I have a completely different perspective. I haven't been back to California since moving from there in '83 or so, and I miss it dearly. So dearly that for all these years, I have not WANTED to even go back to visit on vacation, because I know leaving back then was a real, PHYSICAL pain. I felt like somebody was literally ripping my heart out of my chest, and I never wanted to feel that again.
At least not if I could help it. And not going back helped it (or so I though, all these years). I'm sure you can tell leaving at the tine was not MY choice.
As I get older, I wonder if I might venture back, to enjoy its beauty, and chance leaving so full of GOOD memories, they overcome that pain. Don't mean to sound melodramatic, but the feel is real, at least in my case, sorry. Anyway - when I listen to the "other than Disney" stuff (and the DL stuff too, since I went there a lot when I was stationed in Long Beach, at the Naval Base), it helps me to relive some awesome, wonderful memories, without chancing that pain myself. It's a walk down memory lane for me. Sometimes I get a little melancholy, and wistful, but mostly I just get warm and fuzzy. And I am always in awe at the creativity, and sheer amount of thought, preparation, and time that gets put into the "other than Disney stuff". It's a LOT.
It helps me to bide my time while I wait for the day I can afford to maybe venture back out to the Left Coast, and chance overcoming the pain.