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Old 05-27-2020, 02:06 PM
 
Location: southern california
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Back in the 60’s it would have been Frankie Avalon and Annette Funicello cavorting on a beach in Malibu with a lot of other white people.
Sorry in the 60s Italian Americans were considered Latin
I’m just sayin
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Old 05-27-2020, 05:19 PM
 
Location: Southern California
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Especially since the Poors population in California has grown so much in the past year.
You may have misinterpreted my point? There is just an overall change in priorities among people where they are more family-oriented and less materialistic. People aren't consumed with overspending and buying the boat or having the RV in the driveway like they were in the early 1990s or 2000s. It's not that they can't, just that they don't feel the need to...and that's a good thing!

"Poors" -- are we measuring by material wealth? If so, it's just one metric. Poor in wealth, but rich in experience. Similarly, one could be rich in material wealth, but have a very shallow outlook and lack life experience.

I don't know you're age, but I'm guessing mid-30s to mid-40s?

I have had the pleasure of knowing a wide range of people in my time here on earth. Some of them were wealthy enough for two lifetimes. One was the heiress of the Kelly Blue Book fortune. She had a home in Bel Air and one out here in the Antelope Valley in the community of Crystalaire. She was one of the nicest ladies I'd ever met, very humble and very sweet and always very generous with her time and talent -- truly a lovely human being who never once boasted of her fortune.

I've also met people in my life who stumbled into some money, through a quick promotion or inherited a deceased relatives pension, and acted like they had more money than God himself...buying boats, RVs, throwing parties every weekend, taking expensive trips and living the "facebook baller" life only to be broke and in debt three years later.

And, then I've known people who were not at all wealthy, did side hustles and made artwork to get by, and were some of the classiest, well-mannered people I ever knew...always a joy to be around and polite.


To call people "Poors" just by one metric is something I'm having a hard time wrapping my head around.
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Old 05-27-2020, 06:01 PM
 
Location: SF Bay Area
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Whatever unique CA cultures exist seem kind of bland and largely based off our environment/climate imo. No accents really. No deep-rooted cultural traditions (say like Mardi Gras along the Gulf Coast for example). Though this probably isn't that different than a lot of western states.
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Old 05-27-2020, 07:09 PM
 
Location: A Place With REAL People
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California these days is the epitome of the word "Whatever". That pretty much sums it up. No rules just right. They do whatever they feel they want to and it's ALL good. Nothing is wrong.
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Old 05-28-2020, 12:04 AM
 
Location: Southern California
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How can someone identify California culture, if there is one?
Yeah...

Yoga, avocados, Toyota Priuses, iPhones, Tamales at Christmas, Trader Joes, Yosemite, the beach, freeways, Joshua Tree, sunsets, coastal drives, WINE!, Red Hot Chili Peppers, golden poppies at Easter, In-N-Out, Spanish Missions, Victorian homes, date palms, summer fog on the hillsides, Santa Ana winds and pumpkin patches in the fall.
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Old 05-28-2020, 12:57 AM
 
Location: Miami, FL
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Yeah...

Yoga, avocados, Toyota Priuses, iPhones, Tamales at Christmas, Trader Joes, Yosemite, the beach, freeways, Joshua Tree, sunsets, coastal drives, WINE!, Red Hot Chili Peppers, golden poppies at Easter, In-N-Out, Spanish Missions, Victorian homes, date palms, summer fog on the hillsides, Santa Ana winds and pumpkin patches in the fall.
Voila!
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Old 05-28-2020, 10:48 AM
 
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"Poors" -- are we measuring by material wealth? If so, it's just one metric. Poor in wealth, but rich in experience.
No, it's mostly just being broke for a lot of Californians.
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Old 05-28-2020, 12:27 PM
 
Location: Southern California
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No, it's mostly just being broke for a lot of Californians.

You seem like you've got a cruel streak in you, man?
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Old 05-28-2020, 12:59 PM
 
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You seem like you've got a cruel streak in you, man?
That's not something I've been accused of in real life from people who know me, so I would say no.

Look, I buy the point that "experiences can be fulfilling", but if you're having a hard time paying rent, bills, etc and unemployed those all have a cumulative stress effect. California has the highest poverty rate in the country right now using the Census supplemental measurement. Don't discount those people's experiences and pain, that would actually be cruel.
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Old 05-28-2020, 01:14 PM
 
Location: So Ca
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California has the highest poverty rate in the country right now using the Census supplemental measurement. Don't discount those people's experiences and pain, that would actually be cruel.
The poster said nothing about discounting anyone's experience.

You have an incredible way of twisting people's words around.
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