Jerry,

My advice to the Californians like you is to go to the Bay Area and knock some of those males off their tricycles.

I have a niece who "lives" in San Francisco. She rents a bedroom with bath and kitchen privileges for $1700 a month! She is a "veegan" and worships Yoga. We don't have a whole lot to say to each other.

I have clients in CA and it's not that difficult to ship to them.

Don't feel too badly, a lot of really good people get "represented" by crazies.