On Sun, 05 Jan 2014 06:07:03 -0800, sf wrote:


> Unlike certain people here who think the earth revolves around them, I
> don't expect someone who lives half way around the world and hasn't
> checked in here for months to remember a detail like that. I figured
> you were doing well enough to remember I lived on the West Coast. Yes,
> coastal California is very expensive, even in rural areas. Everybody
> wants to live on or near the coast and they can afford it: first homes,
> second homes and vacation properties, Open space: viticulture, lumber
> and even some real pasture land is protected by the state or else the
> entire California coast would have been wall to wall housing
> developments as of 30-40 years ago.
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Califor...tal_Commission

Coastal towns are more expensive here [South Africa] too for most food
stuffs - and property, because the climate is temperate year round. Only
thing I can think of that's slightly cheaper here on the coast is petrol
(gasoline) - because (most of) it arrives via those huge tankers...

Anyway, seems clear to me you enjoy living where you do - more power to
you!

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Cheers
Chatty Cathy