Why Western Man?

Not for pretension about culture or perspective, but because I love the western United States. The Pacific Ocean, the mountains, the deserts, forests, national parks, the wide open spaces and all that. I was born in Santa Monica and grew up in Tulsa. When I left there it was to Army basic training in El Paso, and then onto Sierra Vista, Arizona for advanced training. Then 12,000 miles further west to Viet Nam, but that is another story. When I got discharged at Ft. Lewis, Washington in October of 1968 I headed straight for San Francisco. Summer of love, baby, and have not ever considered living east of the Rockies since then. I have been in the east and midwest extensively and they are fine places to visit, and many live there, but my internal compass follows the sun back towards high mountains, big spaces, and that crazy left coast from San Diego to Bellingham. Want to know what the U.S. will be like in 20 years, just go to California or really any place within 50 miles of the Pacific Ocean. Like the young man said in "Almost Famous": "it's all happening!".