love and hate in Santa Cruz
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2/7/2006
People keep coming here, we can't seem to stop the influx of people. And yet our city just can't hold any more. The streets are so over whelmed with traffic. I live 2.2 miles from work and it can take me a half hour to get home. No one wants to give anyone else a break, as they might just get to their destination 5 seconds ahead. Getting someone to stop for a pedestrian? That seems to be the reason so many people cross streets against the light. We are all victims of the bike riding mafia. Traffic rules do not seem to apply to the bicyclists. The housing prices are so high, some of the highest in the country. Gasoline is always more than over the hill in San Jose. A lot of the sales clerks have attitude. And for this town to have a reputation as a land of tolerance is a joke. The tolerance is only if you see things "their" way. And the begging is constant. I have been here 24 yrs and the changes have all been to the negative. Why stay? My children are 5th generation, the weather is beyond compare, I love the husband and like my friends.
Joyce | Live Oak, CA