hmm maybe partly true since people do sometimes lose patience in the golden years, but instead I think that a lot of shades of hippy moved away long ago to far-flung and lower cost places to live. The homes in Berkeley sell of stunning amounts of money, and many of them do not sell even once in decades. Meanwhile, an emphasis on non-USA students who pay a lot, and serious competitive programs at UCB, it just makes for a lot less elbow room for fun it seems.
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