New England Londonderry New hampshire and Marblehead Mass ( boston)
my mom married an air traffic controller from Boston and they decided to move back to his home town. i went to visit for a summer and they asked if i wanted to stay for school ... i was fascinated by the idea of living where it snows ... ( i regretted that when i was wailkon to school in 4 degree morning weather) . also kid in the east are 1. more advanced in their studies and 1. HELLA mean and snobby cliquey socially segregated ( townies , neck, which yacht club they belong too etc) i was super shy and it was a nightmare. all i really had to do was stand up for myself but at that time i didn't know how i was a hippie child who ran barefoot in the forest lol) one girl literally said " you're from california do you know Peter Frampton? ( right cuz we all live in the hollywood hills doing coke and surfing)
anyway i did one year there. and was counting the days to get back home.
i did a year in new england in 79
6 months in texas in 84
another year in texas in 86
6 months in seattle in 88
6 months in reno in 91
and in 99 work with traveling circus for a year and spend time in cities all over the place.
1. i was flighty impatient and partied too much and 2 i kept believing the hype that other places were better than CA.
which of course was never true.
but in spite of 45 years of booze dope chasing men and living on junk food ... i look pretty good