I thrived in San Francisco, but I'm happier living in the California countryside. It feels like a great place to age.

As much as I enjoyed living in San Francisco, I have found my perfect home in the California countryside.

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• I've spent a lot of my life in big cities and enjoyed building my career in San Francisco.
• By 2021, I'd moved to a smaller city in the Southern California countryside to get more space.
• Living somewhere more remote has been mostly great, and I can see myself getting old here.

When I moved to San Francisco almost 13 years ago...