Sunnydale started with 38,500 people according to the sign Spike crashed into with his De Soto but a subsequent crash into the sign showed 32,000 people. It was on its way to becoming your ideal town until its collapse into the sinkhole that was the hellmouth.
Don't you just hate when you find what you're looking for and then it falls into a sinkhole? What are you going to do, though? These things happen.
Kitty: You're always telling me I'm going to wander off and fall in a hole. Well, where are these holes, Red?
Red: They're everywhere. You just can't see them.
No, more like air pressure and consistency in weather and temperature. I really struggle with the swings in temperature and pressure changes inland, they are a LOT more noticeable to me.
That's got to suck. A lot of the planet is prone to those big changes, certainly here in the US. I don't share the same kind of sensitivity to temperature and pressure changes as you, but I certainly don't enjoy them. I'd like to live somewhere that just stays temperate most of the time, like maybe a good fall weather pattern, cool but not cold.
The coast where I grew up was easy to predict. Beach in the morning when it was still and calm, then the afternoon wind would blow in (the "Freo Doctor" as we call it) to cool the place down after a sweltering midday. I dont miss the heat, just the consistency, it never gets below 0 and then over 25C in one day, its more mellow. Plus, the coast is the populated part of the country here, so all the facilities and amenities are there.
I'm not a fan of the heat. If I'd moved to Australia, as I almost did, they could have held bets on which would kill me first—the heat or the heart attack I would have had when I saw one of those head-sized spiders. That said, I do appreciate consistency.
There is nothing where I am and less as the years go on while the farms continue to grow with automation.
I get that feeling. I grew up in an out of the way area and it seemed that everything was disappearing as I aged, and that was some time ago, so I'm sure it's much worse now. The disappearing, not the aging. Well, okay, that too.
I have the opposite problem where I live now. There's a college near here, and the last few years, it's gotten progressively louder and more obnoxious around here. It's like it turned into a beach town all of a sudden. Which, since I already don't like being around large groups of people, is, as you can imagine, not really the best.
I always wanted to get out to the country but now I want somewhere a little less isolated than this. Its just a bit too tough for me.
Yeah, I get that. Some isolation can be peaceful, too much is an inconvenience.
There is a pool an 80km drive from me, but its only open in summer and outside so I get so sunburned and tanned and I already have skin cancer on my nose.
Around 49 miles. Sorry. I'm an American. I had to do some conversion math real quick.
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The skin cancer on your nose—is it serious? My dad had some on his bicep when I was younger, but he was able to have it operated on and he was fine, aside from a pale patch of skin.
I sometimes had the whole pool to myself, but other times there were 200 odd others in there with me. I would if prefer it was under cover and heated!
Two hundred people? Hang on. I'm just going to pass out. I'll be back. ... Okay, I'm good.
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Seriously, though, that is
way too many people for my comfort zone.
Sharona: You have a comfort zone?
Monk: It's not very - it's kind of - no.
Thats why I think somewhere between the big city and tiny town would be a good balance. Someplace with 10,000-30,000 in population would suit me! Just gotta find it. On the coast!
There are certainly plenty of places that fit the bill, I'd think. But whether or not they're available on the coast is the question.
