Appreciation for my hometown of Fallbrook

I have finished my freshman year of college and am about to dive into my second. I feel older and wiser and still feel like I can conquer the world. I have probably become more liberal and more argumentative through my small exposure to college life. I have learned a number of things from thermodynamics to multi-dimensional optimization. The academic things I have learned have been great, but the best thing I have come to learn has nothing to do with textbooks and lectures. By far, my favorite erudition has been my appreciation for Fallbrook.

I was scared that moving only forty-five minutes fr...