I miss the sensible, hilarious, considerate, chill hippies culture and people of the Valley I grew up with, the one's who didn't change or sell their souls. No

I miss the sensible, hilarious, considerate, chill hippies culture and people of the Valley I grew up with, the one's who didn't change or sell their souls. Not the one who became rich, suits, Republican, and/or moved to Idaho. Like my neighbor in San Jose who was a Danish-American who worked at Spectra-Physics and drove a brown, Wankel-powered RX-7. Or a friend's parents from high school who had 7' tall ornamental glass bongs. (Lol. There was more weed at my high (not pun intended) school than alcohol and cigs, but not much because of how straight-laced and over-achieving "Asian parents" pressured it was.) Pre-internet, community and socializing also existed. PS: I live as a blue dot in Texas hill country now having been priced out of where I grew up.