Yea , Im wining

dcg333
you do hear that often but not all areas are like that.
I am personally 3 hours from San Francisco and the ocean. a little over an hour from lake tahoe. 3 hours from yosemite and mt whitney (tallest mountain in the lower 48) 4 hours from about every type of climate the us has to offer.
tropical,temperate rainforest,tundra, glaciers you name it. such a diverse state