I don't know if it's always a good thing to be in Cali, but it's where I was born and raised. I lived in Nevada from 98-2000, but got tired of their (at the time you could get 3-5 in state for ANY amount, including a seed) archaic laws and moved back to California so I had my medicine more readily available. I'm on my first grow right now and I am So excited about knowing where my medicine came from and what went into it. Cannabis is an absolutely amazing plant. They are so much fun to take care of it doesn't seem like work at all.