I have friends who are residents of Beverly Hills. When they come to PA they act like they’re in a foreign country. What’s ordinary here (farms, churches, buildings more than 20 years old) is extraordinary to them. We went to an old diner, one of those 1950ish places, like a giant chrome grill on an antique auto. You’d have thought it was a new section of Disneyland, the way they carried on.
They said the streets were very narrow here...so I took them on a side trip to historic Philadelphia, where there are streets too narrow for cars :D
They were very impressed with the cows, the corn, the pastures we have here.
They’re in their 20’s but they are very unfamiliar with anyplace beyond SoCal.
Me, I’ve been to CA. The ocean is pretty impressive. So are the stores. But if I want that, plus crime and taxes out of control — NYC and the Jersey shore are closer.
We lived in Marina del Rey when the kids were in grade school and high school. Beautiful, clean air all the time, safe as could be. Wonderful schools, interesting neighbors, some who are still great friends. When I went back for some reason about 10 years ago, that beach was dangerous, lots of druggies shooting up in the sand. No way a child of mine would ever go there now. Sad, really. .