The Flagstaff area was always attractive to me -- use to drive down there from the Grand Canyon to get my 120 film developed (B&W and some transparencies). And Northern Arizona University sounded cool. Living 4.5 months up on the Rim was wonderful, but I do need to be closer to water...and it is either a hike straight down too far to water too cold to swim in, or drive down to Sedona and swim with the tourists in the great yellow river.
I like being on the northern CA coast...and some places do not have a high cost of living. This county has less people that many cities, and I live far enough away from the main concentration of people living around the Bay. Small town of 1350, weathering the virus okay, but the owner of the bar next door (est 1899) is having it tough and is looking to sell, if she can. The brewery in town probably is not having it easy...but recently bought by a local tribe. It might be able to survive easier with the deeper pockets of the tribe. Generally we are looking out for each other. And that counts a lot when choosing a place to live. I bought one of the worse houses in one of the best cities of California, even the locals had passed it up as a possible rental. I love it, it's home. One can try moving here, but houses are hard to find and if they hit the market, they often never get advertised...and of course the prices are going up.
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