my wife is from here, if she was in Rhode Island that's where I would be right now. I get not coming from anything and wanting to see more, but I'd never move here just for big city life (me being from NY could play a part)

Im almost always around natives, so the transplant mentality never affected me much

once I got past the mild shock and disappointment of not being "in LA" all the time (I'm like a 20-30 minute ride from everything), I like it more than Philly (too small) and New York (I hate everywhere except Harlem)

I would honestly say stay where you are and stack money for nice vacations and whatnot, but the weather here is crazy and the "nice" places look great