But another dictum tells us that cynicism is the easy way out. Tom Wilson, of Pacific Beach, preaches such a gospel. The first trick is to concentrate like-minded people. In time a network of friends will form with the size and cohesion necessary to relocate in unison, like the Mormons did. According to Tom, communal urges and desires for congeniality are perfectly natural.
Hippies also like to live among themselves.
They are the victims of tremendous persecution. Tom is smart, and he likes, above all, to share his ideas. The closest thing to an epicenter of cool people in San Diego is a few blocks of apartment buildings around Windamear Street in north Mission Beach. If I try to live off the coast I will call my floating structure an oceanographic research vessel. I believe that will keep the Coast Guard and the coastal commission off my back.