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KenThompson

14 years ago

Is this a pet hate you forgot to mention in the other thread?

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HeySal

14 years ago

Kay - I've been in CA now for a few months........and I'm not in Kansas anymore, Toto. I've been in about 38 states - and this doesn't resemble the rest of the US at all from any angle. It's a whole different country.

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seasoned

14 years ago

Originally Posted by HeySal

Kay - I've been in CA now for a few months........and I'm not in Kansas anymore, Toto. I've been in about 38 states - and this doesn't resemble the rest of the US at all from any angle. It's a whole different country.

So what city are you in? Many parts of california aren't THAT different from similar areas elsewhere. By that, I mean that venice beach looks more like lets say the jersey shore than kansas, and bodfish looks more like kansas tan the jersey shore. And malibu BEACH looks NOTHING like malibu canyon. As for the people, bodfish, calabassas, hollywood, etc... can be very different from one another.

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HeySal

14 years ago

Originally Posted by seasoned

So what city are you in? Many parts of california aren't THAT different from similar areas elsewhere. By that, I mean that venice beach looks more like lets say the jersey shore than kansas, and bodfish looks more like kansas tan the jersey shore. And malibu BEACH looks NOTHING like malibu canyon. As for the people, bodfish, calabassas, hollywood, etc... can be very different from one another.

Steve

I'm in Stockton, Steve. And NO - California isn't the same as anywhere - some of the scenery isn't that different but everything else is just foreign.

Well - some of the scenery is a bit different from the North - for instance, we have some nice lush gardens here and some nice normal trees, but if you look over the fence to the end of the road there are palm trees towering over everything. Strange feeling seeing those when looking around a garden that would make you think you are in W. WA or OR, LOL, but then you get palm trees in Florida, too. Maybe TX, but I've never been there.

Now before anyone jumps me -- I didn't say I hate the people here. Conversely I've met some rather entertaining personalities and am often having a pretty good time. I have also found if you meet the RIGHT people you can find open land that the general population knows nothing about.

But it's still different -- there is an Ethos here that I've not seen anywhere else in this country.

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TimPhelan

14 years ago

Sal, you're in the central valley which is huge and largely conservative farmland. If you get to SF, LA and other coastal areas and hang around for a while you will really see a different "ethos".

Originally Posted by HeySal

But it's still different -- there is an Ethos here that I've not seen anywhere else in this country.

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HeySal

14 years ago

Originally Posted by TimPhelan

Sal, you're in the central valley which is huge and largely conservative farmland. If you get to SF, LA and other coastal areas and hang around for a while you will really see a different "ethos".

Just another of the many reasons you will not find me in SF or LA or any of the large metropolitan coastal areas. I don't "do" metropolitan. And I'm sure from some of what you know about my ideologies - I don't really think I'd fit in any to safely.

What I like is small town E. and Northern. Still different - but I love the areas with gold history - always have. Lived in most predominant gold centers of CO and loved it there, too.

You can keep anywhere with more than a half mil people. I won't go there. Period.

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Kay King

14 years ago

I can fit in but I don't want to. Give me farmland any day, a patch of woods and a little house far away from other houses and I'd be in heaven.

Half million people is about 450,000 too many for my taste.

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HeySal

14 years ago

Originally Posted by Kay King

I can fit in but I don't want to. Give me farmland any day, a patch of woods and a little house far away from other houses and I'd be in heaven.

Half million people is about 450,000 too many for my taste.

It's bigger than I'd live in or too near but I will go to a city of half a mil or less if I need to do any serious shopping - in and gone back to the 10,000 or less is the way I like it. I have lived in towns of 200 - 300 a few times and those were my favorites.

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dinomd123

14 years ago

hmm.. sounds adventurous...

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Lawrh

14 years ago

Sounds like a pretty standard Stanley Cup celebration.

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TimPhelan 14 years ago

I love California!
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  No, Ken - this one is worthy of it's own category.
  
  I love California!
  
  Some things just don't surprise me
  
  j/k - California is a state I've never visited.
  
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  Come on over sometime. I'll show you around. We ain't all liberals here believe me.
  
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  Some things just don't surprise me
  
  j/k - California is a state I've never visited.
  
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  Aussie_Al 14 years ago
  
  Originally Posted by Kay King
  
  Some things just don't surprise me
  
  j/k - California is a state I've never visited.
  
  When you visit Nor-Cal they say "Welcome to the REAL California"
  
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Aristodemos

14 years ago

I'm from California dude, and if you keep talking smack about my state I'm gonna kick in the windshield of your car

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ThomM 14 years ago

Originally Posted by Aristodemos

I'm from California dude, and if you keep talking smack about my state I'm gonna kick in the windshield of your car

Well I'm from New York so I'll take you up on that.
Of course you'll have to buy me a car first cause I don't currently own one.
A red one would be nice:rolleyes:
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Bill Farnham 14 years ago

Originally Posted by Aristodemos

I'm from California dude, and if you keep talking smack about my state I'm gonna kick in the windshield of your car

Well, your location says Arizona. Appearently you're one of the smart ones.

And before you lift your leg you should know I lived in CA fo 29 years...
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Paul Myers

14 years ago

Kay,

Lakers win - and the crowd turns into a mob destroying cars, starting fires, etc.

Happens occasionally in Detroit when the Pistons win or lose a big series. ISTR the same thing in Chicago with the Bulls. Oakland and the Raiders come to mind. And Montreal saw at least one instance of it with the Canadiens, but I don't recall if they won or lost that time.

So no, it's not just CA.

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Kurt

14 years ago

Originally Posted by Paul Myers

Kay,Happens occasionally in Detroit when the Pistons win or lose a big series. ISTR the same thing in Chicago with the Bulls. Oakland and the Raiders come to mind. And Montreal saw at least one instance of it with the Canadiens, but I don't recall if they won or lost that time.

So no, it's not just CA.

Paul

And not just the USA...Watch the soccer fans. They even have their own word: "hooligans". Whenever I hear how violent the US is, I always think of the soccer fans around the World...Our sports fans aren't nearly as violent.

California is the most diverse state there is. For people to pidgeon-hole the entire state is really narrow-minded. It runs 800 miles from N to S, basically the distance from Florida to NY, and for every Hollywood you have a Hollister and every Berkley a Barstow.

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Kay King 14 years ago

You're right, Kurt - and I've seen picture of places in Northern California that I'd probably enjoy.

I guess I don't understand the sports fan mentality that leads to destruction of property and hurting people. Probably has to do with the mentality of an excited crowd more than with sports.

What caught my attention was the use of the videos loaded on social sites in an effort to identify the perps (always wanted to use that word). If it works, next time the marauding fans will be hiding their faces instead of mugging for the cameras.

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Patrician

14 years ago

I feel a tinge defensive about the stereo typing and bigotry of this topic, having lived in Northern California all of my life, but at the same time I am pretty disgusted with it and really want to leave. Just don't know where to go that would be any better - at this point our worst problems appear to be country-wide.

Yeh, it's political and I don't suppose because I am equally disgusted with left. right and center makes it any better for me to comment at all. It's a moot point anyway.

I am just glad we came here when I was 3 and I didn't have to grow up in Ohio where I was born. California has been a good and beautiful place as long as you don't talk to anybody. lolololol. Just kidding about that I think...

Most of the weirdos here came from other states and countries. So very few people I have ever met that were born here makes you wonder what is in the water.

Anyway lay off - lol.

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Kay King 14 years ago

Pat -

Ohio's a good place to be from (personal experience)

From what others say - doesn't sound like it a CA problem but a sports "event" that is country wide.

I agree with your sentiments - after reading a thread about "where you would choose to live" I finally realized my answer was "somewhere else". Have no idea where, though.

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Jim Gillum

14 years ago

I have been in several jails in CA.....touring....

Enjoyed my stay LA and Frisco....and stops in between.....
Found some things expensive..some beautiful scenery...still prefer Florida....

Can not understand the crowd mentality to destroy things at what should be a happy time...

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myob 14 years ago

There are over 4 million people in LA, and most of us are well-behaved.
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Sleaklight

14 years ago

I live about 15 to 20 minutes from Staples center and I like it here. It is very diverse. I moved to the Poconos in PA a couple years ago and only lasted a week before going insane from everything and everyone seeming like they were the same. I guess I like the diversity found here.

L.A. for life!

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TimPhelan 14 years ago

That's the Bay Area also. Well, in most parts. I love the diversity.

Originally Posted by Sleaklight

I guess I like the diversity found here.

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