Electrician David Collins describes living in California and the Bay Area like he’s composing a love letter.
“It’s something about the magic in the air of this state, the land,” Collins said. “If you go into the Sequoia National Forest, you smell that little spicy scent that doesn’t exist anywhere else. From the phosphorescent algae in the middle of the night on the ocean, to the giant pumas all around here. It’s all so close to Silicon Valley, it’s just unbelievable.”
But Collins’ ode to the place his family has called home for five generations comes with an unexpected ending: He is making plans to leave it.
“I’d love to stay. I worked seven days a week trying to save money to buy a house, and it just kept being unattainable,” the 53-year-old said. “How am I going to retire?”…