ive been all over the USA over 20 states and 9 different countries, there is absolutely without a doubt no better place to live in other than southern california, period. not even close, miama, NY, chicago, boston, memphis, and every other major city in the USA, southern cali puts all those places to sleep. the weather, the attitude, the women, OMG the women, the beaches, sun, scenery, style, we are cutting edge over here in everything we do, every day is a new adventure... ive lived in orange county cali all my life and i make a great living and i wouldnt live any where else, ever... the weed laws are second to none, the leniency if anything happens legally while u "have your medical card" is almost comical.
as far as being "profitable" u need to have the right connections, ur not the first people to have thought up this idea in cali to say the least,LOL. i had been selling for side money for years and the clinics have flooded the market and taken all the street sales. so i stopped completely over a year ago, u can always sell to a dispensary "legally" for donations but there is so many growers out here doing micro managed excellent quality grows and on such a large scale that they can sell to dispensaries for so cheap and still profit themselves...
so not to be a dick but to be honest i gotta be raw about it... a couple of first time growers from philly would get walked all over, chewed up and spit out in this ravenous california weed scene. Id still move here though, cali puts philly to shame as well...