I adore city living.
The rush of struggling to catch a cab on a rainy Friday evening. Walking to appointments. Having access to (but never using) efficient public transportation. Tiny apartments, in tall high-rises, with tinier views of the mountains or the ocean or other tiny apartments in tall high-rises.
Magazine stands, hot dog stands, flower stands, and coffee stands. Walking down busy shopping streets with designer clothing stores, and cafés, and restaurants, jam packed with locals and tourists and all kinds of beautiful people. And little neighborhoods, just around the corner, with cozy bookstores, beloved boutiques, and those great hole in the walls. Jazz bars, wine bars, martini bars, and the theatre scene. Easy access to all kinds of culture and entertainment, always something new to discover. Watching independent films in old, warn-out movie houses. Happy people, laughing and yelling, just outside your window at 2:00 A.M.
Six years ago, I moved from my fabulous city to Silicon Valley, where (at least on the surface) the infrastructure for fun, entertainment, culture, and yuppie style living, had not yet fully caught up with its population of passionate and amazing 20 something to 40 somethings, that run some of the most creative and cutting edge institutions in the world today.
So six years ago I was given a challenge: to find a charmed life in Silicon Valley for an urban girl…
* Pictures: On the left City of Vancouver, on the right Silicon Valley (as rendered by Google images).
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