I've lived here for 15 years and, apart from the odd moments, I can honestly say that I haven't really felt homesick. Yes, there are times when I miss not being close to family, but overall, life's been good!

Like Jeff says, diff'rent strokes, etc.

I'm just glad I didn't turn into Bob!

I like the occasional thing that reminds me of home like I just discovered that Fresh & Easy sell back bacon, and BevMo across the road sell bottled ales, and I now make my own Indian curries. But apart from missing family, I just get on with what's here. There's so much new that it'll still be another year or three before I get bored! Walking up to the mailbox just now in blazing sunshine, supposedly only 23 degrees but feels much warmer, but am happy because of the lovely weather (one of my few conditions on moving to the US was that it would have to be California - or not at all).

Yeah , me too.

I think I've been through every emotion in the book in the 2 years I've been here. From almost falling apart when I first arrived, through really wanting to go back, through really loving it here.

I'm finally settled now and I recently went back to the UK for a visit and have realized, the US is where I'm meant to be from now on. It doesn't fix everything though. Same shit, different place, but at least it's a sunny place

Hmmmmmmmmmmmm the weather thing. I live in Adelaide, Australia, which has practically an identical climate to LA, if perhaps a little hotter. At first it was always a pleasure, no degree was too hot. But after a few years it does wear off a little, I promise. We're in what here they amusingly call "autumn", and have been for about six weeks now. We're 2.5 months from "winter". I cannot remember the last time it rained (literally), there's been no cloud cover at all for around three weeks with temps high twenties and today 31.

You can start to go a little...............crazy!! Rain, I want rain dammit!!!

Ha ha. Towards the end of last summer, we'd been without rain for about 6 months. I was driving and there was a small sprinkling. I stopped the car at the side of the road to get out and feel it.

We've just moved from Victorville; spent nearly a year there. Scorching hot in summer and freezing cold overnight during the winter - and barely any rain. Yes, the kids were dancing in the street when it did rain but so far I haven't missed it. Now we're in greener and more moderate climes (and consequently more grey days) which should strike a more pleasant balance.

I hope so. We could move to the hills for the same reason, but we like the metropolitan life, so ............. no rain for us!

Where are you now?

Walnut, between the 10 and 60 near the 57.

(Just fixed my location)

I am not familiar with that area but it sounds nice on Google! Hope you enjoy your new home.

That is know as smog in LA. In the bay area it is morning fog and burns off much more quickly than what is in LA.

I simply mean rainy days. There are more rainy days in LA than up in Victorville.

You CA peeps do know that there's a LOT more to the USA, right?

It's kinda like all the Brits that go to Disneyworld in Florida and think it's the States!

That's where OP is living.

I know that. My comment was in reference to GeoffM's.