<p>I lived in TX for 10 years and moved to California. I’ve lived there for 6 years.</p>
<p>In terms of overall friendliness and state pride, I prefer Texas.</p>
<p>In terms of weather and beautiful landscape, I choose California.</p>
<p>If you already know you’re going to move to Cali then I don’t see why you shouldn’t apply to California schools. However, be sure to look in to affordable cities and housing because it is expensive to live here and the economy is very bad. I’ve been looking into going to college in Texas but ultimately I think I’ll end up going to Atlanta or even stay in California because the schools in Texas don’t really seem to be the right fit for me. Your political views may also make a difference. From what I’ve seen, most of the top notch Texas schools are very conservative while California itself is very liberal.</p>