Rudi wrote:John:
All depends on your point of view or frame of reference.
I tried for 2 years to live in Sunny Southern California, but I could not bear the thought of green Christmases, no snow, dust storms, wild grass fires burning hundreds of thousands of acres of beautiful country side, smog, icky feeling from sun tan lotion on my skin, and all that stuff.
Rudi,
You forgot about snakes, scorpions, and lizzards.