There are many positive things to be said for living in beautiful Southern California, particularly the coastal regions of North County. Compared with the Midwest, where many of us emigrated from, here are just a few differences. In the Greater San Luis Rey Valley, we can schedule a picnic as much as a year in advance and be relatively certain it will come off as planned. In the Midwest, if you don't like the weather, wait five minutes and it'll change. If you're in Kansas, Oklahoma or Nebraska, you'd better like the wind because it's a constant factor.
Temperatures are slow to change along our coast, or at least they're predictable.
The West is noted for gorgeous sunsets. In the Midwest, it just gets dark. Beautiful sunsets are rare. Folks in the Midwest are polite. There are a number of ways to handle this sort of gesture.