I would like to thank all my contributors for holding the fort down while I was gone on vacation. A small group of us went to visit a friend in San Francisco, it was good times and I will be posting pictures once I sort through them. I also will be telling you about the new musical sensation ‘Tittycorn’.
I was pretty much disconnected from the internets and TV while I was gone, BUT did get to see the SNL episode of Palin in a hotel room in Big Sur – so that was cool (she can’t dance).
While I was gone we noticed a great ‘cost of living’ myth that South Dakota likes to sell to it’s residents as an excuse to pay lower wages. We noticed that though apartments and housing are more expensive in San Francisco, other stuff is about the same price, like food, going out to eat, drinks, etc. And the public transportation system is amazing, and dirt cheap. There is approximately two different train systems, buses and cable cars that run everywhere in San Fran and they are usually faster then by car. Bicycling of course is the main form of transportation in San Fran.
I have always been suspicious of the quality of life, cost of living myth our political leaders try to sell us here, and it has been confirmed. Not only is San Francisco a reasonable place to live, it is fairly clean and and a Hell of a lot warmer.
Don’t get me wrong, it is still nice to be home to the sleepy town of Sioux Falls.