I spent a lot of time looking at affordable places to retire. A couple of them are in California. I Love the Gold Country, but now its not feasible due to the fire danger. You can't get any insurance for property in the gold country anymore.
The other place in California that I really loved and was affordable was Crescent City Ca. I was shocked about how cheap the real estate was there even though I knew it was extremely isolated along the coast. Until I read...???.
Crescent City is the most tsunami place in America! You can buy ocean front property there extremely cheap.
I guess that explains why when I was there, I couldn't even find a decent restaurant.