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It's all just more shit you gotta pay someone else to repair or replace because it has this gizmo or that in it.

Get off my lawn!

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There are no lawns here!

Because who doesn't like a little Meze with Eva?
 

The combination of profs., entrepreneurs, and decent restaurants is hard to find elsewhere. Plus, after college visits with my kid, I decided I really want to go to Stanford.

Re: Because who doesn't like a little Meze with Eva?
 

3.7 and only 1400 SAT... and how many start ups did you sell in high school? Zero? Dream on.

Ball State for you.

Re: Because who doesn't like a little Meze with Eva?
 

I considered Pomona or Harvey Mudd as a backup - that cluster is just drop-dead gorgeous and looked like a lot of fun. But, you know, L.A.

But the suburbs have no charms to soothe the restless dreams of youth.
 

Oh, Adder. When did you become an Old?

Re: Because who doesn't like a little Meze with Eva?
 

I went to Pomona. I loved it. 45 minutes from Mt. Baldy, an hour to the beach. Lots of great people, and sunshine and 76 degree weather every day. I spent every single moment of studying in my (undergraduate) college career on a blanket outside in the sunshine. Oxford was more atmospheric, but Pomona was more all around pleasant. I suspect I could have duplicated my study schedule at Stanford.

My sister went to Stanford. She hated hated hated living in Palo Alto and graduated a quarter early to get the hell out of there, moving in with me in Berkeley as soon as she could. (Of course four or five years later, she took a job with Stanford, but she got them to let her telecommute from the city.) She's moving back to Texas next week after 15 years in the bay area. Her last day at Stanford is tomorrow.

(We both mocked the weather plights of our other siblings who chose Cornell and the University of Vermont for their undergraduate studies.)

Re: But the suburbs have no charms to soothe the restless dreams of youth.
 

When was I not?

Re: Because who doesn't like a little Meze with Eva?
 

Having a university around is terrific. Entrepreneurs are great if you do legal work for them, but I'm not sure that they make for a good place to live.

As for Palo Alto's restaurants, "decent" is a kind way to put it.

Re: Because who doesn't like a little Meze with Eva?
 

The Bay Area is deeply spoiled for food and wine. Your decent is anyone else's great.

One of the things I like about where I live now is that my kids are hanging out with kids of people who think, not the mid-level corporate toadies who fill Westchester county, for example. That's the benefit of techies and academics to a place to live, they both just think a bit more than most of the world.

Now if I could just find a way to get some artists to move in ...

Re: Because who doesn't like a little Meze with Eva?
 

Pomona was a fantastic place to visit, and my kid put it right on top of the list (but ended up in the cold weather). But it seemed like it would be nicer if it were near an interesting city.

Re: Because who doesn't like a little Meze with Eva?
 

no. they mostly go bankrupt. it's like printing campaign materials for a candidate who is losing in October.

Re: Because who doesn't like a little Meze with Eva?
 

You need to screen your clients better.

Re: Because who doesn't like a little Meze with Eva?
 

I don't. i wouldn't touch one. my work all has legs and a retainer runs out before the work obligations do.

Re: Because who doesn't like a little Meze with Eva?
 

Bankruptcy costs money. They just sell the aeron chairs and turn the lights off for the next startup.

It's a living.