I don't mind the suburbs, either -- but they're not particularly inspiring. My apartment in Brandon was probably the best place I've lived away from home, but that was a combination of some good design decisions on the part of the apartment complex's builders and a great management team. I doubt I'd want to move back into a big suburban apartment complex again unless it was run by a comparably-clued company.
I suppose I've just grown restless with suburbia over the years. :) I want to get out of the middle ground and try one of the extremes, either real small town life like Ukiah or a city of sufficiently interesting size, like San Jose or San Francisco. SF is probably one of a handful of "world class" metropolitan areas in the United States, but from what I've seen of San Jose it does pretty well. And, it has occurred to me that some of the "small town" areas that have attracted me -- like Ukiah and even the Willow Glen area of San Jose -- attract me because they have, well, walkable downtowns. Not the 24-hour "you can find it here somewhere" feeling of a true city, certainly, but nonetheless the kind of place where you're within strolling distance of multiple stores, restaurants and cafes.
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Date: 2004-06-23 23:55 (UTC)I suppose I've just grown restless with suburbia over the years. :) I want to get out of the middle ground and try one of the extremes, either real small town life like Ukiah or a city of sufficiently interesting size, like San Jose or San Francisco. SF is probably one of a handful of "world class" metropolitan areas in the United States, but from what I've seen of San Jose it does pretty well. And, it has occurred to me that some of the "small town" areas that have attracted me -- like Ukiah and even the Willow Glen area of San Jose -- attract me because they have, well, walkable downtowns. Not the 24-hour "you can find it here somewhere" feeling of a true city, certainly, but nonetheless the kind of place where you're within strolling distance of multiple stores, restaurants and cafes.