Moving

I think I might want to move to San Diego - or at least visit down there to get a feel for it. My brain warns me the San Andreas Fault isn't something to be blinked at. But the warmth of the tropics mixed with the green of the farms that still manages to maintain a cosmopolitan feel sounds like too good a combination to pass up. I think I would do well there.

In San Jose, engineers and CEOs rule. It's technical and corporate, but still down-to-earth.

In Santa Cruz its tourist and hippie-surfer territory. Waves rule down there.

San Fran is way too crowded and compact. The buildings are dismal and the weather is always cold. It's to confused too have a cohesive sense of common culture.

L.A. is too busy with smog and wannabees.

Oakland is just frightening.

Modesto and Stanislaus are too country for their own good and people there seek simple lives and simple like-minded people.

San Diego is touristy, but also relaxed and artistic. They're a little too hippie/spiritual -but then again most of California is since it's a Liberal State.

I've lived in the Oakdale/Modesto region long enough to know that despite the fact that some amazing friends live out there, the area is a place you get "stuck" in. There isn't much room for change, diversity, growth, or spirituality.

I've also lived in San Jose long enough to know that people here are more mentally-oriented. Oakdale is more physical/emotional/practical/family-oriented, less educational/business/money/excitement -oriented.
The people in San Jose aren't as warm and inviting, but you can have deeper conversations regarding a wider range of topics, so it is far more intellectually stimulating.

And both of those laces are well and good, but I'm a Pisces.
Water Sign = Emotional + Spiritual.
Pisces = Emphasis on the Spiritual.

But I was raised in a Libra household. Libra = Mental.
And my best friend growing up was a Capricorn.
Capricorn = Physical/ Worldly/ Practical/ Common Sense/ Business

If you were to break things down into their four elements: Physical/Worldly, Emotional, Mental, and Spiritual:

I am 10% Physical/Worldly, 20% Emotion, 35% Mental, and 35% Spiritual. Basically I'm Mentally focused on Spiritual things. I need an environment that caters to that.

Oakdale = 40% Physical, 30% Emotion, 20% Spiritual, 10% Mental

San Jose = 40% Mental, 30% Physical, 20% Spiritual, 10% Emotional

It's like that stupid Goldy Locks v. Bowls of Pourage conundrum.

Santa Cruz = 40% Emotion, 30% Physical, 20% Spiritual, 10% Mental

L.A. = 40% Physical, 30% Mental, 20% Emotion, 10% Spiritual

San Fran = 40% Emotion, 30% Spiritual, 20% Physical, 10% Mental

San Diego = 40% Spiritual, 30% Emotion, 20% Physical, 10% Mental

I'll be a little lacking in the mental department in terms of relating to others, but then again the education system in this country isn't that bad. And I've been in this mentally-focused region long enough to compensate for whatever San Diego may lack. I will not be demoted to the position of Scorpio. I think my soul deserves to be somewhere it can be acknowledged and understood. It needs warmth and light. I feel SD is the area mos oriented towards the soul.

As long as my mental focus doesn't get lost -which it shouldn't after 24 years of being a primary personality trait - then I can bring mental focus to the SD and they will bring more spiritual focus back to me. But first I need to finish my mental trainings here -namely learning the Bible and examining a few other religions. I give San Jose 2 more years tops to finish its work. 

When I turn 26 I'm finding and creating my spiritual sanctuary. I need a respite I can turn to and refocus my energies back on God and soul. Life will be challenging but the biggest challenge will be remembering that the main point of challenges is to learn and grow. This life can take everything away from me, but it can't take my soul.

It will also be important for me to make sure my soul does not get misled by the random musings of hippies -which I would inevitably come in contact with down in SD. A lot of Wiccans are down there and being a spiritual zone, SD leaves itself open to being led too far over the edge.

But it would be a beautiful place to live.