yah sndy haven't been to southern part yet but i quite liked the bay area : San francisco, diego, mateo, jose and alll when i last visited. cali surely is one of the happening states and a good place to settle down. the only thing that i found a lil' awkward to adjust was the time. couldn't believe it was already 11 in the east coast when it was just 8 in there. hehe...sounds like one is in a different continent altogether. :P LooTe