On Oct 24, 8:44*am, Jim Davis > wrote:
> Pete C. wrote:
> > sandi wrote:
> >> merryb > wrote in
>
> >> s.com:
>
> >>> If I could afford it, I'd do it in a heartbeat- I think S.F.
> >>> is my #1 favorite city!
> >> I think so too. *But I do like Washington DC also.
>
> > There are definitely two distinctly different sub-species of humans,
> > city and country. Cities are ok to visit, but I could never in a million
> > years live in one. I don't know how the city humans can stand to live in
> > a tiny box with no year, privacy, elbow room, quiet, darkness, etc.
>
> I lived in the SF area for 31 years and loved it. *Then 14 years ago I
> moved to a tiny remote area of WA and oh what a difference! *Now when we
> go back to the SF area to visit I can't wait to get out and back home.

Funny! I grew up in Santa Rosa, and my parents moved us up to Puyallup
when I was 15- hated it! I'm 44 now, and live in Gig Harbor, but have
always wanted to move back down there! I guess a vacation every other
summer will have to do for now...where are you in WA?