Moving Back to Southern California bc It Feels Like Home

Has anyone left Southern California and felt in there heart it was there true home?

Background: My wife and I lived in SoCal for 3.5 years. We had our first daughter there and then decided to move to the East Coast to be close to her parents bc we had remote jobs.

As a child growing up in the Midwest, I always dreamed of living the SoCal mainly due to the weather. However, when I actually had the chance to live there, is was beyond anything I could imagine. The weather, the palm trees, the beach, the food, the people, everything in my body and soul told me this is the place I was meant to be (even though the air irritated my throat and my job was stressful)

Now: We have three young daughters and I can't help but feel like I may be "stuck" on the east coast for the next 20 years. When I watched the wildfire tv coverage this week I couldn't help but feel like SoCal was my "true home" even through a natural disaster.

Question: Has anyone else had the feeling about a certain place and made the move back, even if you had to uproot your entire family? My wife and I both have remote jobs, so we could make the move, but our family support would not come with us and we may need to move back into an apt/condo.