[Thank You Rush]

“”I have only visited once and , despite it’s natural beauty, it left me with a depressed sort of feeling””

I lived in Sacramento for years and always looked forward to trips to “the city.” There was an atmosphere there unlike no other city I’ve ever visited. Just seeing and traveling over the bridges was thrilling to me.

[GeronL]

did you like the Folsom Street Festivals?

[riri]

It was quite some time ago. It was my first, and possibly only, time seeing a needle drop box at the Safeway. I remember the homeless people traveling in packs. And, always, I remember picking up one of the community newspapers and reading a Dear Abby type article about a guy who worked in the library that had a stump fetish and whether he should approach a patron who always came in that had a stump leg or something.

We were 24 and actually contemplating moving there. We left the east coast and set out for greener pastures. I looked at my boyfriend (now my husband) and said, "I can't live here--let's go back to the Southwest". We decided on Albuquerque, did that for two years and then Phoenix for the next 17--give or take for a few stints here and there.