My hat’s off to anyone who, like our John here, manages to remain IN California and retains their sanity.
I have to admit, we were teary-eyed leaving after twelve years in SoCal in the early 90s. Being stationed there had been terrific for our little family – affordable being the very first word that comes to mind for living in a place with the best of everything within a couple of hours driving, be it beaches, mountains, fine dining, major sports, recreation opportunities, museums, tar pits, what have you.
Watching from the East Coast, good grief – the changes seem to come like lightning. We feel doubly blessed now that we knew CA then.
I’ve probably mentioned this in other posts before, but our Southern California Edison cost per kilowatt hour was 6.5¢ and never really increased, that I can remember. Granted, we had no air conditioning but it was still dirt cheap with ceiling…
