Cooler weather generally, a bit more rain. The Sierras are a lot prettier than the San Gabriel range. We see seasons up here, too, but you do get that in the mountains in San Diego, where Julian is. It's a LOT harder to shop up here, but that's because I'm actually IN the Sierra.
Oh, and Tahoe ain't fucking SHIT. I lived there. The people who live in Tahoe do not ski there. They go to Kirkwood.
Each area has its good things and bad things. On one hand I sometimes would like to live closer to the coast so I could have a longer growing season and milder weather (plus, being a seamaiden I really love the sea). But, then there are all the fucking PEOPLE. Metropolitan areas are getting to me in a way they never used to. My husband says I'm going Mountain Mama. I lived in the L.A./north O.C. area for over 30 years, then moved up north here several years ago.
Either way, it's all California, and it is a beautiful state, as fucked up as some things may be. No thing and no one is perfect, right?
RedRabbit, you made the mistake because you were clearly so blazed on that fine dank you're growing. Right?
Berbonber, hey, at least you've got shandies and the dole, right?

And I believe your pound is holding a damn sight better than our dollar, too! Oh, and right across a few miles of ocean you can go to Spain. But I think that with the climate changing you lot need to start buying fans ahead of time. And in the Netherlands, too. I've got a Dutch friend and everytime it gets warm, like 28C, she's on about how she's dying from the heat. Of course I laugh, and say, Buy some fans! She thinks I'm nuts. I am the Queen of Fans. I LOVE FANS!
I also love tape, but that's a different thing entirely.