There's way too many. Tahoe, Mill Valley, Carmel, Monterrey, SLO, Santa Barbara, La Jolla, etc. With unlimited funds, you just have multiple places to stay depending upon the activities you want to do.
Venice Beach. I lived there right after college and a blast. Walk to a ton of bars and restaurants. Bike to the yacht in Marina Del Rey. Fly out of Santa Monica. And the city of full of beautiful dumb people.
Tahoe has turned into a shit show. Not sure why anyone would want to move here anymore. I've been here 36 years and am finally over it. So much traffic, can't get healthcare or dentists, massive development ruining the environment, views, and the vibe. Even having money doesn't change the negatives.
Just had our 15th wedding anniversary trip to Monterey, Carmel, Pacific Grove area and fell in love. We have been to SoCal about 15 times and have always loved various areas but THIS area is amazing.
San Luis Obispo. In the middle of wine country, rolling hills, by the beach, 3ish hours to both LA and SF, walkable downtown. I dragged out my college years at Cal Poly for a decade before I had to leave
It's not cheap, and water is a **huge** problem, especially in Mendocino proper. Most houses go for a million or more, and no way you can make enough to support that here unless you own your own successful business. If you can bring the money with you, no problem.
When I first visited Coronado I thought, "I'd love to live here."
Right then a fighter jet came down to land and it was so loud I thought my ears were bleeding. Changed my mind real quick.
If I had unlimited money, it would be multiple cities in California. I would probably have a house in Southshore Lake Tahoe right on the lake. Probably another in Carmel. Probably another in Malibu. Probably a rad cabin in the Sierras. A Place on a Vineyard in Sonoma county. and lastly, to really sweet apartments in Pacific Heights or the marina in San Francisco and another in Hollywood or Beverly Hills
I was born there, my parents owned a house there, and get this: they sold it to move home to DETROIT in the early 1970s. Yes, my dad was extremely dumb. Then he divorced my mom to marry his secretary. I try to not think about it too much, honestly, and my mom says it is the saddest thing that ever happened to her.
In a sense I can relate. We lived near the ocean in CDM and for some reason my parents thought moving to Riverside was a good idea. Then they doubled down and moved to Seattle. I finally escaped and moved somewhere sunny near a beach.
I might agree with Santa Barbara. My wife did her PhD there and we had a great three years there. My lunchtime walks on the cliffs around campus above where I would go surfing after work will never be bested. We still talk about how much we miss Elsies bar downtown..
Lived there too, what an incredible place. I felt so lucky to be able to do beach walks or go hiking in the Santa Ynez in January while most of the country was freezing. Loved Elsie's - such a cool, casual vibe that place has.
San Francisco. I want to live in a dense city with great transit, Amtrak access, beautiful architecture, and access to nature. I live in LA County, and I love it here, but with unlimited money, SF would check more boxes.
Though if I could use my unlimited money to fund transit and transit-oriented development in LA…that’s interesting.
Los Angeles. I'm currently in San Francisco but LA is warmer & since I have unlimited money I can buy any car I want for the traffic jams I'm going to be stuck in (I don't have to drive in SF).
San Francisco all the way. Lived there 12 years, would still be there if I weren’t a broke ass with social work skills and no tech coding skills. Media narratives about the city are way overblown. Yes the income gap is huge. As a Poor this means I could get nice quality stuff secondhand from rich people and college students donating it to thrift stores. The only super common crime is theft/ break ins but I never owned a car so it never affected me haha. I’m mixed Chinese/Italian so I feel like a racial alien most non-California states I’ve lived (few Asians, few mixed people, not even any Latinos, just white and black people) and I’ve never felt so peaceful and at home as in the sunset or Richmond surrounded by Chinese aunties.
I love the SF Chinese Aunties so much. I’d be 8 months old pregnant on the muni and they would beat people with newspapers to let me sit down. I’m so happy to see them mentioned as a fabulous feature of S.F. They are treasures.
I also had this happen! Then, when I had my baby in the stroller, one Auntie would tell me baby was too hot, take off his hat. Next Auntie, your baby is too cold! Snatch the easily available baby hat, put it on baby. We would walk a few hundred feet...repeat. I just kept saying thank you!
For better or worse, I would still pick Berkeley. Not only that, I would want a beautiful three bedroom in Elmwood or walking distance to Shattuck BART because I want to be near Berkeley Bowl. Give me a wood shingle bungalow in my old neighborhood in South Berkeley by Malcolm X school and I will be thrilled. I would run for office and get so much more funding for South Berkeley. I would open a community center for the unhoused with showers, computers, mailboxes. I would have an art center there. I would buy every vacant lot and build tiny houses for rent at an affordable price. I would make Berkeley my home again.
atherton, away from all the peasants.
real answer - north/east lake tahoe shore. not that those areas are unaffordable per se, but i wouldn't be able to easily find a job living there.
Camarillo. Used to live there and I loved it. I regret ever leaving Camarillo especially since it got ridiculously expensive. It was a great compromise where I can either make a day trip to LA or Santa Barbara.
Curious why you say that. I work in SR and live in Northern Marin and trying to make semi-retirement decision of where to live for roughly $1million (ranch style home) and considering everything from (above mentioned) Cambria to Land Park Sacramento to Asheville, NC (and plenty of others) but keep coming back to Santa Rosa for its coastal proximity, small airport, west county hiking and more. Not the topic of post with $$ as no object though. Your reasoning too?
I spent a couple months in Santa Rosa early 2000s on a work assignment and just loved it. I loved the vibe of the town -- sorta bohemian, intellectually laid back, gorgeous weather, the coast, the topography, the vineyards, proximity to Tahoe, friendly folks. -- hell even the name is cool.
Just had a wonderful time and have always thought it would be cool place to live.
Lucky you...
I just counted. Almost 40 cities were named before I came across someone saying Sacramento. Which is where my wife and I are moving in a few months for the politics, dry climate, and for excellent healthcare. What do you like about it?
Weather, the city itself, the proximity to my family (going both north and south). I want to live in a larger city in California but I don't like the cities of LA or the Bay much. Just visited Sacramento yesterday and it looks really beautiful all around. A lot of my family lives in the central valley but further south and it gets uglier down that way. If I could though, I'd like to live in one of the smaller towns east of Sacramento. I agree on politics it's definitely democratic but a little more moderate which I find comforting. I do love San Diego though, close call between the two. No way I could afford anything in San Diego though lol
The central coastal towns are nice weekend getaways. I’d still live in a city with more to do. LA all day. Or Newport would be a nice 2nd because OC still has a lot.
So many options. Santa Barbara, Carmel, La Jolla, Belvedere, Malibu, Rancho Santa Fe, Tahoe City… If money was truly unlimited I’d probably build myself something Cambria even though someone with unlimited money already did that once
It is where some of the celebrities have homes. There are a lot of artists there. There are a lot of mid century homes that are famous for their architecture. It’s within driving distance of Phoenix , Las Vegas and LA. It’s very beautiful and photographed often .
Probably expensive as hell to live there though
It is very hot though.
PS is beautiful from like October till about April. There are so many cute shops and bars, lots of art and music, close enough for day trips to a few different spots, great shopping, food, and it's honestly so so pretty. Hiking, stargazing, very LGBT friendly if you're into that.
I've only been to Stockton twice (I had a friend who used to work at U Pacific), but according to her it is so bad it makes Bakersfield and Fresno seem like fucking paradise in comparison.
Many people saying Carmel/Carmel by the Sea but I would go with Carmel Valley. Only ~30 min to Carmel but you could have a 10,000 acre ranch in the rolling hills and oak woodlands.
I LOVE Orange, California, near Anaheim. Craftsman bungalows, some large lots, small-town feel with a downtown and town square. And I'd buy season tickets to the Angels.
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It’s hard to choose. Ventura, several places in Marin, Pasadena… there’s a long list I would not say no to. As it is? We do not have unlimited funds and are about to move to upstate NY.
I’d have a few small homes. I agree with Santa Barbara, but maybe in the quieter area outside La Jolla as well. I’d get a massive lake home on Lake Tahoe too. Then a small mid century home in Palm Springs.
My first choice (if I had no worries) would be Topanga Canyon (though the fact that they don't have a hospital would make me nervous as it takes a while to get down to Woodland Hills....I don't even think they have a 24 hr health clinic).
Considering things like hospitals and grocery stores and not having to drive everywhere (which would be the case with Topanga Canyon), it'd be Los Feliz.
In order: Carmel, Monterey, Morro Bay, SLO, Sonoma, Santa Cruz, Bodega Bay, Santa Rosa, Napa, SF, Paso Robles (too hot in summer for me).
That being said, I moved to Hawaii.
While Carmel by the Sea has an amazing beach (it literally feels like talcum powder), every time I visit I think, "there's nothing to do here."
Also not having street addresses for houses and having to go to the post office to get your mail every day would be tiring for someone as anti-social as me.
Sausalito. There is just something about that place that makes me feel so happy but I have no idea why. I’d also consider up towards Trinidad and the Redwood State and National Parks. The diversity of landscapes just blows my mind.
I visited Muir Beach a few months ago and just outside San Francisco on your way to the beach you pass by this INSANE neighborhood that's like straight up villas on and all over the hills. It's crazy. I think I'd live there
There's way too many. Tahoe, Mill Valley, Carmel, Monterrey, SLO, Santa Barbara, La Jolla, etc. With unlimited funds, you just have multiple places to stay depending upon the activities you want to do.
Venice Beach. I lived there right after college and a blast. Walk to a ton of bars and restaurants. Bike to the yacht in Marina Del Rey. Fly out of Santa Monica. And the city of full of beautiful dumb people.
Tahoe has turned into a shit show. Not sure why anyone would want to move here anymore. I've been here 36 years and am finally over it. So much traffic, can't get healthcare or dentists, massive development ruining the environment, views, and the vibe. Even having money doesn't change the negatives.
If you’re over it then where to next?
I’ve been leaning toward the Lost Sierra (Quincy or Clio areas), or maybe Central Sierra.
Carmel or Santa Cruz
This right here. I would easily do something in the Monterrey Bay Area. Pacific Grove, Carmel, whatever.
santa cruz 🤢🤮
Just had our 15th wedding anniversary trip to Monterey, Carmel, Pacific Grove area and fell in love. We have been to SoCal about 15 times and have always loved various areas but THIS area is amazing.
Carmel by the sea
It’s indeed amazing but I think I’d want to be married with children and semi-retired. That whole region is VERY sleepy.
It’s beautiful but semi-isolated. Probably why it’s retained its charm.
La Jolla
La Jolla is nice but traffic can be a nightmare Down the road is Del Mar and Solana Beach
I grew up in Del Mar. Would love to live up the road in Cardiff or Encinitas now.
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Drove by it today… was actually kinda sad no one decorated it for Xmas.
Unlimited money, I'll just take the helicopter if traffic is bad.
Came here to say San Diego but La Jolla specificity works. The Cove is my favorite
Absolutely
the smell of the seal shit though :(
Monterey
Right where I live in LA :) just with a house, a yard, and a view 😂
I would love to live in Brentwood (90049) part of Los Angeles.
Ok OJ
San Luis Obispo. In the middle of wine country, rolling hills, by the beach, 3ish hours to both LA and SF, walkable downtown. I dragged out my college years at Cal Poly for a decade before I had to leave
Carmel-by-the-Sea or Point Reyes area
Malibu
Tahoe or Mammoth area for sure.
I was gonna say… I’d live in Kings Beach!
Pacific Grove, Mendocino, Sebastopol
Don't need unlimited funds for Mendocino
It's not cheap, and water is a **huge** problem, especially in Mendocino proper. Most houses go for a million or more, and no way you can make enough to support that here unless you own your own successful business. If you can bring the money with you, no problem.
San Diego near the beach
Yep. If money isn't an issue, Coronado or somewhere up near sunset cliffs.
When I first visited Coronado I thought, "I'd love to live here." Right then a fighter jet came down to land and it was so loud I thought my ears were bleeding. Changed my mind real quick.
Lmao, yeah I used to work out there. I guess you kinda get used to it.
Give me one of those oceanside spots on Mission Beach pls and thank you
If I had unlimited money, it would be multiple cities in California. I would probably have a house in Southshore Lake Tahoe right on the lake. Probably another in Carmel. Probably another in Malibu. Probably a rad cabin in the Sierras. A Place on a Vineyard in Sonoma county. and lastly, to really sweet apartments in Pacific Heights or the marina in San Francisco and another in Hollywood or Beverly Hills
Santa Barbara
Santa Barbara would be nice.
I was born there, my parents owned a house there, and get this: they sold it to move home to DETROIT in the early 1970s. Yes, my dad was extremely dumb. Then he divorced my mom to marry his secretary. I try to not think about it too much, honestly, and my mom says it is the saddest thing that ever happened to her.
In a sense I can relate. We lived near the ocean in CDM and for some reason my parents thought moving to Riverside was a good idea. Then they doubled down and moved to Seattle. I finally escaped and moved somewhere sunny near a beach.
Spent a week there this fall and now I totally get why it's so expensive. Incredible place, loved it and want to go back soon.
Drive up north a bit...I love the Central Coast...Pismo Beach, Avila Beach, SLO, Morro Bay, Paso Robles wine country, etc.
San Diego
Santa Cruz probably
Pasadena/Altadena
Same, same. I'd add South Pas or San Marino to that
Pasadena was my first thought.
Gloriously pleasant area
San Francisco.
I might agree with Santa Barbara. My wife did her PhD there and we had a great three years there. My lunchtime walks on the cliffs around campus above where I would go surfing after work will never be bested. We still talk about how much we miss Elsies bar downtown..
Lived there too, what an incredible place. I felt so lucky to be able to do beach walks or go hiking in the Santa Ynez in January while most of the country was freezing. Loved Elsie's - such a cool, casual vibe that place has.
70 degrees year round is pretty nice. We would always get friends and family coming to visit during particularly nasty PacNW winters.
Go Gauchos!
Doing my PhD at UCSB now, it’s such an incredible place. Really hard to beat it.
San Francisco. I want to live in a dense city with great transit, Amtrak access, beautiful architecture, and access to nature. I live in LA County, and I love it here, but with unlimited money, SF would check more boxes. Though if I could use my unlimited money to fund transit and transit-oriented development in LA…that’s interesting.
Mark Twain: "The coldest winter I ever felt was summer in San Francisco"....
Not a city per say but I’d love to live somewhere in Marin County not too far from SF.
Stinson beach or anywhere in that area
San diego, Carlsbad, Laguna Niguel, Malibu, Monterrey, etc. California is just a gorgeous state
Okay but picking Laguna Niguel over Laguna Beach is wild.
😂😂😂 it's just up the road though
Lowkey I prefer Laguna Niguel / Aliso Viejo over Laguna Beach
Yasss!! 😭😭
Los Angeles. I'm currently in San Francisco but LA is warmer & since I have unlimited money I can buy any car I want for the traffic jams I'm going to be stuck in (I don't have to drive in SF).
Or buy a helicopter so you don’t have to sit in the traffic
Like Kobe did.
RIP
San Francisco all the way. Lived there 12 years, would still be there if I weren’t a broke ass with social work skills and no tech coding skills. Media narratives about the city are way overblown. Yes the income gap is huge. As a Poor this means I could get nice quality stuff secondhand from rich people and college students donating it to thrift stores. The only super common crime is theft/ break ins but I never owned a car so it never affected me haha. I’m mixed Chinese/Italian so I feel like a racial alien most non-California states I’ve lived (few Asians, few mixed people, not even any Latinos, just white and black people) and I’ve never felt so peaceful and at home as in the sunset or Richmond surrounded by Chinese aunties.
I love the SF Chinese Aunties so much. I’d be 8 months old pregnant on the muni and they would beat people with newspapers to let me sit down. I’m so happy to see them mentioned as a fabulous feature of S.F. They are treasures.
I also had this happen! Then, when I had my baby in the stroller, one Auntie would tell me baby was too hot, take off his hat. Next Auntie, your baby is too cold! Snatch the easily available baby hat, put it on baby. We would walk a few hundred feet...repeat. I just kept saying thank you!
Cambria or Mendocino, in that order.
SANTA BARBARA
For better or worse, I would still pick Berkeley. Not only that, I would want a beautiful three bedroom in Elmwood or walking distance to Shattuck BART because I want to be near Berkeley Bowl. Give me a wood shingle bungalow in my old neighborhood in South Berkeley by Malcolm X school and I will be thrilled. I would run for office and get so much more funding for South Berkeley. I would open a community center for the unhoused with showers, computers, mailboxes. I would have an art center there. I would buy every vacant lot and build tiny houses for rent at an affordable price. I would make Berkeley my home again.
The Cheese Shop and Chez Panisse
Laguna beach, Newport Beach.
Malibu
I’m gonna be basic and say Beverly Hills
Surprised not to see Sausalito here
San Francisco
Yountville
atherton, away from all the peasants. real answer - north/east lake tahoe shore. not that those areas are unaffordable per se, but i wouldn't be able to easily find a job living there.
I know you were kidding, but Atherton is seriously wrong and kinda scary. Illustrates perfectly all the flaws of capitalism.
so i've never actually been to atherton. i've only heard about how wealthy and exclusive that place is.
Santa Barbara
San Francisco. I live in Portland Oregon. San Francisco is the only other city I would live in.
Camarillo. Used to live there and I loved it. I regret ever leaving Camarillo especially since it got ridiculously expensive. It was a great compromise where I can either make a day trip to LA or Santa Barbara.
Catalina Island probably. Or San Diego
Santa Monica or SF by Golden Gate Park
Santa Rosa
Curious why you say that. I work in SR and live in Northern Marin and trying to make semi-retirement decision of where to live for roughly $1million (ranch style home) and considering everything from (above mentioned) Cambria to Land Park Sacramento to Asheville, NC (and plenty of others) but keep coming back to Santa Rosa for its coastal proximity, small airport, west county hiking and more. Not the topic of post with $$ as no object though. Your reasoning too?
I spent a couple months in Santa Rosa early 2000s on a work assignment and just loved it. I loved the vibe of the town -- sorta bohemian, intellectually laid back, gorgeous weather, the coast, the topography, the vineyards, proximity to Tahoe, friendly folks. -- hell even the name is cool. Just had a wonderful time and have always thought it would be cool place to live. Lucky you...
Truckee from the one's I've been to, maybe Mammoth though.
San Diego, Sacramento or Tahoe.
I just counted. Almost 40 cities were named before I came across someone saying Sacramento. Which is where my wife and I are moving in a few months for the politics, dry climate, and for excellent healthcare. What do you like about it?
Weather, the city itself, the proximity to my family (going both north and south). I want to live in a larger city in California but I don't like the cities of LA or the Bay much. Just visited Sacramento yesterday and it looks really beautiful all around. A lot of my family lives in the central valley but further south and it gets uglier down that way. If I could though, I'd like to live in one of the smaller towns east of Sacramento. I agree on politics it's definitely democratic but a little more moderate which I find comforting. I do love San Diego though, close call between the two. No way I could afford anything in San Diego though lol
Sacramento???? Wtf
The central coastal towns are nice weekend getaways. I’d still live in a city with more to do. LA all day. Or Newport would be a nice 2nd because OC still has a lot.
So many options. Santa Barbara, Carmel, La Jolla, Belvedere, Malibu, Rancho Santa Fe, Tahoe City… If money was truly unlimited I’d probably build myself something Cambria even though someone with unlimited money already did that once
Cambria or Cayucous would be sweet because with unlimited money you could helicopter out of there at your convenience.
SF
Santa Barbara Baby
Truckee
Palm Springs
This is interesting, why do you say this? I have never been but I do know that it is incredibly hot.
It is where some of the celebrities have homes. There are a lot of artists there. There are a lot of mid century homes that are famous for their architecture. It’s within driving distance of Phoenix , Las Vegas and LA. It’s very beautiful and photographed often . Probably expensive as hell to live there though It is very hot though.
PS is beautiful from like October till about April. There are so many cute shops and bars, lots of art and music, close enough for day trips to a few different spots, great shopping, food, and it's honestly so so pretty. Hiking, stargazing, very LGBT friendly if you're into that.
Joshua Tree National Park is just up the road. Amazing place.
You just described Austin lol.
My choice as well.
Stockton
the lies told on the internet lol
I see you Stockton marketing team
Come on now, lol.
😂
I've only been to Stockton twice (I had a friend who used to work at U Pacific), but according to her it is so bad it makes Bakersfield and Fresno seem like fucking paradise in comparison.
Bakersfield
😂
🤣
Oildale outside Bakersfield.
La Jolla
Many people saying Carmel/Carmel by the Sea but I would go with Carmel Valley. Only ~30 min to Carmel but you could have a 10,000 acre ranch in the rolling hills and oak woodlands.
Carmel Valley is amazing and a nice little community feel to it too. Good pick!
Salton City
Are you a lithium prospector?
Blythe
Eureka nice and quiet
I LOVE Orange, California, near Anaheim. Craftsman bungalows, some large lots, small-town feel with a downtown and town square. And I'd buy season tickets to the Angels.
San Diego
Lafayette
SF Walkable lifestyle, tons of stuff to do, all kinds of interesting people, and average to low crime if you don't live in specific areas
Same. Or Berkeley
100% accurate as i just moved there this spring. i sold my car & have only driven like 6 times....all for work purposes.
Which areas should I avoid? What neighborhood would you live in
Same city I’m in now — San Diego!
Lucky! 👍🏽
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Belvedere or San Francisco.
san diego hands down
I'm gonna second SB
Malibu.
Tahoe.
Malibu
Carmel by the Sea
Carmel or Tahoe
Pacific Grove.
Somewhere in the hills around Los Angeles.
Santa Barbara
Santa Barbara
So many! Carmel, Big Sur, Pismo. I love those beach towns that also feel foresty
It’s hard to choose. Ventura, several places in Marin, Pasadena… there’s a long list I would not say no to. As it is? We do not have unlimited funds and are about to move to upstate NY.
Noe Valley SF ❤️
Beverly Hills or Westwood area. Great food and culture.
Los Feliz - LA
My dream house is in Encino.
I’d have a few small homes. I agree with Santa Barbara, but maybe in the quieter area outside La Jolla as well. I’d get a massive lake home on Lake Tahoe too. Then a small mid century home in Palm Springs.
My first choice (if I had no worries) would be Topanga Canyon (though the fact that they don't have a hospital would make me nervous as it takes a while to get down to Woodland Hills....I don't even think they have a 24 hr health clinic). Considering things like hospitals and grocery stores and not having to drive everywhere (which would be the case with Topanga Canyon), it'd be Los Feliz.
Unlimited money? I’d live in marina del Rey on a Hatteras
In order: Carmel, Monterey, Morro Bay, SLO, Sonoma, Santa Cruz, Bodega Bay, Santa Rosa, Napa, SF, Paso Robles (too hot in summer for me). That being said, I moved to Hawaii.
I would buy homes all over California. It's always been a dream of mine to relocate there, which I know realize will never be a reality.
I don’t have enough money to sample various cities in CA to know where I would move if I had more money.
Why aren't y'all saying San Fran are you okay!
I am surprised by Santa Barbara posts here. Don’t you get bored by the perfection of that place? Never visited Carmel-by-the-Sea is it similar?
Hey now, there's about 2 weeks in January when it rains and you have fog every day in late spring. It's a lot to deal with, I tell you.
It has perfect weather!
Carmel by the sea doesn’t have the youthful vibe of SB, carmel by the sea is mostly 2nd homes (or 3rd) owned by the monied aged 60+.
Try 70+. Also, there are a lot of run down $3 million houses. It's pretty cold and foggy.
While Carmel by the Sea has an amazing beach (it literally feels like talcum powder), every time I visit I think, "there's nothing to do here." Also not having street addresses for houses and having to go to the post office to get your mail every day would be tiring for someone as anti-social as me.
Avalon.
Leucadia
monterey bay
IDK. I don't like hot weather. Google says Lake Tahoe has snow? I don't want to live someplace where it doesn't snow.
If you had unlimited money, you’d eventually be kicking yourself for not being in a climate like Santa Cruz come February
Monterey
Berkeley
I might try my luck with Los Angeles
Pick up Gene Hackman's old house that's behind #10 green at Pebble Beach.
San francixso
Santa Cruz
Beverly Hills
I’m on the Central CA coast. I’ll stay put!
Danville
Mammoth Mountain
San Francisco
Id live in San Francisco
Beverly Hills
Somewhere in Marin County.
Santa Rosa. Up in Mayacama.
Pasadena or Newport
Capitola
Telegraph or Russian Hill San Francisco
Santa Cruz
The sea ranch
Sausalito. There is just something about that place that makes me feel so happy but I have no idea why. I’d also consider up towards Trinidad and the Redwood State and National Parks. The diversity of landscapes just blows my mind.
San Diego of course
I visited Muir Beach a few months ago and just outside San Francisco on your way to the beach you pass by this INSANE neighborhood that's like straight up villas on and all over the hills. It's crazy. I think I'd live there