[quote=FlyerInHi][quote=spdrun]Depends where in the LA Basin — and if you have a family, you might not care so much about friends. Though you should.[/quote]

Family is more than just spouse and kids.
DNA wise siblings are closer than kids.

I like my relatives. I don’t miss opportunities to keep in touch. Even parents’ cousins and their kids.[/quote]

I’d say you are lucky and wise.
I feel the say but I am not lucky enough to have any of my relatives close by. they are all thousands of miles away