North v. South Diatribe

[BigCityStripper]

Originally posted by AKA_Monet
Oh, and Little E, YOU DON'T WANT A WHOLE BUNCH OF CALIFORNIANS MOVING TO YOUR STATE...

Yes. I hear the Californians are tired of Colorado and looking for other states to take over and ruin.

[SapphireSphinx9]

Originally posted by AKA_Monet
Yeah, in Bakersfield--maybe Glendale, California and those burnt areas north of LA on the back side--not the Valley... But all the farmland where they grow cotton and other crap and gas costs $3.00 for regular unleaded...

Drove through the state to see that crap enough...

But most of Southern California is arid... High desert. The rainy seasons were cut off due to the pollution. Since LA and the state cut it's smog emissions (like the CHP gives tickets to gross polluters), there has been some improvement in air quality--some... It has taken 10-20 years since the state law was enacted, but there has been noticeable differences in meterological phenomena (on shore flow, etc.) and air quality...

But what was NOT anticipated 20 years ago were surrounding cities in other states would expand due to LA/SoCal-flight--like there is NO place to live or buy a home in SoCal--even a portapotty is over $200 grand... So folks moved to other states or cities nearby and still were able to get to Cali to work... I.e. Vegas and Arizona...

Then, after 3-strikes passed, all the 2-striked criminals bounced outta the state very fast...

Then, the electric crisis exacerbated by Enronites and poor planning by Gray Davis, just skrait jacked Cali...

Now, my family contends with El Nino...

But at least seeing cars float down the street in a police car chase that started on the I-5 in Upland, California down to the border is rather hilarious...

Nuke 'em... We don't need some parts of SoCal--so nuke'em...

Oh, and Little E, YOU DON'T WANT A WHOLE BUNCH OF CALIFORNIANS MOVING TO YOUR STATE... They will Kollyfornicate the place and that is uncool...

Where I live, we are notorious for Kollyfornicating... A day in the life of Isle de Santa Los Angeles...

The tsunamis after the "big one" hits would be cool waves to catch...

What did that have to do with what I posted?

It's obvious that you (and many others) don't like California - and hey, that's fine, that's your opinion. But there are millions of other people that like it here, or we wouldn't be the most populated state of the union.

[valkyrie]

Originally posted by BigCityStripper
Yes. I hear the Californians are tired of Colorado and looking for other states to take over and ruin.

That's good because I'm sure tired of them being here. They don't know how to drive.

[AKA_Monet]

Originally posted by SapphireSphinx9


What did that have to do with what I posted?

It's obvious that you (and many others) don't like California - and hey, that's fine, that's your opinion. But there are millions of other people that like it here, or we wouldn't be the most populated state of the union.

Silly... I AM from SoCal... I just got exiled from there--NO not for being 2 striker... Just couldn't find the job I wanted without commuting to another part of the state... Like why move from San Diego for a job in Irvine? That's a waste of time... Besides folks commute back and forth from LA to San Diego for their jobs on a daily basis. I just didn't want to be one of them...

I was just agreeing with your post... LOL.

But I do like the "infiltration" of Californians into other states--it's like a viral/yeast infection... We'll take over the world!!! Bwahhaaaaahaaaahaaa...

The Cali Hype is OHHHHH so... How shall I say? Toasty...

I'm just mad because I didn't live in California for a year and owe the Franchise Tax Board taxes--$12 to be exact. Those fools in Fresno outta be ashamed of themselves charging me on my salary from another state... But what am I going to do? The FTB is worse than the CIA/FBI combined and they'll screw of your credit...

So, if I pay taxes in Cali, I'm votin' in Cali... Which makes me still a California resident...

And I'd like to see the state I currently live in force me to lose my LA privileges... EFF that...

I am part of the SoCal "jet set" crew...

[AKA_Monet]

Originally posted by valkyrie
That's good because I'm sure tired of them being here. They don't know how to drive.

Hey Valkyrie--

We drive like lunatics because have you EVER been to a Californian DMV? Even if you manage to GET an appointment, you still have to stand in a 1000 person line for some biatch to tell you to go to another line to fill out some bullisht assed form in another line to take the test that you later found out you did not have to take... All the while, you memorized the entire eyesight board because you forgot your glasses and did not want to go into another line for the vision impaired board to only be told to make another appointment 8 months later... EFF that...

And then there's road rage...

And you have to be entering the freeway at 70+ mph or you WILL get waylaid by a moped...

And the cops don't care how fast your going on the SoCal Autobaun--that part after Camp Pendleton/San Clemente border check then after the North LA on the backside of the state... And definitely after Barstow... But don't go too fast past Xxzyxx Road in Nevada, because Nevada Troopers HATE LA drivers and shoot to kill... And all Californian license plates are from LA to these guys...

[SapphireSphinx9]

Originally posted by AKA_Monet
Silly... I AM from SoCal... I just got exiled from there--NO not for being 2 striker... Just couldn't find the job I wanted without commuting to another part of the state... Like why move from San Diego for a job in Irvine? That's a waste of time... Besides folks commute back and forth from LA to San Diego for their jobs on a daily basis. I just didn't want to be one of them...

I was just agreeing with your post... LOL.

But I do like the "infiltration" of Californians into other states--it's like a viral/yeast infection... We'll take over the world!!! Bwahhaaaaahaaaahaaa...

The Cali Hype is OHHHHH so... How shall I say? Toasty...

I'm just mad because I didn't live in California for a year and owe the Franchise Tax Board taxes--$12 to be exact. Those fools in Fresno outta be ashamed of themselves charging me on my salary from another state... But what am I going to do? The FTB is worse than the CIA/FBI combined and they'll screw of your credit...

So, if I pay taxes in Cali, I'm votin' in Cali... Which makes me still a California resident...

And I'd like to see the state I currently live in force me to lose my LA privileges... EFF that...

I am part of the SoCal "jet set" crew...

ooooh ok, my bad! haha

[SapphireSphinx9]

Originally posted by AKA_Monet
Hey Valkyrie--

We drive like lunatics because have you EVER been to a Californian DMV? Even if you manage to GET an appointment, you still have to stand in a 1000 person line for some biatch to tell you to go to another line to fill out some bullisht assed form in another line to take the test that you later found out you did not have to take... All the while, you memorized the entire eyesight board because you forgot your glasses and did not want to go into another line for the vision impaired board to only be told to make another appointment 8 months later... EFF that...

And then there's road rage...

And you have to be entering the freeway at 70+ mph or you WILL get waylaid by a moped...

And the cops don't care how fast your going on the SoCal Autobaun--that part after Camp Pendleton/San Clemente border check then after the North LA on the backside of the state... And definitely after Barstow... But don't go too fast past Xxzyxx Road in Nevada, because Nevada Troopers HATE LA drivers and shoot to kill... And all Californian license plates are from LA to these guys...

definately true!!

[XOMichelle]

I went to Alabama once to see my Dad for 10 days. It was a very beautiful area, with lots of trees and hills. The people were friendly and I thought their accents were fun. However there were 2 things that bothered me:
1) I was in Birmingham, and the center of the city was essentially all hospitals and university buildings. It really lacked an entertainment district. Maybe I was in the wrong part, but my sister and I drove all over to find places to hang out. We found a few cool second hand record stores near 5 Points, went to the Barking Kudu for NYE and found some cute shops in a suburb with the botanical gardens, but all in all it was pretty sparse.

2) There was a racial divide that made me very uncomfortable. It was just odd for me to walk into a store where ALL the patrons were white and ALL of people who worked there were African American. Not only that, the nicer stores and restaurants tended to hire all white employees. I think the only place I went with a mixed staff was the Cheesecake Factory. I know in CA you are more likely to see people of certain ethnicities doing specific kinds of work too, but I felt like it was more stark there than it was even in Chicago or Wisconsin. It made me happy I lived in California

[TriDeltaGal]

Originally posted by SapphireSphinx9


Secondly, unless you were living IN California during any of our droughts, then you don't understand how it was here. So keep on thinking that we were all sitting around our pools, with the sprinklers on, while washing our cars.


How many people here know that there are still parts of California where they have regulations on when people can and cannot water their lawns?? *crickets* Yeah, that's what I thought

Hahaha... I was just talking to some friends about this the other day... "reminiscing" about the days of half-filled pools and brown, dead grass; oh, yes and the most memorable part of being a child growing up in the CA drought years, "yellow it's mellow, brown it goes down"...

[SapphireSphinx9]

Originally posted by TriDeltaGal
"yellow it's mellow, brown it goes down"...

okaay?! i was gonna post it... but thought, "nah, no one else is gonna get it!" haha

[valkyrie]

Hee! The crazy thing here is that people actually STOP before merging. Who does that?

I'm starting to think that California peeps are to Colorado as Illinois peeps are to Wisconsin. Not that Colorado is at all like Wisconsin, but still.

Originally posted by AKA_Monet
Hey Valkyrie--

We drive like lunatics because have you EVER been to a Californian DMV? Even if you manage to GET an appointment, you still have to stand in a 1000 person line for some biatch to tell you to go to another line to fill out some bullisht assed form in another line to take the test that you later found out you did not have to take... All the while, you memorized the entire eyesight board because you forgot your glasses and did not want to go into another line for the vision impaired board to only be told to make another appointment 8 months later... EFF that...

And then there's road rage...

And you have to be entering the freeway at 70+ mph or you WILL get waylaid by a moped...

And the cops don't care how fast your going on the SoCal Autobaun--that part after Camp Pendleton/San Clemente border check then after the North LA on the backside of the state... And definitely after Barstow... But don't go too fast past Xxzyxx Road in Nevada, because Nevada Troopers HATE LA drivers and shoot to kill... And all Californian license plates are from LA to these guys...

[IowaStatePhiPsi]

In my Secondary Education Teaching Prep course the other night we had a teacher share about a freshman she had a few years ago. The mother and the freshman and a little child came in to the parent/teacher/student conferences...
turns out the student and his mother were the parents of the child.

Immediately I go "shit, that stuff is supposed to stay in the South".

Turns out they had moved up from Alabama...

[PhiPsiRuss]

Originally posted by XOMichelle
I went to Alabama once to see my Dad for 10 days. It was a very beautiful area, with lots of trees and hills. The people were friendly and I thought their accents were fun. However there were 2 things that bothered me:
1) I was in Birmingham, and the center of the city was essentially all hospitals and university buildings. It really lacked an entertainment district. Maybe I was in the wrong part, but my sister and I drove all over to find places to hang out. We found a few cool second hand record stores near 5 Points, went to the Barking Kudu for NYE and found some cute shops in a suburb with the botanical gardens, but all in all it was pretty sparse.

2) There was a racial divide that made me very uncomfortable. It was just odd for me to walk into a store where ALL the patrons were white and ALL of people who worked there were African American. Not only that, the nicer stores and restaurants tended to hire all white employees. I think the only place I went with a mixed staff was the Cheesecake Factory. I know in CA you are more likely to see people of certain ethnicities doing specific kinds of work too, but I felt like it was more stark there than it was even in Chicago or Wisconsin. It made me happy I lived in California

1) Its not just Birmingham. Except for New Orleans, the South is culturally vacant.

2) The strange thing is that what you experienced is actually progress. Maybe before we're all old and grey, the South will advance to where the North was 40 years ago.

[emleepc]

I don't mean to nit pick, but since I was born and raised in Birmingham, Alabama, and still live here (and I'm sure that I will receive comments about being backwards and behind the times), I have to comment on the previous posts about Birmingham.

One trip to any particular city cannot give you the full picture of what that place represents. You cannot possibly experience all there is to experience in just a few days.

/rant

[KSig RC]

Originally posted by emleepc
You cannot possibly experience all there is to experience in just a few days.

I think the problem was that, in this case, you COULD.