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sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 5 months agoSure, but try comparing that to southern Utah, western/central Colorado, northern Arizona/New Mexico, or western Wyoming/Montana.
There’s cool stuff in Cali, it’s just largely locked away in national and state parks. In all of the areas I mentioned, you can live in that beauty all the time, or go visit national and state parks for even more of it.
In my area, I can be away from people and among natural beauty with a 15 min drive up the canyon, or ride my bike about 30 min to hit some trails. I look out my windows and see towing mountains, and on my commute I can take the long way (about 15 min extra) and drive through the mountains instead of the highway.
Cali is fine if you’re into urban stuff and want beauty on the weekends and are fine sitting in traffic to get there. I prefer beauty all the time.
RubberElectrons@lemmy.world 5 months ago
Not knocking your choices, just to be clear. I do in fact like keeping up with entertainment and arts, can’t really get concerts, symphonies and plays out in the hills. For me and many others, cities are great. There are places that are still nestled in the how with small town vibes in soCal, check out Silverado canyon as an example.
I camp when I want to reconnect to nature, and ride my bicycle all over the place. Cities can be very beautiful in their own right, though I admittedly have an engineer’s bias when viewing.
sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 5 months ago
I’m like 40 min from downtown SLC, and there’s a commuter rail like 10 min from my house. So going to concerts, symphonies, and plays really isn’t an issue.
Worst case, I’ll take a flight to an urban center for a weekend (regular flights to NYC, SF, LA, etc) if there’s an event I really want to go to (I like the Seattle Nutcracker). Vegas is like 6 hours away, so it’s also an option for events.
Likewise if I lived near Denver.
Looks nice, but a bit pricey. Then again, my area is getting pretty pricey as well (like $500-600k for a decent place, when it used to be $200-300k when I moved here).
I would be a bit nervous about fires and flooding though. No issues with that I’m my area.
Sure, and I like visiting ours, I just don’t want to live in one. Give me close access to commuter rail and a canyon and I’m happy. That way I can get the best of both worlds.