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Let's Live Local

This is the third winter living in the mountains.  While I do really love being in the forest all the time, I am often reminded that I have been an urban dweller pretty much my entire life.  Everything I love about living here can also be inconvenience for city slickers.   We don’t have any major brand stores, not even a Starbucks.  There’s no traffic light.  I was so used to being able to get to any store if I needed something, go to movies or meet up with friends last minutes.  But from here the closest Trader Joe’s or Whole Foods are an hour away.  So is a hospital.   

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Izumi Tanaka