A gentleman in Raanana

I have lived in Raanana, Israel longer than any other place in my life. I lived on Misawa AFB in Japan for 4 years and on Homestead AFB in Florida for a total of 6 years. I lived in San Angelo, Texas for 7 years, and in San Antonio, Texas for 7 years as well. I lived in New York (Franklin Square, Sunnyside Queens, Clinton/Boerum Hill Brooklyn, Manhattan, Midwood Brooklyn) for 6 years and in Boston, Massachusetts for 1 year. Not only have I lived in Israel for 11 1/2 years, but I have lived in the same building for 11 years (we upgraded 1 1/2 ago from the 2nd floor to the top floor. In other words, although I am still more Texan than I am Israeli (14 to 11), I am more Raanana than I am any other locale, San Angelo being a distant second (I lived in the same house in San Angelo the entire 7 years); and Raanana truly is a unique place – in my humble opinion the model for the rest of the state, for all Am Yisrael.