter.

I fled the Bay Area in 1993 for Kentucky. I went back for a vacation in '95, but never again.

Born and raised in Bakersfield. Left 20 years ago and haven't looked back.

Ask me next March.

Moved here 34 yrs ago, never considered myself a Californian.

Here. Born and raised in Fresno County, left in 2003, stopped in Nevada and Arizona before getting here in 2008.

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Originally posted by Scoutmaster:
Ask me next March.

Moved here 34 yrs ago, never considered myself a Californian.

I'll be soon following you, scoutmaster. Moved here when I was in my late teens and have been dreaming of going back to a state in the USA ever since.

I don't really consider myself an "ex-Californian" but I did live there with my parents as a child in the 1930s-40s for a few years and was stationed there by USAF for 4 1/2 years in the 1960s. Although the climate (weather) is gorgeous, I did not ever consider making California my home after retiring from USAF. (I ended up in Dallas, Texas.)

flashguy

I'm from Walnut Creek (but we moved to ND when I was in high school), my wife is from Livermore. So.....yeah.

I wasn't born there, but lived there from about 6 months old until I was 20. Lived in El Cajon and Spring Valley, San Diego area.

Moved to Colorado in 1993, and never looked back .

Left the Bay Area, born and raised, in 1985 when I joined the Navy. Did a three month stint of home town recruiting at one point, would never move back. Ever.

Ten years all told in the SF Bay Area. Left after college, kept looking for a reason to put up with everything involved in moving back, and kept winding up somewhere else.

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Originally posted by egregore:
Here. Born and raised in Fresno County, left in 2003, stopped in Nevada and Arizona before getting here in 2008.

If you ever find yourself in McAllen, down in Hidalgo County, Texas, you are not having flashbacks. It really is pretty much the same place.

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Originally posted by synthplayer:

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Originally posted by Scoutmaster:
Ask me next March.

Moved here 34 yrs ago, never considered myself a Californian.

I'll be soon following you, scoutmaster. Moved here when I was in my late teens and have been dreaming of going back to a state in the USA ever since.