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From: Bobbie Sellers <bliss-sf4ever@dslextreme.com>
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Subject: Re: Awfully quiet in here...
Date: Sat, 9 Nov 2024 09:45:38 -0800
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On 11/9/24 08:11, Scott Lurndal wrote:
> Dimensional Traveler <dtravel@sonic.net> writes:
>> On 11/8/2024 3:46 PM, Scott Lurndal wrote:
>>> kludge@panix.com (Scott Dorsey) writes:
>>>> D  <nospam@example.net> wrote:
>>>>> On Fri, 8 Nov 2024, Paul S Person wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Idaho.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Or Montana.
>>>>>>
>>>>> Thank you Paul, that confirms what I have so far been thinking about in
>>>>> terms of places to move to. I have also heard good things about Wyoming,
>>>>> South dakota, and someone, as strange as it may sound, also recommended
>>>>> the far eastern parts of oregon. Not sure about that one, but that was one
>>>>> recommendation as well.
>>>>
>>>> Oregon is weird because it has a very wide mix of different locations with
>>>> very different cultures in the same state and while you might like the
>>>> far eastern part, you won't like the state politics as a whole (because
>>>> neither side does).
>>>
>>> California also has a very wide mix of regions with liberal and
>>> conservative regions across the state.  The liberal regions tend
>>> to be coastal in regions with dense populations, while the
>>> conservative regions tend to be inland and rural.
>>>
>> Or enclaves of the wealthy in urban areas.
> 
> Orange county, perhaps.
> 

	We have plenty of enclaves of the very well off in Northern California 
as well. Some of these are in extra-urban areas where
the Wild fires are a risk. I live in a small enclave of the less well 
off, in my studio apartment with me, myself and I. And a few thousand
book and some ephemera.  Within a mile of my apartment there are
similar enclaves of poverty next to towering apartment building
where my whole stipend would not pay for a broom Closet but in which
the well-salaried will put out 3 grand/month for a modern studio.
My Studio was refurbised in the 1950s I believe and I have lived her
since 1974 so 50 years. Yes I voterd for rent control when the
people of San Francisco were presented with a ballot initiative.
Still I am paying about 5 times my move-in rent. The place
has had at least a dozen owners in that time.
And we have earthquakes, which are less destructive than tsunami
mostly because most are undectable.

	bliss