We looked from Redondo to Long beach which was kind of the commute perimeter that would be tolerable. We would find an ok house that was in a crappy area or a crappy house in a decent area. It would have taken us at least 500k to get what we were looking for and even then schools would have been an issue. It just was not going to happen. If I were young again without kids I would find a way to make Norcal happen.