I feel that way when I visit my mom. She lives in So Cal, and I live in Wyoming. Here, I run to the grocery store as infrequently as possible, but it is a whopping 15 blocks from my house and that is about the longest distance one travels in this town. In California, I feel like people spend 80% of their time in the car running around from place to place to get this and do that and it's all so hectic that it's totally exhausting... not fun at all. I would rather have my quiet little bike centric life in the cold northern part of the US