I don't wanna go back to Washington and, well, Portland is like a Fresno-annex -- a large number of the "bad memories" I'm trying to avoid shift back and forth between the two cities.
Hey, you're not even here, you're there, and there is not here. But that's neither here nor there. The point is... well, I don't have a point, but if I did, it'd be attached to the end of a long pole.
I don't know about the memories, but man, I totally vote you move from Fresno. It's the Dead Zone. (And yes, I've been to Fresno. It scares me, despite my lovely husband having been born there.)
Best thing I ever did was leave my hometown, even if I get homesick occasionally almost 8 years later.
Huh. I'm currently living with extended family in an area of LA County known as the South Bay; where the weather is beautiful, the homes are unique & I'm just blocks from the beach.
Every other person owns a BMW. People actually take leisurely strolls through their neighborhoods. KLOS is the best rock station known to man & Laker hottie Luke Walton shops at my Costco. I've got a Rubio's, Taco Bell, Baja Fresh, El Pollo Loco, Qdoba & a real Mexican restaurant called Sion's all w/in a 5-mile radius from my house.
There's a Fry's Electronics w/in walking distance from where I live. The drive to the church I sing at is a pleasant drive by the beach for most of the way. Every Saturday night I have my pick of 2 outstanding RHPS shadow-casts, Sins o'the Flesh & Midnight Insanity.
But as soon as I'm solvent enough to move home to Fresno, I will.
Every area has its problems. Here it's the freeway traffic, the traffic on Sepulveda (worse than Blackstone), the streets (major ones) that curve around until you don't know what direction you're going in & the greedy city of Redondo Beach w/ their parking meters in Riviera Village (where several doctors practice). I have to pay to park to see my dentist & my psychologist.
The houses go for millions & the apartments for thousands. If you want something reasonable, you'll probably only find it in Hawthorne, Lawndale, or Inglewood, all 3 being hazardous to your life health.
That drive by the beach takes me past the Hyperion sewage treatment plant. I wasn't aware of it until my 1st evening of rehearsal, when I rolled my window down to smell the lovely sea air & got a nosefull of eau de merde. (I keep my window rolled up now; my only alternatives are Sepulveda & the 405.) Hyperion's also the place that accidentally exploded its inventory into the ocean 2 years ago. http://www.healthebay.org/news/2006/01_17_sewagespill/default.asp
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...but I really don't want to.
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LOL--You could always move back to VC!
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Have you ever thought of working for Northrop Grumman? They have offices all over the South Bay. :)
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Best thing I ever did was leave my hometown, even if I get homesick occasionally almost 8 years later.
Every other person owns a BMW. People actually take leisurely strolls through their neighborhoods. KLOS is the best rock station known to man & Laker hottie Luke Walton shops at my Costco. I've got a Rubio's, Taco Bell, Baja Fresh, El Pollo Loco, Qdoba & a real Mexican restaurant called Sion's all w/in a 5-mile radius from my house.
There's a Fry's Electronics w/in walking distance from where I live. The drive to the church I sing at is a pleasant drive by the beach for most of the way. Every Saturday night I have my pick of 2 outstanding RHPS shadow-casts, Sins o'the Flesh & Midnight Insanity.
But as soon as I'm solvent enough to move home to Fresno, I will.
Every area has its problems. Here it's the freeway traffic, the traffic on Sepulveda (worse than Blackstone), the streets (major ones) that curve around until you don't know what direction you're going in & the greedy city of Redondo Beach w/ their parking meters in Riviera Village (where several doctors practice). I have to pay to park to see my dentist & my psychologist.
The houses go for millions & the apartments for thousands. If you want something reasonable, you'll probably only find it in Hawthorne, Lawndale, or Inglewood, all 3 being hazardous to your
lifehealth.That drive by the beach takes me past the Hyperion sewage treatment plant. I wasn't aware of it until my 1st evening of rehearsal, when I rolled my window down to smell the lovely sea air & got a nosefull of eau de merde. (I keep my window rolled up now; my only alternatives are Sepulveda & the 405.) Hyperion's also the place that accidentally exploded its inventory into the ocean 2 years ago.
http://www.healthebay.org/news/2006/01_
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