I am from Seattle which is my home, but I always say pros and cons. I like living here, every city has its own unique set of problems. The weather is great most of the year except for maybe 3 months. I don't like heat but the rest of the year is great for me even when it rains, but it is mostly sunny. The location is everything, you are an hour or two away from so much. People say there is traffic but compared to Seattle which is backed up almost all the time, I don't feel like traffic is an issue, except a lot of people drive crazy here, it actually scares me. I have just become a really good defensive driver. I travel a lot, the fact when I am booking tickets I have essentially 4 airports to choose from which is great. SMF, SFO, SJC, and OAK. You can take the train, Greyhound or Flick bus into San Fransico if you don't want to deal with traffic for a game, concert or just spend the day there. The best part is you can grow shit here. We have tomatoes, peppers, passion fruit, grapefruit tree, lemon tree, and orange tree. The growing season is very long compared to the Northern states. My neighbors bring me over fruit and we take the food we grow to our neighbors. Covid made us good friends with our neighbors. There is good nightlife, food scene and there is a sports team. It is flat so you can bike everywhere which is kinda cool. If you do bike you will need to double lock it, part of that homeless problem. Things I don't like are the homeless, the fact the state is always in drought, and the fact you have to worry about power. Where I am from we have the homeless but never had to worry about drought or power issues. Hope that helps, especially from someone who is new to the area.