Austin is way too crowded.

Yea I feel like the luckiest guy in the world to live there. Larry is on the ridiculously expensive Portola Valley I believe. I am actually on the West side of the mountain next Neil Youngs place. Very close to Alice's. This is the view from the driveway on a bad day. Live in paradise but still have access to all the things that are the bay area. It is friggen expensive here though.

How do you keep from falling off?

I am down further. Good days you have green rolling hills and panoramic views of the ocean. Live on 30 acres. Motocross track, flat track and shooting range. It's as good as it gets for being in the bay area. When I go home I feel like the luckiest guy ever to live here. I have no idea why the picture flipped.

Beautiful...that looks a lot like the area between Duartes and La Honda on Stage Road. Pretty idyllic.

Funny, my vet is just off stage road. Gotta love those gas station taco's.

I am just north of Alice's on the West side.

I'm not a downtown person. I like what my mom's family has going on in northern Virgina. They live back in the Blue Ridge. No neighbors, beautiful forests, wildlife, the Shenandoah river is within walking distance. One of the most picturesque places I've ever seen. Its a good deal. Winchester is cool little town that's only about 30 mins from them. Lots of history and good food. DC isn't much more than an hour away. Baltimore and Philly are pretty close. I'd like to do something similar some day. I don't want to be some hermit that's hours from anything, but I'd like to be a little outside of the city.

I'd probably go for SF, Seattle, or Boston if I had to pick a downtown, though.

Is life old there? Is it older than the trees?

ROFL It was changing quite a bit the last time I was there. Lots of people from DC moving into the area and just commuting. I'm hoping it doesn't get overrun.

West Virginia is still West Virginia, though. Beautiful landscape full of toothless rednecks.

I’ve heard downtown Austin is very cool but I’ve never been there. I really like the riverwalk district of Savannah Georgia if it was a little closer to the beach it would prob be my destination of choice (although I’d likely die in the frigid winters). I would prob choose between San Diego, or West Palm Beach.

Downtown Nowheresville. Population- Me

I lived in Purcellville, VA for a year. I absolutely loved it

San Diego's BBQ sucks but other than that why do you think the food there is horrific?

I love all those little towns. Pville is a cool place. I've got cousins there and Berryville. I'll be out that way next week. Gonna spend most of my time kicking it in Bluemont, though.

You must have had a uniquely bad experience, as you're the first person I've ever heard say that. I spent the first 40 years of my life in the Midwest (IA and MN, primarily), then moved to SD in late 2016. The people here have been fantastic, and IMHO, much easier to befriend than people in MN, home of "Minnesota Nice". The vast majority of folks here are transplants, and empathize with what it's like to move somewhere you don't have a base of friends. I've yet to have a negative experience with anyone in SD, and am constantly praising the people here when chatting with folks from back home.

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