Live in southern CA when I grow up?

I am currently in high school in PA (last place to be if your love the beach) and I HAVE TO go to college in North Carolina, because we also have another house down there and I can establish a residency and go for a cheaper price- no choice.
Now I've always dreamed about living in southern CA. Please dont lecture me about wildfires and earthquakes and insane prices of living, Im too young to go that far.
I want to work somewhere in fashion, either be a designer for a fashion merchandiser or work for a fashion magazine... I started a little jewelry business I have a website and business cards and everything... and that's pretty impressive for a 15-year-old. so maybe I could work off making that grow into something really big
I know for a fact that I can't just jump off the college band wagon and achieve this so no lectures about that either
Photography is my fallback, I could take pictures of the beach, or I could STILL work in fashion as a photographer-it comes naturally to me ...

You can do anything you want with you life, Cali is a fantastic place. Anyone that tells you otherwise is just mad because they did not pursue their own dreams.

I grew up in Cali, San Diego to be exact, I moved around many states to check out the scenes in other parts. Its good to move around, I happened to come back to Cali because I could not deal with weather, but now I know its the best place for me...and maybe for you.

Cali is like nothing else (so is New York), yes its expensive but its worth it! Good luck to you, your off to a great start, don't let anyone stop you, Cali is just a plane ride away.

and if you don't like it, at least you gave it a try. The more you expose yourself to different elements the more you grow as a person. NC is not too bad either!

don't feeel like you HAVE to go to college, lots of succesful people have excelled without even a high school education. it is wonderful to take in as much knowledge as possible, just make sure you are working on scholarships so you won't be in student loan debt. you still have plenty of time. good for you with your jewelry business. sounds like you accomplished quite a bit so far!