A Belvedere resident reflects on pros, cons of growing up in Marin

Jonathan Evans says he has an atypical view of Marin. Both of his parents were raised in Stinson Beach, in the area’s bohemian counterculture.

“The culture was very out there,” says the 29-year-old Belvedere resident. “A lot of colorful characters. People that were artists.”

His father drove a dump truck, and his mother was a nursing assistant. Evans, who grew up in Corte Madera, says his family’s background was different from the majority of his peers in the Reed Union School District and at Redwood High School.

“It was weird to go to school with a bunch of kids whose parents worked in private equity,” he says.

After high school, Evans sought something different. He and his now-wife left Marin and lived in cities all over the country, including Santa Rosa; Portland, Oregon; Austin; New York; and finally Atlanta, where Evans earned his bachelor’s degree in computer science from Georgia State University.

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