I respect your comments Kentactic and yes it would not be easy.
My wife and I moved from Philly to Seattle in 1980 with no job or prospects. I moved from Seattle to LA with a job offer but it didn't pay more then what I was making in Seattle in 1987. In retrospect, both moves were the best thing that ever happened to us. The friends and connections I made are irreplaceable.
I was just offered a six figure job in S.Cal by Dicks Sporting Goods and I turned it down. My wife and I have lived there and would not live in the hell-hole called California for any amount of money again- Their loss.
Now we all have reasons for not moving on: Kids, family, obligations HOWEVER if you have no major anchors holding you back start looking for jobs where the unemployment rate is below 6% and move on! Fuck California.