Southern California has unbeatable weather, but 23 million other people figured that out. The influx of people has been good for appreciation in home values, though that is leveling out. I was born in Fullerton, grew up in Anaheim and back living in Fullerton. I’ve seen and worked assignments in most of the rest of the country and other than the moutainous west, you can keep the rest.
Nomadic lifestyle is not conducive to building wealth, especially non-coastal states. Those are what you retire to after building wealth.