LA or Tahoe? Both can feel like home

By Steve Lopez, Los Angeles Times

Do you ever think about other places you might move to if you could, or if you had to?

A few years ago, my wife and I drove up to the beautiful Central California coast thinking the area might be a great place to live in 10 years or so, when our daughter goes to college and we have to decide between downsizing and robbing banks.

In the end, though, we came to the conclusion we always do when we think about living someplace else: Sure, we’d enjoy the slower pace, the natural beauty and the slightly less insane real estate market. But the grass is greener here, even when it’s brown.

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