Re: OT Orange County fires

On Tue, 25 Nov 2008 09:24:31 -0700, Jim Thompson
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On Sun, 23 Nov 2008 09:12:45 -0700, Jim Thompson
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On Sat, 22 Nov 2008 19:30:02 -0800, JosephKK <quiettechblue@xxxxxxxxx>
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On Sat, 22 Nov 2008 15:54:15 -0700, Jim Thompson
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On Sat, 22 Nov 2008 14:24:34 -0800, JosephKK <quiettechblue@xxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

On Mon, 17 Nov 2008 07:51:19 -0700, Jim Thompson
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Anyone who lives in California deserves it ;-)

There's nothing you can get in California that I can't get in Arizona,
cheaper and with easier access. I absolutely despise crowding and
masses of people.

...Jim Thompson

How about a good variety of good local microbrews?


http://www.brewpubzone.com/States/Arizona.html

There's a Rock Bottom (location not shown on that list), near me at
Ray Road and I10... about 7 miles. They even have a nice wheat beer
;-)

...Jim Thompson

I also have one or two within 7 miles, and ten within 10 miles, and i
haven't counted but maybe over 100 within 50 miles. Does your counts
scale so well?


Our population _density_ is WAY BELOW that of Californica. Thankfully!

...Jim Thompson

Wow! Just looked up the population density. Downtown San Francisco
is at 15x to 20x as densely populated as Phoenix ;-(

...Jim Thompson

The whole town is 49 square miles, with nowhere to expand; not even
room for more houseboats.

If (IF!) they can ever fill up the forests of new condos that they're
building or just finished, it will go up more. Luckily, we passed
"prop M" which defines "downtown", and lets it be as outrageous as it
likes, but keeps the dense stuff and high-rises confined there.
Mostly.

My neighborhood is green and quiet, 20-mile views, adequate street
parking. We have a "village" just down the hill, and a real canyon,
with rocks, stream, and critters, two blocks away. I can climb Mount
Davidson, or walk on Ocean Beach, and often be totally alone, not
another human in sight. SF is the ideal mix of city and wilderness.
Manhattan or LA or Chicago or Houston would drive me nuts.


John

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