You should give us another look. Our long term plan to reduce the number of rainy days per year is finally paying off!
It's utterly beautiful most of the year, and only gets slightly uncomfortable for a few weeks during summer.
I live 8 miles from the Pacific and this week's forecast is almost sublime, compared to the continental climate I grew up in. Boiling hot summers? No. Sweaty, muggy, mosquito fests from July through late September? No. Freezing winters from late October through early March? No.
San Diego would be uninhabitable without environmentally destructive and ill-conceived federal irrigation of the southwest.
> Freezing winters from late October through early March? No.
Some of us find freezing cold and snow to be pros rather than cons.
I do like the cool nights in the winter that we get in SB.
I think, in general, regulation works best as a threat (clean up your act, or we will). But for a threat to be credible, you need to follow-through on it from time-to-time.
The recent issue with the FCC and Comcast et. al. is an example of this. 20 years from now, we are going to regret that the FCC has increased authority over ISPs, but the actions of the cable oligopolies left little choice.
You know, neoliberal corruption of government isn't Written in Stone by the Three Fates. We can actually fight it, especially when there's $2 trillion at stake.
>[1] Perhaps this paper assumes that there is an infinite supply of highly-skilled tech workers who have taken jobs elsewhere due to high costs of rent? Seems a bit far-fetched to me.
I don't know about infinite, but I sure as hell know that I personally choose not to live in the Bay Area, despite its having loads of tech opportunities and the nicest climate on the planet, because of its high housing costs and suburban sprawl.