Tomorrow the wife and I jump on a plane to LA, planning to relax, eat some good food and take a look at several different neighborhoods in LA we might move to. She's recently gotten this grandiose vision of moving to LA and wants to take a look around hoping I'll consider making the move. As it stands, I'm just playing along since it'll take a whole lot of convincing for me to move out there.

Her "reasoning" for moving out there is that "it feels right." (I know, I know...) Neither of us are from LA, have ever lived there (we went to college in San Diego), have family out there, have jobs there, are in "the Biz," or really have any purpose for moving out there - this all makes me lean towards NY. The only reason we're considering it is because she is considering it.

So I pose this to you: Why should/shouldn't we move from NYC to LA? Since most career-focused motivations are non-existent, I'm really looking for lifestyle differences. Things that will make raising a family in LA better than NYC. Of course, you should consider we'll be living the surrounding 'burbs of each city, probably not Downtown LA or Manhattan. Probably Long Island in NY and Burbank or Calabasas in LA.

Here are the reasons why I wouldn't move to LA:
-Traffic
-Crime/Gangs
-Unfamiliarity with the area
-Earthquakes/Wildfires/Mudslides
-Bankrupt State
-Poor public school options, even in some suburbs
-Comparable cost of living - so why bother?
-No Friends there

Reasons I would move:
-Weather
-In-n-Out
-Beaches

Seems like a no-brainer to me, but then again, I have to debate this with someone who disregards logic so, please, HELP!