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Hello!  New here and been strictly gluten-free for 10+ years.  Looking to relocate from the NY area to someplace out West.  Flexible destination with a focus on Austin, Portland OR or Irvine, CA area.  Would luv to rent a comfortable home with one person and a shared gluten-free Kitchen.  Post if Interested.  Thanks!  

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Welcome to the forum! I've not been to Austin, TX, but for what it's worth I discovered on a trip to Oregon a few years ago that it seemed to be a particularly gluten-free-friendly place, at least compared to California. For example they had gluten-free sub rolls at Subway there, but not in California. There are many other examples, but it seemed like celiac awareness was much greater there, especially when eating out.

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On 7/19/2021 at 1:18 PM, Scott Adams said:

Welcome to the forum! I've not been to Austin, TX, but for what it's worth I discovered on a trip to Oregon a few years ago that it seemed to be a particularly gluten-free-friendly place, at least compared to California. For example they had gluten-free sub rolls at Subway there, but not in California. There are many other examples, but it seemed like celiac awareness was much greater there, especially when eating out.

Thanks for welcoming me here, Scott. 
Ideally, someone will venture into this forum room and respond.   Grocery shopping may be very similar around the Country if there’s a Whole Foods or Natural Foods store locally but dining out is always a challenge and even in NYC the are scant few dedicated gluten-free restaurants and that’s out of 1000’s.  One would think there’d be a significant market for this in SoCal but apparently not.  I’ll check the forum posts to see how members manage.  

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On 7/19/2021 at 9:53 AM, GFFBFF said:

Hello!  New here and been strictly gluten-free for 10+ years.  Looking to relocate from the NY area to someplace out West.  Flexible destination with a focus on Austin, Portland OR or Irvine, CA area.  Would luv to rent a comfortable home with one person and a shared gluten-free Kitchen.  Post if Interested.  Thanks!  

Hello! I don't know if you're still looking or not, but I'm planning to move back home to San Diego from Jacksonville, Florida at the end of October, and I've been having trouble finding a roommate because I need a gluten-free kitchen.

There are indeed Whole Foods markets in San Diego, as well as Trader Joe's, several farmer's markets, and some local organic and specialty grocers. There are also both chain and local restaurants with gluten-free menus that are really good about cross-contamination if you tell them you have celiac. A great place to find recommendations and reviews is the Facebook group "Gluten Free San Diego."  If you asked there, I'm sure somebody could tell you if there was a similar group for Irvine.

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