Sure job opportunityes are few, especially of the interesting kind, and pay is awful, but overall it's very hard to beat.
I don't really get the point of people pretending it's for the entartainment, especially if whatever you do starts with a three hours drove to get out of the urban area.
That doesn't really sound a high quality lifestyle, but to each their own.
To get out of the suburban sprawl..
Kings Canyon Sequoia Yosemite Lassen Volcanic Pinnacles Muir Woods Point Reyes
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:NationalParks.forwiki.pdf
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_national_parks_of_the_...
But, Muir Woods is part of Golden Gate National Recreation Area and Point Reyes are not separate parks.
http://www.blm.gov/ca/st/en/prog/nlcs/California_Coastal_NM....
http://www.fs.fed.us/visit/berryessa-snow-mountain-national-...