[Sca-cooks] OT, OOP: Where to live?

[Huette von Ahrens]

I would suggest San Diego.  While I have never
lived there, I am told it is cheaper than LA or
SF, the temperatures there are milder than LA in
summer and warmer than SF in winter.  And
it has a lot of cultural entertainments to offer,
including the Old Globe Theater in Balboa Park.

Huette

--- lilinah at earthlink.net wrote:
> I am purely speculating, i have no real plans
> to move, but...
>
> ...there are times when the expense of living
> in the San Francisco
> Bay Area kinda gets to me. It's one of the most
> expensive places to
> live in the US - San Francisco, San Jose, and
> the East Bay are all in
> the top 10. Most people i know spend *at least*
> 1/2 of their income
> on housing, even though conventional wisdom
> says it should 1/3 or
> less).
>
> But it is also considered one of the places in
> the US with the best
> "quality of life", which is not dependent on
> money - i love the
> ethnic and cultural mix, the great natural
> beauty, the lovely
> architecture, the lack of weather extremes, the
> "bohos" who
> experiment with all arts and with life itself.
>
> I can't live any farther North, because i HATE
> HATE HATE cold (and
> it's already too cold for me here - average
> temps. most of the year
> in the 60s Fahrenheit - brrr-rrr-rrr :-). And i
> get SAD when it's
> dark for too long. I have no fondness for snow
> and i figure that i
> can drive somewhere to visit if i want to see
> it... which is highly
> unlikely.
>
> I don't mind temperatures of 85 degrees, but
> when it gets below, say,
> 75, i get cold. I can deal with moderate
> humidity. But i dislike air
> conditioning, so i don't want to be where it is
> absolutely necessary
> much of the year (like often over 95). I
> dislike the smog of the Los
> Angeles area, otherwise i might have stayed,
> but my eyes burned all
> the time, quite literally 24/7.
>
> I like "culture" - good theater and music, good
> museums - good fabric
> and needlework shops - and good "ethnic"
> restaurants and food markets
> - and good libraries, either public or
> university, so i can continue
> to expand my research. Oh, and i'm politically
> left of center, so a
> very culturally and politically conservative
> place would probably be
> difficult for me to tolerate.
>
> I am not "wedded" to a particular profession...
> i am educated (BA &
> MA) and have some experience in a number of
> areas of work...
>
> So, i've been wondering... where would people
> recommend? Any suggestions?
>
> Or should i just stay here, in this nearly
> perfect place :-)
>
> Anahita
>
> "The truth must be taken wherever it is to be
> found,
> whether it be in the past or among strange
> peoples."
> 	-- al-Kindi, Baghdad (801-873)
>
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