We just passed the one-year mark of life in America.
To be honest, it’s a mixed-bag.
Working for Apple – very cool.
Working in Information Systems & Technology dept. – very lame.
Plenty of sunshine – awesome.
Having a car – fun.
Driving everywhere – depressing.
Cheap consumer goods – helpful/frightening.
Violent crime in neighbourhood – alarming.
Proximity to extended family – blessing.
Surrounded by English language – useful/dull.
“Wild” wilderness – amazing.
Bankrupted state/federal governments – frustrating
It’s very difficult not to compare it to both our life in Canada and our (brief) time in Switzerland. There was much that we loved in Europe, but there are aspects to California that also inspire and excite us.
But does that outweigh the negatives?
Time will tell.
timmyd
Natasha (Domestica)
it’s “Fast & Furious” V. good post Tim
You seem to have both feet on the ground and that is already a precious asset wherever you end up living
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I lived 17 months in the Los Angeles area 20 years ago and I was glad to come back to my cloudy and rainy Switzerland, on the other hand, in comparison I much preferred northern California.