Most Americans want to live in sunny, bug-free, beautiful California, says a new survey. This year, California beats Florida.
"According to a newly released Harris Interactive survey, California is now the state where Americans would most like to live, unseating Florida, which had been No. 1 since 1997. California is as much an idea as a location, encompassing all that is America from farmlands to mountains to deserts to seas and amplifying its extremes, like the fault-scarred landscape itself. It is the most populous, most diverse, most influential state. Were it a country, it would have the sixth largest economy in the world. Says state librarian Kevin Starr, 'It's like America, only more so.'"
Thanks to Laura Kranz
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