Gone but not forgotten

Re “Arizona -- it’s the new Nevada,” April 24

My husband and I left Los Angeles and moved to Madison, Wis., 11 years ago to find a very nice home in a good neighborhood on our combined income of about $70,000. We bought a 4,700-square-foot, four-bedroom home for $220,000, which is now appraised at $386,000. We could never have afforded such a home if we had remained in Los Angeles.

In the beginning, I wondered what a Venice High School and UCLA graduate was doing in Madison, but in time I found the city to be a very good fit for two committed liberals. However, as I spent most of my adult life in Los Angeles, I still have a soft spot in my heart for the City of Angels.

CONNIE PALMER

SMALLEY

Madison, Wis.