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(finally escaping the crime, smog and immigration problems of SoCal!)
Whew, not cool, Mike and Sharon, slamming our beautiful State like that.
First of all I want to welcome you to the forum and hope you find the support and info available here. However, down grading any particular area of the US is really not what we are all about. As a Newbie, you may not be aware of that, so I, as a proud resident of So Calif, will tell you right up front that having lived here for 50 years, I have never been threatened by the lawless thugs that you elude to. Furthermore, smog is probably present in most large cities and the air quality of LA has greatly improved since you last personally evaluated it.
Be aware that the ever-increasing flow of criminal, illegal immigrants will continue for many years to come, is spreading like a cancer over the rest of the country and your law-abiding, clear-aired, all-American way of life will soon change, way up there in beautiful Grants Pass, OR.
I do hope you enjoy your teardrop and the many friends that you could surely meet on this message board, but It seems like you are off to a bad start. Sorry about the rant, and I do hope the admins will allow you to read this post, so you can join us in supporting the continued evolution of our little teardrop trailers. Have a nice trip, in your Little Guy Rascal.

Roly, So Calif, homebuilt Woody guy, breathing lots of fresh air into these 76 year old lungs, have never packed a gun and am a proud product of LEGAL immigrant parents from Europe