SanDiegogirl

Wow, so the move took place a bit later than you thought !

Thanks for giving us the update. Good luck for the future.

md95065

Congratulations on the move! I think that Redwood City is a good choice for the first year - you really don't want to start out with a long commute while you are still adjusting and settling in (and, yes, Palo Alto is ridiculously expensive).

Oh, and something thing that you need to learn - since you are in Northern California it is not necessary (and, some would say, "wrong") to put the word "the" in front of a Freeway number - it's just "101" (pronounced "one-oh-one") not "the one-oh-one" - to make matters more confusing, the situation is reversed in Southern California where commuters are perpetually stuck in traffic on "the four-oh-five".

Welcome to California ...

TexanScot

But if they don't do this, how else are we supposed to spot Californians when they eventually move to Texas and complain about traffic on "the" 35?

Steerpike

They aren't driving a truck and don't have a gun rack. The women aren't plastered in makeup and don't have 'hair'. They have tattoos and wear black. They have an Obama/Biden bumper sticker on their car.

scrubbedexpat097

And I thought you were a nice guy