For me, California is all about rest, relaxation, space.
Being on the road with rock, it's pretty much 90 percent guys.
Bands that I've loved over the years are the ones that have a certain myth around them.
I'm in the camp that needs to discover and take risks, sometimes it's with the promise of something special and new, sometimes it's to stay awake, either way it's much more stressful with all the uncertainty but worth the pain in the end.