hehe that's funny! I almost went to UC Irvine, then decided I wanted to live somewhere else for a change. I figured if I didn't do it then it wasn't going to happen anytime soon.
Living alone at a new city made me learn a lot of things about myself and also allowed me to grow as a person, and I highly recommend it to everyone.
I LOVED being up north!
The only thing I wasn't too thrilled about was the weather changes (that's so so-cal of me, muhaha!), and that davis was a little collegetown with nothing to do (all the shops closed by 9pm, l was literally going insane for first few weeks), but it had its charms too.
Seriously, you'll have the time of your life while in college!