[EEGator]

I lived in San Jose as a child from 76-85.
It was an awesome place to be a kid.

I wouldn’t go back to even visit now.
It’s a shame, it’s a beautiful state physically.

[LouAvul]

It's the best. I would stand in my front yard and look at snow capped mountains in the Sierras and the Coastal Mountain Range.

In two hours I could be standing in Fisherman's Wharf, in summer, wearing a jacket and eating clam chowder out of a sourdough bowl.

Or, in those same two hours I could be fishing and camping in the Sierras. Etc.

[ThisLittleLightofMine]

I grew up in Monterey bay area 72-83, I haven’t visited in over 10 years, I can’t believe what has become of my home state.

[hanamizu]

I lived in San Jose as a child from 76-85.
It was an awesome place to be a kid.

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For me it was Long Beach in the 50s. After a winter storm with clean air you could see that SoCal was surrounded by snow-capped mountains. The snow didn’t come to you, you went to the snow. As you say, a great place to be a kid—back then.