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Napa
July 2018 — I grew up in Napa, California where the wine flows freely and the hotels are now plentiful. When I was young it was a much different place than it is now. Empty fields all over the place that are now occupied by shopping centers and Best Westerns to accommodate for the influx of tourism the area has seen over the past two decades. Of course this is majorly due to the growth of Silicon Valley and the bay area in general as it’s attracted crowds of people in the tech industry. I’m a tech person myself and really enjoyed growing up near such an important hub for innovation while being able to appreciate the quiet and serene nature of Napa County. Nowadays the small town of Napa has morphed into a small city with developments popping up non stop and even a yearly music festival, Bottle Rock. Napa’s close vicinity to the big city make it a prime destination for the aforementioned techies in San Francisco and you can find them tasting wine and browsing the wide selection of fancy restaurants on the weekends. It’ll be interesting to see how the area changes over the next few decades as the housing market and population continues to grow.