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Old 12-22-2017, 10:36 AM
 
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Someone from LA calling a city in AZ fake and superficial is utterly hilarious. Do the blinders give you headaches?
I can't stop laughing. LA calling AZ fake? LOL. And I lived in CA for 35 years...lol. And I don 't know if anyone has noticed, but "the OC" as "they" like to call it has many, many pockets of not so good areas at all...
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Old 12-22-2017, 10:39 AM
 
Location: northwest valley, az
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trolling does strange things to people, Burkmere!
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Old 12-22-2017, 10:43 AM
 
Location: Studio City, CA 91604
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You assume anyone in this thread really cares about your opinion, which is obviously skewered by jealousy and envy, since you are stuck in the land of fruits and nuts..

Glad you hate a state that you dont even live in so much; so we can assume you wont be bringing your opinionated, racist, closed minded self here any time soon..

bye bye now
Project much?
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Old 12-22-2017, 11:28 AM
 
Location: Earth
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New Money, in my experience, is very racist too. .
Then Santa Monica and Silicon Valley must be the most outright and blatantly racist places in the western USrather than the subtle racism that characterizes both
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Old 12-22-2017, 11:35 AM
 
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I can't stop laughing. LA calling AZ fake? LOL. And I lived in CA for 35 years...lol. And I don 't know if anyone has noticed, but "the OC" as "they" like to call it has many, many pockets of not so good areas at all...
I'm from South OC. North OC is largely middle class and below, lots of seedy areas, borderline ghetto areas and of course some extremely nice areas as well. Garden Grove? Anaheim? Santa Ana? No thanks.
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Old 12-22-2017, 11:59 AM
 
Location: Phoenix, AZ
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Most of the people who live in L.A. live there so they can say "I live in L.A." These people are too naive and blind to recognize their quality of life is poor. They would rather live with roommates in a shanty apartment near the beach so they can say "Yeah, but I live near the beach" Or they will live in some shanty home that was built in the 1950's and is proximal to dangerous neighborhoods but they can then brag "Yeah I made it in LA" Most are wannabes who want to break into the entertainment industry. They work as bar tenders, waiters,realtors, bouncers, or some other service related job but feel that they are unique because they know some celebrity or interact with celebrities. They name drop and feel good about themselves. A lot of beautiful women will be courted by wealthy men. They may work in the Coach store or as a bartender but their boyfriend is a loaded trust fund baby who decides to fund their lifestyle while they make minimum wage. Nonetheless, these women have a false sense of success because of their significant other and "who they know"

What is interesting is to observe the "Change" So the above people live like this for about 10-15 years. It's usually from their early 20's to mid late 30's. By then, they finally recognize that it's all bul#@#2 At this point, they will leave L.A. They recognize that knowing celebrities really does not impact their life in any real way. Their career did not take off. They are still bartending and waiting tables in their 30's. They recognize they don't have a real job. They are no longer awed by Hollywood and being near celebrities. They realize the beach isn't that fun. They recognize they no longer want to live like college students going from one apartment to another with roommates and driving an 10 year old Honda accord. They want to own a home, get married and maybe have a family. But of course, they can do none of those things in L.A. because it costs too much. They want to send their kids to good school....oh wait...that means you have to live in a nice community proximal to schools which costs more money. They can no longer live in their shanty 1950's house.

The people who remain in L.A. are usually trust fund babies. Nepotism serves them well. They come from wealthy families. Despite lacking any real skills, education or job experience, their parents will hook them up. They will inherit some business or walk into some job with gift wrapping and a bow like an established family realty business, motels/hotels, gas stations, liquor stores, fast food, entertainment company, etc. Most people don't realize this and think these young people "made it" They didn't make it; they were just fortunate to have wealthy families to fall back on unlike yourself.
This is ditto for San Diego. Same circumstances but no Hollywood.
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Old 12-22-2017, 12:34 PM
 
Location: Live:Downtown Phoenix, AZ/Work:Greater Los Angeles, CA
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I'm from South OC. North OC is largely middle class and below, lots of seedy areas, borderline ghetto areas and of course some extremely nice areas as well. Garden Grove? Anaheim? Santa Ana? No thanks.
I would live in Garden Grove or Anaheim, though not in Santa Ana. And yes, I have been to all three places lots of times (for work mainly)
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Old 12-22-2017, 12:48 PM
 
Location: Earth
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They want to send their kids to good school....oh wait...that means you have to live in a nice community proximal to schools which costs more money. They can no longer live in their shanty 1950's house.
Not necessarily. If they're living near the beach they're already living where they can send their kids to good schools (with only a couple exceptions). And they wouldn't necessarily have to give up their shanty 1950s house. Also a lot of nice communities in LA have really awful schools
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Old 12-22-2017, 09:45 PM
 
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I can't stop laughing. LA calling AZ fake? LOL. And I lived in CA for 35 years...lol. And I don 't know if anyone has noticed, but "the OC" as "they" like to call it has many, many pockets of not so good areas at all...
As who calls it? Not the natives.

I'm in South OC now, but I lived in La Habra for 26 years and while it wasn't affluent, it was not nearly as bad as I usually hear it painted. It was fine, and the part I lived in was very safe. Never had any problems there.
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Old 12-23-2017, 12:29 AM
 
Location: East Central Phoenix
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Phoenix nowadays is better than LA except for two things: public transportation (although Phoenix has gotten better in this regard) and weather. The weather in Phoenix is horrible. Then again, in LA it's not that great either. Too bad most of the places with good weather are expensive (I would not consider L.A. to have good weather)
I tend to agree. Phoenix's climate to me is mediocre overall: not horrible, but not all that great when you consider the four months of blast furnace heat and the long dry spells we tend to get. Southern CA is also prone to long dry spells, and they're suffering badly from this latest one with all the raging fires.

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New Money, in my experience, is very racist too.

"How dare these (insert anti-Hispanic epithet) kids think they're entitled to a public education at my expense -- deport them!"

Arizona has successfully made itself into one of the most racist, homophobic and reactionary states in the nation.
Oh really? And what statistics can you provide to prove that Arizona is racist, homophobic, and reactionary??? Or are you yet another pathetic troll with nothing better to do with your time than throw those words around loosely? Fact is: you have nothing to prove that Arizona is any of those things.
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