Reasons I love living here

• I've (re)discovered people come in more than one shade.
  
• Often the people around me are actually in the same amount of hurry as I'm in.
  
• The restaurants serve food that I could not prepare myself, and they usually don't give me portions fit for a rhinoceros. 
  
• Almost all my friends and relatives I've spoken to recently want to come visit (the place, not just me), and they can do so any time of year.
  
• In a typical day, I don't pass any McDonald's restaurants. 
  
• I'm not going to need or want air conditioning for the next two years. 
  
• I could fit a body into the recycling bins we get. I'm just saying they're big. 
  
• Today was the first day I had to put gas in my car since filling up in Benicia, CA (near SF), on the move down here three weeks ago.