I have many (more than a hundred) immediate family members (closer than second cousins). Many/most of them have done these tests. It doesn't really matter if I do it or not.

Yep, I love "working" from home. I get so much done on my own projects when I work from home. Right now I'm working on some woodworking projects and having to come into work to write code is really cutting into my tool time.

The law where? I did some research on this last year concerning laws in the USA and I was surprised that in many locales it is not against the law.

You joke, but there might be some truth to this.

That's basically what China does. Look at how many timezones are in Russia above China, then look at the one timezone for all of China. Just think about what noon looks like for someone in far west China versus far east China.

Please tell me sporting event tickets are not really $400! Is this just for basketball games?

The true zombie apocalypse.

I blame google. They have a huge browser market share. If they had introduced a second Chrome programming language that could be used instead of JavaScript then all of the other browser makers probably would've been forced to adopt it as well.

Where I live, Amazon delivery drivers have already been caught stealing packages from porches when dropping off their deliveries. The tools in my garage are a lot more valuable than any package on my porch.

This. We would love to move, but our monthly mortgage is $1500. It would be at least double that if we were to move.

My work pays for my phone and data (currently I have an iPhone 7 plus with unlimited data). I can upgrade every 18 months. I have been able to upgrade for about 3 months now, but I haven't done so. My current phone is still as good as the day I bought it in every aspect. There is absolutely nothing in the more current iPhone offerings that would tempt me to move over. I have too many apps to consider moving to Android. Maybe Apple will come out with something compelling next year, but based on the rumors so far I'm doubting it.

My daughters go to a (religious) private university that costs about $2000/semester. They attend 2 semesters a year and should graduate in 4 years. That is $16000 for tuition. Of course housing is about $1100-1300 a semester and books are another hundred or so.

So... you are in favor of bringing back the Confederate States of America? That turned out so well last time.

The weather's fantastic. - this is subjective. I personally prefer cool and cloudy weather over hot and sunny.

They get little or no natural disasters (occasional fire or mud slide, nothing like east coast gets). - I see you conveniently left out earthquakes.

Great beaches. - As long as you don't go in the cold water. I grew up in south Florida where the water was warm year round. Personally I prefer the rocky coves of the PNW over the sandy beaches of Cali.

Lots of parks. - what places don't have lots of parks?

And you've got tons and tons of amenities (great sports teams, Disney Land, fantastic schools, etc, etc). - nothing unique here, everywhere has great amenities. They are different amenities, but no less great.

I think you mean "lacking easy user replaceable batteries". I've replaced many batteries in iphones. I just replace the battery in my daughter's iphone 5 last night.