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nutjob
Sport climber
Almost to Hollywood, Baby!
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Feb 12, 2013 - 06:55pm PT
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I grew up in a town of 2,000, and for a while my family lived with one other family in a big hilltop house with nothing for miles around. Now I'm rolling dense in Los Angeles.
Keys for me are quick access to wilderness, access to quality food, and healthcare/education. I like having space between neighbors, enough privacy to be naked in my back yard or balcony, but it's nice if someone is close enough to help in emergencies.
I guess I'm a townie who can tolerate city life and enjoy the good parts of it.
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Fat Dad
Trad climber
Los Angeles, CA
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Feb 12, 2013 - 07:10pm PT
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I love small towns but feel like I'd lose my privacy in them too quickly. Everyone seems to know everyone's business, whether you want to or not. I had a friend who couldn't wait to get out when he hit his late teens because everyone still viewed him as the 10 yr. punk who broke someone's window rather than the person he grew into.
I'm with those who prefer the city but with quick access to the outdoors. I think my favorite days are when I can do something like climb at Horse Flats or bike up Mt. Wilson and then hit the Hollywood Bowl in the evening. Perfect.
The suburb I live in is kind of a good mix of big/little town. You see your neighbors and their kids at the supermarket, riding bikes around the neighborhood, etc. Makes an otherwise big town feel much more familiar and intimate.
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Brandon-
climber
The Granite State.
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Feb 12, 2013 - 07:22pm PT
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Anonymity is a blessing if you're not social, I guess. My town knows that I'm a weirdo who lived in California and spends time in Central America. This is a huge black mark to my credibility. They find it strange and tell me so when I see them in the grocery store. Fact is, I don't really care. Let them think what they want, it amuses me.
I sleep with the sound of a river behind my house. I find that preferable to cars.
Perhaps I'm a burgeoning curmudgeon.
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tradmanclimbs
Ice climber
Pomfert VT
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Feb 12, 2013 - 09:55pm PT
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Neither. i am a country person. live 4.5 miles out @ the end of a dead end dirt road and that is not deep enough for me. Wish I had more space and fewer neighbors...
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