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Message: [QUOTE="ClifSpliffy, post: 3958497, member: 9260"] one day some years back, and hanging out in gg park with some pals near the haight-ash area, someone says 'hey, we're low on supply. we got to take a ride.' im always up for a ride iffn im not doing the driving, so i was like 'great, where to?' 'santa cruz.' whattsa santa cruz? 'a local place for bud' (pre legalish bud times). this i gotta see. how does it work?' apparently, everrbody but me, knew that you just roll down there, go into almost any non-branded gas station or convenience store, not act sketched out, and just [I]ask. [/I]hokey smokes batman, i ain't in kansas anymore. it went down just like that as i was advised to keep my yankee mouth shut, and just look pretty. welcome to Surf City (2, it's a legal argument with Huntington Beach). over time, i spent enough time there to appreciate the nature, yet feel that life there is truly different somehow. homeless and big crime far beyond it's population profile, they're always yelling and marching aboot something. even coming from a sf perspective, it's a lot, hence the 'don't act sketched out' concern by the local merchants. the whole sf peninsula area has a unique weirdness to it, and im certain that it's becuz, almost alone in the northern hemisphere, peak temps happen in [I]september. [/I]heck, october is warmer than july. 'the coldest winter that i've ever spent was a summer in san francisco' (mebbe ol sam clemens said it). yup. on the udder hand, santa cruz does have this: [IMG]https://lh4.ggpht.com/-asD0MaaFddE/VOZLbUdAv4I/AAAAAAAIuiQ/kUf_SgHGUhI/surfer-statue-santa-cruz-california_.jpg?imgmax=800[/IMG] clearly, the sculptor was unfamiliar with board shorts. nice place to visit, but no way im living there either. it feels like everyone should be concealed carrying. [/QUOTE]

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