On Wednesday, September 16, 2015 at 5:40:34 PM UTC-7, Brooklyn1 wrote:
> On Wed, 16 Sep 2015 19:18:08 -0400, Dave Smith
> > wrote:
>
> >I have just returned from 12 days in California and have some
> >impressions I would like to share. First of all, I have to say that I
> >can see why there are so many people there. I can understand why people
> >tolerate the population density, the high prices, the traffic, the water
> >restrictions. Physically, and even with the drought, it is beautiful.
>
> But you missed the most beautiful parts, the sierras are gorgeous (you
> missed L. Tahoe), as are the coastal redwood forests, the southern
> deserts... actually the Frisco area is the least picturesque part of
> CA., it's primarilly a crowded tourist trap/dump.

Yes, any city sandwiched between coastal redwood forests has to be
a dump.

> You could have
> eaten much better a lot closer to home, you're only a hop, skip, and a
> jump from NYC, heck, Toronto and the Peg have better food than CA.
> Brooklyn has the finast array of food on the planet (the best of
> *every* ethnicity is represented), and is far more picturesque than
> Frisco,

Shoot, I forgot to tell Dave how close he was to the best bagels
in North America -- House of Bagels on Geary, just east of 15th
Avenue.