live in a small city called Pacifica.
I'd call it a town, but that would imply that it had town like qualities. Its the only "City" that I know of, that lacks any stores other then 2 safeways, 2 mcdonalds, and 2 taco bells. Really, thats all it has. It recently picked up a quiznos and a starbucks, but the damage has been done already.
The complete lack of development has been due to the government of city hall. The council (Read:Old people, I mean really old people) constantly shoot down proposals for new construction in the area. And when they do let someone build something, they breathe down their necks making sure they don't color outside the lines. When my mother had our third bathroom installed (Its a half bathroom, we needed it) the city even tried to get in our way. This is amazing because we didn't even touch any property other then our own. We just took away some space out of an old useless room and used it to make a small 6 by 13 (ish) half bathroom.
Okay, the reason given as to why they disallow so much construction is: "Its making Pacifica less scenic". Bullshit. Pacifica is a mountainous seaside city with naturally dirty sand and no credible flowers except weeds and brush. Pacifica is covered by fog 30% of the year, and rarely gets above 75oF (23oC).
My city sucks. Although in fact its surrounded by awesome cities, we are almost completely cut off from them by one thing: Mountains. Several times their have been attempts to build tunnels, but to no avail. The old people apperantly enjoy being cut off from the rest of the world.
(Note, I hate this beach. The water is always freezing, and is never clear. We have no fish, we have no piers. But then again I'm not an "outside" person.)
Why do I complain of this? Why the hell not. I'm out of ideas anyway, and I feel like talking about something.
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Oh, I like video games.
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I got new glasses. Don't worry, they are identical to my last ones. I'm still adorable/Harry Potter.