My parents brought me to Texas when I was 15. I joined the Marines at 19 and didn't come home until I was 30 (to bring the kids back to live near to their grandparents, aunts, uncles, etc). I'm glad to be here, although the July-August months are the most trying (as in trying to stay cool, trying to keep the grass from outright dying, etc).
I lived in California nearly my entire 12 years in the Corps (SoCal/OC) and it was beautiful albeit crazy expensive. The weather there is a dream, however, as are In-N-Out Burgers and Rubio's fish tacos.
