Santa Cruz, CA
1. I can't walk two blocks to the store without getting spare-changed half-a dozen times (I live downtown). On the return trip, I get asked for everything else I might conceivably have to offer.
2. The cost of housing is astronomical. Regular people can't afford to live here - people working normal retail or service jobs are homeless because they can't even afford to rent.
3. The fastest way out is to drive Highway 17, where you are either inundated with tourist or commuter traffic, or watching someone's (hopefully) near-death accident happen in front of you.
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