Phoenix is awesome too. My sister lives there and I've considered joining her for a few years now.
It's great... until the summer.
You should come to NorCal... much better air and architecture.
Heat has never bothered me.
NorCal is nice but too expensive. That's my primary problem with SoCal.
Yeah, that is one of the reasons why I am leaving CA. It is hard to start a career and make any kind of a living wage.