[oman]

I realize that it's no loyalty oath, but me and my wife are headed to West Marin in April.  Now that the kids are out of the house, we have to make the determination as to whether we are going to go all in the family and move down to central Texas or just abandon all of them completely and try to find a hovel somewhere off of Sir Francis Drake Road.  I'm going to try to get my buddy in San Rafael to give us the hardest sell he can, but I still don't think the $$$ will make sense. 

Ultimately, I think I am the kind of person who will simply sit back and let family ties bind.  But that blue Pacific and the laughably simple, low key Pt. Reyes-ish life that I pretend I could live is pretty appealing.  West Marin has always really been the only spot in CA -- and that actually includes Stanford -- where I have felt at ease and comfortable.  Odd because it is not a particularly "warm" group of people that live out that way.

I've always thought the CA TX comparison was pretty easy.  It's easier to make a living in TX and it is arguably easier to live in Texas , but there are far more places in CA where you can be outside all of the time. 

And hence it always has seemed to me that it is easier to be alive in CA.  I think that holds true for much of the West.

[oman]

I realize that it's no loyalty oath, but me and my wife are headed to West Marin in April.  Now that the kids are out of the house, we have to make the determination as to whether we are going to go all in the family and move down to central Texas or just abandon all of them completely and try to find a hovel somewhere off of Sir Francis Drake Road.  I'm going to try to get my buddy in San Rafael to give us the hardest sell he can, but I still don't think the $$$ will make sense. 

Ultimately, I think I am the kind of person who will simply sit back and let family ties bind.  But that blue Pacific and the laughably simple, low key Pt. Reyes-ish life that I pretend I could live is pretty appealing.  West Marin has always really been the only spot in CA -- and that actually includes Stanford -- where I have felt at ease and comfortable.  Odd because it is not a particularly "warm" group of people that live out that way.

I've always thought the CA TX comparison was pretty easy.  It's easier to make a living in TX and it is arguably easier to live in Texas , but there are far more places in CA where you can be outside all of the time. 

And hence it always has seemed to me that it is easier to be alive in CA.  I think that holds true for much of the West.