While I have softened my anti-T-town stance as I have aged and had kids, I still ruled it out while we searched and searched for a place in North County. I once drove from Fallbrook to Vista, and sometimes the afternoon surface-street congestion could make my drive home take 30-35 minutes. Even at that relatively paltry sum, I tired of it fast, even if I could listen to music or KFI longer.

My 13-minute San Marcos-to-Dido drive just allows me to crank up the home hifi that much quicker.

Even mellowed, I still find T-town too new and suburban. Yeah, I live in SM, but at least it’s a lot closer to the city when that desire beckons.

Most of the people who move to TV have zero problem having “only” 90s-on, predominantly two-story tracts to choose from. Most of those same era homes exist around my place and I find them terminally duh.