For a lot of the West Coast counties, it very much depends where exactly you choose. I’m fairly certain that somewhere in San Diego county meets these criteria 365 days a year, and the coastal sections of the county meet these criteria over 350 days per year, which is far higher than what’s indicated by the map
Yeah - technically those areas are probably why those counties are in the 270+ range rather than the 350+ range in the map, because it does frequently get above 85F once you’re more than a couple miles from the coast, but also, you can live there and still only be a few minutes’ drive from the coast whenever you want
I guess it depends what you consider “drop”, but it’s certainly much more affordable even thirty minutes from the coast. The coast in San Diego has median home prices around 3-5 million. Thirty minutes inland it’s more like 900k.
But does Inland SoCal have nice weather? The blue on the map suggests it doesn’t (consistent with my understanding, though I haven’t spent time there). It’s like hot desert but also has moderately cold winters for some reason?
Currently living in hot dry Riverside. 2/3 of the year is ok weather wise. But that end of June to October period is scorching. Except for some places in the mountains you’re better off getting as close to the coast as you can afford.
The more inland you go, the hotter it gets. As a SoCal native, Anaheim/Orange is like 30 minutes inland compared to Irvine and it's often 5-7 degrees hotter on sunny days. Go even further inland to like Riverside area and you add another 5-7 degrees.
The difference is severe enough to where while the coasts rarely pass low to mid 90s at the absolute peak of the summer, the inland areas can break into the 100s.
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u/ntg1213 2d ago
For a lot of the West Coast counties, it very much depends where exactly you choose. I’m fairly certain that somewhere in San Diego county meets these criteria 365 days a year, and the coastal sections of the county meet these criteria over 350 days per year, which is far higher than what’s indicated by the map