On our trivia team was a woman who had recently moved from California. It was like sitting next to a mythical creature. I had read articles of Californians moving to Florida – I've also seen the license plates – but I had never met one in the flesh. As someone who used to dream of living in California, I find the migration fascinating and a little puzzling.
I asked her why. She launched into a long list of reasons, from taxes to out-of-control homelessness. A former resident of Beverly Hills, she seemed enthralled with her new life in Boynton Beach. It still seemed a little odd to me, though I noted that our ocean is a lot warmer for swimming. “The Pacific Ocean,” someone at the table said, “is useless.”
Later the ex-Californian turned to me and said, “Are there any good Thai restaurants here? We haven’t been able to find any.”
