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Old 04-24-2011, 11:19 PM
 
Location: CA
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Almost every time I tell someone I live in the Valley, the film "Valley Girl" gets mentioned. So I watched the film to get some understanding. I now see that the Valley has changed a lot and it's not like it was back in the 80's so I don't know why the film keeps on being mentioned to this day? Back then it was very white. What changed? Where did all those "Valley girls" go? Did they all move to Brentwood? Santa Monica (especially that mall)? Orange County? San Diego especially North County? I'm not seeing them on a daily basis. There's times where I feel like I hardly see white people anymore.

I'm curious to know how and why the valley changed? I can't seem to find much online so maybe people who were born/raised in the Valley can enlighten me. I understand the Iranian revolution but how did it get such a high Armenian, Russian, Israeli and Mexican population? I'm mainly speaking for the areas of Tarzana, Encino, Sherman Oaks and Van Nuys.

Apparently in the film Valley Girl, the yuppy house party was filmed in Canoga Park but I hear that's a really rough/gang related area now.

When I lived in San Diego (UTC, La Jolla), I found that to be more like the Valley from the 80's.

So I'm curious...

 
Old 04-25-2011, 12:09 AM
 
Location: Coachella Valley, California
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Like Oh my Gawd!!!!! Totally!

We all had to grow up and move on (unfortunately).
 
Old 04-25-2011, 12:43 AM
 
Location: california
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Those valley girls are approaching 40 or in their 40s now. They are moms/grandmothers.
I remember in jr. High in the 80s, when the "valley girl" speech was popular. And I was in prov, ri. We used phrases like "fer sure" "totally awesome" etc...
There's always pauly shore who totally represents everything valley/venice beach like. Lol.
But yeah, the areas you just described are a combo of the middle east/mexican disporia/mexican americans/some blacks, a few asians and very few whites.
 
Old 04-25-2011, 12:53 AM
 
Location: california
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Btw, this would make a great topic for a documentary. Someone needs to find at least 20 die hard former valley girls and interview them. See how many of them stayed perpetutal teens, and where life has brbrought them. They were a major part of american teen culture in the 80s. Movies features them, and there were all those stickers with their words pasted all over sticker books. They also starred in those "after school specials".
 
Old 04-25-2011, 12:56 AM
 
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Pushed further south up against ventura blvd. The accent/phrases have faded over the years and altered by TV shows, like "the Hills", the O.C. etc...new phrases, accents etc have developed.
 
Old 04-25-2011, 01:00 AM
 
Location: california
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I noticed people here say DUDE A LOT.
Back east, barely anyone says that.
 
Old 04-25-2011, 01:06 AM
 
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I noticed people here say DUDE A LOT.
Back east, barely anyone says that.
I noticed that too. It actually pisses me off. I once worked with a girl who would start a sentence with "dude" and end it with "dude". She would talk really loud too, which didn't help.
 
Old 04-25-2011, 01:08 AM
 
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I say dude a lot.
 
Old 04-25-2011, 01:33 AM
 
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Did not see it clearly....
 
Old 04-25-2011, 01:48 AM
 
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Originally Posted by ambermerci View Post
I noticed people here say DUDE A LOT.
Back east, barely anyone says that.
I'm so old I remember when "dude" referred to someone who couldn't ride a horse...
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