Tell me about your town

[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.