Why I live where I live: When choosing a grad school in February of 19xx, after I visited the frozen tundra of the Northeast and the Midwest, the smell of roses from the Berkeley Rose Garden instantly convinced me to come here, before I'd even exited the airport transit van. At the time, despite thinking I was good at geography, I didn't know that Silicon Valley was here, and not down in LA; aside from a 2-year sojourn to London, it's kept me (pleasantly) here ever since. We discovered Maui during the pandemic, and now plan to retire there; but in the meantime, the Bay Area is home.
Why I live where I live: When choosing a grad school in February of 19xx, after I visited the frozen tundra of the Northeast and the Midwest, the smell of roses from the Berkeley Rose Garden instantly convinced me to come here, before I'd even exited the airport transit van. At the time, despite thinking I was good at geography, I didn't know that Silicon Valley was here, and not down in LA; aside from a 2-year sojourn to London, it's kept me (pleasantly) here ever since. We discovered Maui during the pandemic, and now plan to retire there; but in the meantime, the Bay Area is home.