How to Live on a Different Planet

The rules change when you move from Appalachia to San Francisco.

Sherry Mayle
Nov 2 · 4 min read
Aerial panorama of San-Francisco by Alex Yuzhakov/Shutterstock.com

When I announced I was moving from West Virginia to San Francisco, everyone agreed it would be a different world, but no one warned me about city people.

Everyone in my hometown was too busy talking about the buildings.

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