Path: ...!eternal-september.org!feeder2.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Bobbie Sellers Newsgroups: rec.arts.sf.written Subject: Re: Awfully quiet in here... Date: Sat, 9 Nov 2024 09:45:38 -0800 Organization: nil Lines: 51 Message-ID: References: <1efd1717-3e51-3fc4-1408-a5296f06b1ef@example.net> <5f1024bb-1145-580f-2f01-b62a2b7736eb@example.net> Reply-To: blissInSanFrancisco@mouse-potato.com MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Injection-Date: Sat, 09 Nov 2024 18:45:44 +0100 (CET) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="2ceecf853f4ee0a21aad17d37a0950c9"; logging-data="4086404"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX1+uRtEaxwKak+G4RR9QwTag" User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Cancel-Lock: sha1:k3UCRttbEnqAadELd4KnLVmKCyk= In-Reply-To: Content-Language: en-US Bytes: 3572 On 11/9/24 08:11, Scott Lurndal wrote: > Dimensional Traveler writes: >> On 11/8/2024 3:46 PM, Scott Lurndal wrote: >>> kludge@panix.com (Scott Dorsey) writes: >>>> D 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