Posted by Mark H. on May 6, 2000, at 11:03:04
In reply to location, location, location..., posted by CarolAnn on May 6, 2000, at 9:52:59
Rural California north coast, 285 miles north of San Francisco, on Humboldt Bay. Live in Eureka, work in Arcata, home of Humboldt State University.
Arcata is where the 60s meets the sea.... it's the pot of gold at the end of the rainbow..sticker. A tiny college town stuck in time, with the US's only green-majority city council and many other benefits, including a well educated police department and very low crime rates, lots of good bookstores, and liberal-ecological awareness right alongside old-time loggers and flag-flying war-supporters. High levels of tolerance exist on both sides -- at least until something like the Gulf War breaks out.
Right here on Humboldt Bay is the most stable climate in the US -- never hot, never really cold. 37 inches of rain a year, foggy summers, gorgeous springs and falls, some of California's most beautiful coastline. Perpetually economically depressed, but most people live here for the quality of life, not for the career opportunities.
A slice of heaven on earth!
Mark H.
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