Love it or Hate it

Some days I don’t know whether to love this place or hate it!  It is so awesome to be in the heart of a valley where a lot of the latest and greatest products in the tech industry evolve from.  Then there are the days you live here and you think, what are we doing to this area?  We are cramming 100’s of peoples into a small area and polluting the surrounding area. 

When I first came to the valley as you drove down 101 you could see the hills clearly.  Now this valley reminds me of Hong Kong, Beijing or Sydney – a screen of smog lies on the top of the hills and you can see it clearly as you drive down 101 or 280.  It saddens me that now through the haze you know that we have created this.

I love the weather here is at times to die for – it’s consistently nice.  Sure in winter we had some rains but the last few years not like 1998 when my second was born.  In 1998 we had a month of rain.  I don’t mind rain, I’m an Australian by birth, heck rain is so important to farms and in turn us – why scoff rain!  The valley weather is like the Italian Riviera – perfect.  It’s the pollution, the traffic and the multitude of people that concerns and bothers me.  I am ready for a change, but I fear my children need to finish their education.

I left Hong Kong because I couldn’t take the rat race and I’m thinking SV is heading down the same rat tunnel.