2. When finished with a piece of furniture, it's the unwritten rule to place it on the curb in front of your house or apartment, be it a couch or box spring or lamp, you will spot them speckled throughout the streets. Sometimes they sit there for days, weeks, months even. They are there for the taking and everyone knows.
3. If you want to go grocery shopping at midnight, or to the gym at 2am, you can; And you won't be the only one there.
4. We don't have hurricanes or blizzards to bond over, but we do have traffic. There's road rage of course, but theres also this strong sense of community. I've shared more friendly head nods, smiles and concerts at stoplights with strangers here than I have anywhere else.
5. Theres about 60 women in my Zumba class and I am 1 of 5 white girls. I shake my booty several times a week with women of at least a dozen other ethnicities, it's a beautiful thing.
6. Driving home from chick-fil-a I point out a mob of paparazzi to my kid. I don't know who the object of their obsession is, but these people, the objects we've turned them into, are impacting the world, for better or worse. And it all starts here.
7. 20 minutes. 20 minutes to the mountains, to the ocean, to the country, to the city. If you're here, you're 20 minutes from everywhere.
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