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LauraInLA

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6. I am from New Mexico and would love to return. But

Reply to Warpy (Reply #1)

Tue Dec 12, 2023, 02:13 PM

Dec 2023

the climate crisis means that the already scarce water will become steadily more scarce. I am afraid the whole Southwest will become untenable in my lifetime.

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Why I moved back to Los Angeles [View all] YoshidaYui Dec 2023 OP

Ehhhh, to each her own Warpy Dec 2023 #1

I am from New Mexico and would love to return. But LauraInLA Dec 2023 #6

30 years ago they announced the aquifer was getting depleted Warpy Dec 2023 #7

i live in a area of ca, central ca foothills , yosemitie nation park is abut an hour away, the northern gateway. AllaN01Bear Dec 2023 #2

I like her take on taxes. Basic LA Dec 2023 #3

Taxes pay for stuff "you love". Envirogal Dec 2023 #4

From the desert to Nor Cal redwood (rain) forests, from the surfing to skiing, from backpacking to 10k ft elev. to TeamProg Dec 2023 #5

Probably one reason I don't miss California can be explained by suffering through a few minutes of this video. n/t. NNadir Dec 2023 #8