Lol,says the guy with no advice to offer the man...
please tell us how awesome your state of Wisconsin is
A. Not from Wisconsin.
B. I lived in Oceanside at Camp Pendleton, so I didn't have to deal with worrying about a job. California is a beautiful state, but its going bankrupt faster than any other state in the Country.
I live in Washington (which I also hate), and the amount of Californians fleeing from your state to come here is outrageous. Guess thats what happens when your cities are all going bankrupt.
Not to mention that if you've ever paid taxes in California and then moved out of state, they try and chase you down and get more tax money from you, even though you don't live there anymore. For some reason they believe that even if you're no longer living/working in Cali, you still owe them a chunk of your check.