Here’s a good reason to avoid California: earthquakes.
There are quake faults all over the country and the world. Washington DC got hit by one a few years back, and the Washington Monument had to close for repairs.
And then there’s this:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Madrid_Seismic_ZoneAnd goodness knows what Irwin Allen wet dream all the byproducts of fracking activity might unleash eventually.
Another California myth people seem to buy into is the entire state would somehow fall into the ocean when the big one hits. And this was before the silly disaster movies of recent vintage.
Yes, I remember the one that damaged the Washington Monument. It was felt in my area. I posted about it on the forum the day it happened.
Maybe it is a myth that the entire state would fall into the ocean, but I don’t think it is myth that scientists fear “the big one” might hit California sometime soon.