My hometown, where I was born, 1959 till around 1997 is org. Concord Ca.
(with a couple short stints between school Or. & jobs across the western US)
at the foot of Mt. Diablo,
Contra Costa Co. east bay
I lived way up by the base, 225+ miles northwest of where I am today
was a smaller 'suburban town' when I grew up there, now is a real city
why I moved
Now
I live between 2 smallish towns Sonora Ca.,
the county seat under 6,000 population
only 50,000-ish people in the whole Tuolumne county
it's mostly rural, I live in a small maybe 80 (?) home community & private development
With our own water co. & all, about 10 miles between each Sonora & Twain Harte
Sonora
Twain Harte Ca. 2,200 population
a few miles up the road
Off my back deck