{"database": "surfing", "table": "posts", "rows": [["298928", "17382", "California--Current State of Living?", 22, "Moustache Lou", "Dec 2, 2023", "2023-12-02T12:22:40-0500", "I grew up in SD, and though I\u2019ve lived in a handful of other places, I still (and always will) consider it \u2018home\u2019.  Within the past few months I went through the (relative) trauma of losing a job and having to look for a new one.  I was seriously considering relocating to Huntsville, Alabama because there\u2019s a lot of the kind of work I do there, and consoled myself with the thought that the price of living is about half of what it is here, and I could likely get more into hunting (which for someone fairly lazy about traveling is pretty difficult living in SD County).  I\u2019d basically have to give up surfing and the type of fishing I\u2019ve done all my life though, so I consider myself extremely lucky to have found a new job right here, and with the same short commute I had with the last one.  I live right in the heart of downtown, and there are certainly issues and inconveniences to deal with. My one bedroom condo doesn\u2019t have the storage space for a large quiver of boards, but I manage to keep six logs and a few \u2018short\u2019 boards (plus a good amount of fishing gear) witout too much trouble. Getting boards to and from the car (especially longboards) is a bit of a hassle, but I\u2019ve done my best to convince myself that that\u2019s just part of the \u2018ritual\u2019.  I have multiple breaks within a half hour drive from home and the north county reefs aren\u2019t too much farther away.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nTrying to be respectful of the idea that this post was not intended to be in any way political, I\u2019ll just say that in my opinion (then again, what the hell do I know?) many of the very real issues we\u2019re experiencing in California are in fact political at their root, but a) I don\u2019t see that changing any time soon (looking at recent history) and b) I refuse to let THAT chase me away.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nWow\u2026 I just typed a lot more than my originally intended \u2018San Diego is still a pretty rad place to live\u2019\u2026\u2026\u2026.."]], "columns": ["post_id", "thread_id", "thread_title", "post_number", "author_username", "post_date", "post_date_iso", "post_body"], "primary_keys": ["post_id"], "primary_key_values": ["298928"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.7101599985617213, "license": "Public Domain"}