Daydreaming about moving away from the creeping urbanization of North Central: creeping like a fungus. Where would I go if I were gonna move away from here?
This sounds monstrously complacent, but… Truth to tell, I can’t think of many places I would want to go.
Sun City: a ghetto for old folks, serenaded every morning by jets blasting from the nearby airbase.
Fountain Hills: a ghetto for the upper-middle class. Also serenaded on a daily basis by blasting jet airplanes.
Tucson: been there, done that. Enough, already!
California: where in California?
Bay Area: couldn’t even begin to afford it
Back to Southern California: hated the smog, hated the third-rate schools, hated the cheesy construction: hated living there, don’t wanna go back
Palm Springs and waypoints: too hot, too faddish too touristy, not my cuppa tea
Truth to tell, the North Central district of lovely uptown Phoenix is about the best I’m gonna do. It fits my tastes. It offers all the shopping I need and like. I fit its demographics. I can afford it. Why move?
Day-dreaming.