California

My dad's mom and aunt were born to a California coast dairy family but the two young women didn't like cows or dairymen and ran away to work and play in the glamorous Hollywood of the 1920s.

It's sad that a way of life is disappearing but protecting what little remains of natural California coastal ecosystems is more important. There's nothing sacred about cows.

I understand the melancholy. It must have been sad for my great grandmother when she sold her last shares in her family's dairy business and moved in with her daughter.

Reflecting on the original post, here's the obituary of a California Dairyman of my own acquaintance,whose cows lived an idyllic life compared to many dairy farms in California's Central Valley:

https://www.montereycountynow.com/news/local_news/lou-calcagno-a-lifelong-dairyman-and-longtime-monterey-county-supervisor-dies-at-87/article_afdb188c-4ced-11ee-bd91-77dc2e40f584.html