“What do you think San Luis Obispo needs?”
1986:
2026:
Marcus Juarez, Paso Robles high school student:
“I think they need to make it less annoying to get on and off from the highway. It’s kind of confusing when people are trying to get on, you’re trying to get off. … So, I think they need to extend that a little bit more. But other than that, I think it’s a pretty good downtown.”
Lizzy Burnett, middle school science teacher living in Morro Bay:
“SLO’s got it all. I don’t know, free parking!”
Brenda Tango, retired children’s librarian living in SLO:
“I don’t see as much family-orientated things as I used to, like, with children. So, I mean, even though I’m a grandmother now, I would like to see some shops or clothing or whatever that kind of maybe caters a little bit more to families.”
Kathy Thompson-Maier, retired living in SLO:
“I’ve only been here three months! And I don’t know if there’s anything missing, I mean, this is paradise! Everything that I was hoping for, and … maybe affordable housing.”
This article appears in 40th anniversary edition.
