Tell me about your town

[Morrigoon]

Originally Posted by JWBear

The key words here are "4 years ago". Housing prices in OC have risen dramatically since then. I doubt you could get anything decent in CM for that now.

However, you CAN get something nice in Lake Forest at near that price

[Alex]

Oakland - no. Okay, not "no", but you'll want to commute in. Like San Fran, consider coming in from Walnut Creek

Not to get argumentative but unless you really love suburban living, advocating living in Walnut Creek is just mean. Are you familiar with Oakland or just going off the reputation because I'd move back to the Grandlake, Rockridge, Monte Vista, or Jack London areas in a heartbeat.

[Kevy Baby]

Originally Posted by Alex Stroup

Rockridge...

Rockridge? Do they have cardboard standees of all of the residents?

[Alex]

No. But since I'm obviously missing a reference I figure I'll ask.

[Kevy Baby]

Originally Posted by Alex Stroup

No. But since I'm obviously missing a reference I figure I'll ask.

Blazing Saddles.

In an attempt to defend the town of Rock Ridge, the townspeople build a false front replica of their town and populate it with standee replicas of themselves.

[Morrigoon]

Originally Posted by Alex Stroup

Not to get argumentative but unless you really love suburban living, advocating living in Walnut Creek is just mean. Are you familiar with Oakland or just going off the reputation because I'd move back to the Grandlake, Rockridge, Monte Vista, or Jack London areas in a heartbeat.

Well, I do like suburban living, and I think Walnut Creek is a neat little city. However, I will fully admit that that is the closest I've come to living in Oakland, and if you say there are nice parts, I'll take your word for it. But bear in mind Prudence will be working in the court system, which means going to work, well, where the courts are. In most cities that's not the nice part. Admittedly I'm going off a lot of assumptions there. Beyond Jack London Square, I have not seen much to recommend Oakland. But again, that's my experience, YMMV.

To be honest, I wouldn't recommend living in NoCal at all if I didn't recognize that there are some folks whose personalities are more suited to it than SoCal. I've lived up there twice and both times couldn't wait to get back to SoCal, despite living in some pretty nice areas (Danville, Benecia). For me the Bay Area is a nice place to visit. But it wears out its welcome. I figure people are either NoCalers or SoCalers, and I'm a dyed-in-the-wool SoCal girl.

[Alex]

The courthouse is right on Lake Merritt and I used to run near there all of the time at night. No it isn't the nicest downtown in the world but it isn't the worst either.

But yeah, it is hard to know what Prudence's temperament is for city living (I don't know where she lives in Seattle). And while I can tolerate Northern California (though don't really like it) I find the thought of living in Southern California abominable. I also can't fathom liking suburban life so we're definitely going to be giving difference viewpoints.