My hometown is San Francisco.
We lived about 1/2 mile from the beach and 1 block from Golden Gate Park. It was a great place to grow up back in the 50s and early 60s. but has turned into a $hithole since. We now live in a great little city about an hour east of Reno.
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Fallon is a high desert community at just under 4,000 ft. elevation. The population was 8,470 in 2016. It's primarily an agricultural center, but also relies on Fallon NAS, home of the Navy's Top Gun Training Center and a few manufacturing businesses to drive its economy.
Outdoor life is big here too. We're at the tail end of the Carson River. Wetlands and shallow lakes are abundant, as well as a popular dune at Sand Point, just east of town.
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We have 4 well defined seasons and are less than 2 hours from several popular Sierra Nevada ski resorts. We've been here for almost 17 years and couldn't envision living anywhere else. It doesn't get much more laid back than Fallon.