My whole family split from CA to between WA and MN for the last 3 years and have now all moved to MN. We have about 6 unused rooms berween our homes and maintain a boat and low tax property (empty) in newport beach. We have a fishing boat for the lakes now. Everything is cheaper and we learned to stay inside from the brutal CA summers over the last 2 decades so the snow is a minor inconvenience that washes out the same.