VALLEJO — Sherry Davis has lived all over Northern California, from a tree house in the Santa Cruz mountains during the 1970s, to a rent-controlled apartment in San Francisco in the 80s and 90s, to a condo in Walnut Creek during the dotcom boom.
She never thought that winding road would lead her here — living out her retirement on the fringes of her beloved Bay Area community, far from her friends and fretting over the cost of simple pleasures, like her favorite brand of ginger ale.
“I kept following the cheaper rents,” Davis said from the porch of her Vallejo mobile home.