The Californian’s Dilemma

I Always Wanted to Raise an Urban Kid. Then the Pandemic Happened.

I may have left San Francisco proper, but I still got to stay in the Bay

Leslie Ylinen
The Bold Italic
Published in
4 min readSep 29, 2020

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Illustration of a child running in a fenced-in backyard, the San Francisco skyline visible in the far distance.
Illustration: Randi Pace

This week in The Bold Italic, we are publishing The Californian’s Dilemma, a series that goes beyond the headlines about the “California Exodus,” featuring essays

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Writer in San Francisco. Work in McSweeney’s, The Bold Italic, Slackjaw, The Belladonna, and Points in Case.