Aloha, After I sent my post suggesting differences between NYC and SF regional cultures, I clicked over to one of Kenneth Rexroth's San Francisco Examiner pieces at Bureau of Public Secrets archive-- Which by chance turned out to be: Rapport at the Opera Here's Rexroth on this difference-- "New Yorkers think anything resembling community is strictly for the weed monkeys." http://www.bopsecrets.org/rexroth/sfe/1964/10.htm Musing Couldn't Say It Better! Rose, Pitch -- Using Opera's mail client: http://www.opera.com/mail/ --- This email is free from viruses and malware because avast! Antivirus protection is active. http://www.avast.com