Why I hate city life.....

[Rocky Raab]

Fabs, I visit relatives in New Jersey once a year. That's all I can stand. I not only feel absolutely claustrophobic, but since the East coast is so socialist/commie and criminal-tolerant, I fear for my life the whole time I'm there.

I much prefer it out here, where it isn't hard to find Interstate signs that say: "Next exit 110 miles." Those mountains you can seemingly touch are 40 miles away; and the light, altitude and air really do make them look purple. The smell of sage after a rain is intoxicating.

Visitors here, on the other hand, suffer from agoraphobia. There's nothing but deep blue sky from horizon to horizon, and you might have to drive 50 miles between trees anywhere in sight. Utah has one - yes ONE - commercial airport. Of its two million people, 1.5 mill live in an urban oval 15 by 75 miles. The rest of the state is all scenery. Nevada has a total of 17 cities. Reno and Las Vegas account for 95% of the population. Wyoming has 600,000 people. Total. More antelope there than people. Really.

God, I love it.