Interview

Above is a picture of the games and hallway leading to the bathroom in The Warehouse.

After talking to Helen, we walked around the bar some more and went to the bathroom. On our way to the bathroom, we saw a rather sketchy looking fellow wearing a trench coat with leather gloves and steel-toed boots playing Dracula pinball. He was kind of creepy looking, but Phil and I decided to say hello. We introduced ourselves and the young man introduced himself to us. He was a 22-year-old named Austin Harvey and was actually a resident of this tiny town. I couldn’t have picked a better person to interview, and he was more than willing to participate.

Austin, how long have you lived in Port Costa?

"I've lived here since I was 6 years old. My parents and I moved here from Texas."

What's it like living in Port Costa?

"Well, it's cool when you're young because it’s a secluded town with lots to explore. But then it sucks because it's so secluded and small. But when you get a drivers license, it's cool again."

What's your favorite part of Port Costa?

Definitely The Warehouse. Today I just tried a beer from Venezuela. Who knows what kind of beer tomorrow will bring!"

What's it like living in such a small town with big history?

"It's kind of cool. The Burlington is a cool place. In all honesty, the original whore house was on the port over the water, but a fire burned it down long ago. The Burlington was the 'upper class' hotel of its time, and the brothel was later moved into the building it is today. Overall, I like my towns history. The school house is a neat building too, but no, it's not haunted."

Do you think you'll live here forever?

"Hell no! I'm going to DVC as we speak so I can transfer somewhere and leave this town. Don’t get me wrong, it's cool and all, but enough is enough."

If there was one thing about this town you could change, what would it be?

"Plan it so it would be bigger and grow. It's kind of annoying only having 2 places to eat in town."

Above is a picture of Port Costa School, which closed in the 1960's