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  On 12/14/2024 at 6:06 AM, Anastasis said:

Kinda funny watching a bunch of people with state issued licenses in law and architecture and what not, with wives and kids and real responsibilities, argue with the hard rock cafe waiter. He doesn't understand you and you don't understand him. 

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Just FYI state licenses can be used by someone residing outside the state.  I’m licensed in TX and have been for 25 plus years, and am licensed in CA too.  

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  On 12/14/2024 at 2:04 AM, 27-25 said:

I live in Sonoma and love it.  We don't have kids with us, so I have no informed opinion on the schools here.

The weather is great.  The wine is great.  The political climate (for me and I assume others on this thread) is great.

The downsides?  Taxes are higher.  Home prices are higher.  There's always a fire risk in the fall, particularly if you live in a more rural area.

Marin is a center for anti-vax sentiment I believe, even if not MAGA.  It might be even more expensive than Sonoma.

There is no paradise on Earth.  It's all compromise.  On balance, Sonoma is a winner for us.

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Gracias. Do you have any towns in particular that you would recommend in addition to Sonoma proper?

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  On 12/13/2024 at 6:52 PM, Evil Bill Obrien said:

Way I see it, I'm not one of the assholes ruining Texas so why should I have to uproot my life and leave? Good for you for being able to pick up and run tho...

Pacific Northwest outside of Seattle and Portland has been described to me possibly just as bad as the worst parts of Alabama/Mississippi with way less daylight in the winter, doesn't seem all that great.

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You want to show me a rural area of any state where that’s not the case?  At least in WA and OR the urban areas can outvote the rurals on statewide elections. Unlike Texas and the south. 

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  On 12/14/2024 at 2:20 PM, bonnieblue said:

Gracias. Do you have any towns in particular that you would recommend in addition to Sonoma proper?

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In no particular order, Healdsburg, Windsor, Sebastopol.  Glen Ellen is nice, but more fire prone (a friend of ours lost their home there a few years back).  And if you want a larger city instead of a town, Petaluma is pretty good too.

There's not much built up on the coast of Sonoma County.  It's windy, rugged and takes a while to get to from further inland.  No major roads coming in from the east, just the twisty 2 lane variety.  It does have some nice hiking though.

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  On 12/14/2024 at 12:04 PM, BevoAbyss said:

I don't have the economic means to exit America.

-- In the end, it may not matter. When America goes full-on fascist and theocratic, it wont matter what state you live in or which country, as the rest of America and world will be in jeopardy.

I am a writer, intellectual, and artist who makes a decent living on my work. With a solid rep, including a few legit prestigious awards, albeit very obscure awards in artsy-fartsy worlds. But I am an utterly insignificant speck of dust. (Especially compared to McConaughey levels of acclaim or other alums celebrated by UT.)

My career is 100% totally dependent on funding and/or patronage.

-- There is no one or no entity to protect me. Few, if any, of the organizations that fund are going to stand up to Trump/MAGA.

-- Hell, corporate leaders, university leaders, art world leaders are not uttering a peep.

Why? Thoughtcrimes are real and they are here. The editor of Scientific America was forced out because she said the truth about Trump and MAGA: they are fascists, racists, etc. She had to publicly recant. More thoughtcrimes are coming! 

When the editor of the most prestigious science magazine is toast, who will protect me? No one. Not with my lengthy track record of being a philosophical critic of anti-science, MAGA, Trump, Q, fanaticism, and much more. Not rants hidden behind an avatar. Systematic critiques drawing from philosophy, history, art, technology, pop culture, etc. Showing MAGA is taking America backward into a medievalist hellscape of idiocy, misogyny, racism, state violence, and religious fanaticism.

Going back to 2006.    On the record.    In public.    With my real name!  

I was writing long before Project 2025 showed up.

My gf is very worried I could be doxxed and harassed.

So, out of sheer naked self-interest and career survival, I have scrubbed from the internet what I could scrub at various sites. . 

-- A dozen lengthy essays that systematically critiqued the philosophy and various cultural ramifications of Trump/MAGA/Q.

-- Some essays got a few thousand reads, some in the dozens. So, nowhere near a huge following.

-- I have other stuff in books and anthologies that cannot be scrubbed.

My interests are science, art, philosophy, not politics. But, I know what I see with MAGA. At least I was out there. In public. Fucking trying to make a difference. And failing. 

TL/DR:

Some days I feel like a coward. Other days I don't give a shit.

Why? Because there is no one to protect me and my career.

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I am sure the Surly MAGA bros will show up to laugh, tell me to suck it up, to pull up my bootstraps.

Have at it you fascist fuckers.

Some day, somehow, you or family members will feel the pain of the coming MAGA medievalism you now celebrate.

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Do what you gotta do. I’m a lot less vocal. More observant of my surroundings, keeping myself clean on social, haven’t posted a thing in a long time. May wipe it completely, might go a step farther. Active measures for what’s coming in the 2025 Texas leg session too. Time to speak out was before not now. Maybe in 2.5 years we can speak out again but right now it’s about self preservation and protection. 

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  On 12/16/2024 at 3:28 AM, Gil Bang said:

If this wonderful relationship that I have ever ends, I'm headed back to Dana Point the next day.  I lived in Capo Beach for a few years, and it was terrific. 

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Sounds like a win win. I’m still aiming for Carmel area… though my wife will only do that if we split time with Colorado. 

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  On 12/14/2024 at 3:02 AM, Goofyboy said:

None of us actually know what’s coming next or how bad it’s going to be. I include the entire world with that. Everywhere has shifted politically. Things in the world are not ok - or maybe they are if you’re a billionaire.

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Yep.  And I’ll be fine no matter what. I’m a cocky asshole but I don’t get westside’s take.  I won’t have issues whether I stay or go anywhere but leaving and acting like ‘it’s all good now’ is some ‘I got mine’ BS that’s actually quite on brand for magatards.  Be better.  

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  On 12/16/2024 at 5:07 AM, ChiTownDoc said:

Yep.  And I’ll be fine no matter what. I’m a cocky asshole but I don’t get westside’s take.  I won’t have issues whether I stay or go anywhere but leaving and acting like ‘it’s all good now’ is some ‘I got mine’ BS that’s actually quite on brand for magatards.  Be better.  

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I have moved from many places, but the only place I fled started with "College" and ended with "Station."

Custer performed better recon than I.

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