You have to find your pockets. Out near Occidental, that area, there are a bunch of people living there that are definitely strange, but they are much more libertarian and conservative, believe it not.
Think John Perry Barlow. Stockton and Sacramento, near Truckee and Loyalton. Nice places with good people.
Even Napa Valley has its people. Things are changing, and in the big cities, yeah, its still a mess. They still think they can leech off the rest of their state for the glory of living in their socialized utopia.
Seattle is sitting down with Amazon TODAY on this very topic. Three of the commies on the Seattle City Council are refusing to go, which is the point.
They ex-wife of a Microsoft millionaire, a shrill commie named Sawant, is the spiritual leader of the red harridans there. They wanted to levy a $100 tax on every employee at Amazon, just because they were working at Amazon. Most of them live right near where they work, so they are already paying through every orifice.
When Amazon sets up in Atlanta, I’m going to laugh a lot. I laughed quite a bit when Boeing announced their plant in SC too, and when they moved their headquarters to Chicago (although that isn’t working out that well for them of late).
Mill Valley - what a place. Santa Cruz is still special.
It’s a pendulum. Everybody overplays their hand eventually. Yeah, I’m mixing my metaphors along with my medication it seems.
Such excellent points!! I have always applauded entrepreneurs but the money goes to their head and they really ruin civilizations. Mill Valley is in their own little world and almost have no idea what else goes on in the world except for watching CNN. Unless you have been there for 30 years or are filthy rich you are in a nasty zone of just trying to live a normal life. It has such remarkable beauty yet is so filthy.