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  • scarabic@lemmy.worldEnglish
    2·
    14 days ago

    I’m actually a native so my whole life is here. It’s more to me than a “what’s the cost of living and what’s the crime rate” calculation like so many seem to make when choosing a place to call home.

    I’d say the same about my area

    Ah but is this somewhere I have even thought about moving? ;D One nice thing about the SF Bay is that it draws interesting people from all over, and friends and family tend to stick around more often than other places I’ve lived. The “great California exodus” is all the rage in people’s minds this year but I have lived in a couple of places that everybody eventually moved away from if they could.

            • sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
              1·
              13 days ago

              Yup. Still have a BAC limit of 0.05, but hey, we’re at least out of the stone age.

              I don’t drink, so it doesn’t bother me, but I have plenty of coworkers who were happy for the change. Next step, allow wine to be sold in grocery stores so you can buy holiday drinks on holidays…

              • scarabic@lemmy.worldEnglish
                2·
                13 days ago

                I once bought a bottle of wine at the old state store. I was on a road trip with my gf at the time and oh boy did those ladies at the counter glare at us like we were degenerates! There are worse things than being tight about alcohol, I guess.

                Years later I proposed to my now wife in Bryce Canyon. We were staying in Kanab, which was a delightful little spot. Greyhound owners meetup was going on at the time so there were adorable dogs everywhere. Nice UT memories.

                • sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
                  1·
                  13 days ago

                  Yeah, people here can certainly be judgy. But I’m guessing that was quite a while ago, things have improved a lot since then.

                  And Bryce Canyon is gorgeous. We went there on our honeymoon because we only had a few days, and I’m excited to take my kids there in the near future. It’s pretty far away from the highway, so I’m glad you were able to visit. Most visitors tend to stick to Zion or Arches, but there are so many other pretty parks here, and they’re gorgeous year round (I think Bryce is extra pretty in the winter).