Watsonville

Today I went to a crit in Watsonville and learned that the people who stole the wire at the velodrome accidentally stole aluminum wire instead of copper wire, netting themselves, I was told, about $150 for four hours of work. I forgot to ask how many thieves you need to cut up that much wire in four hours, so assuming two thieves, that'd be eight hours of work, so let's see... that's $18.75 per hour, which is considerably above minimum wage. However, if you assume four thieves, that's still above minimum wage, but at $9.37 per hour, it might be easier to just go get a job.

I also learned that Watsonville still has an actual useful downtown, complete with a hardware store, so it has not been all Silicon-Valleyed all to high-end uselessness. But you can still buy a cute little 2 bedroom, 1 bath house for $625,000, where once a year you can watch a crit from your front yard.