Where are LA's "Brady Bunch" look-alikes living now? (Glendale: apartment, unemployment)

[robertpolyglot]

Originally Posted by Lorielicious

No, this is not a serious conversation. Our friend rob here is trying to fish out where he can go in So Cal to get away from the dark people. The answer is: Nowhere. Good luck with your search, pal!

Your comment is very myopic. First, I am certainly NOT trying to move there. The last time I thought of that was in 2004. The "conversation" is serious. If you had a very ample stock of a Nordic/Aryan look (which I don't have) and 20 to 30 years later, they are gone, one wonders where they went.

Anybody who criticizes this thread with reference to "darkness" is ignorant, and playing the race card. I've known people in LA who were elderly and stayed in their neighborhoods, which were "Leave it to Beaver" at one point and, later on, they lived in their same paid-for houses as if living on an island. They were no longer a part of the neighborhood's fabric. Would I like living in Glendale CA on a predominantly Armenian street? (Armenians are white, BTW.) Hell no. They are ethnocentric and non-Armenians would probably feel somewhat excluded. There's a real practical dimension here.

[Tantamount]

Considering "The Brady Bunch" is a T.V. show and most television shows exaggerate or create a utopia that doesn't exist in real life, it's hard to believe that was a true reflection of LA in the 1970's. There were plenty of ethnicities living in LA in the 1970's but the show didn't want to reflect that reality.

Just like the movies that show LA is comprised of tan blonde women everywhere, the same goes for the all white life of "The Brady Bunch". A writer's/director's/producer's creation at best.

[disgruntled la native]

Originally Posted by robertpolyglot

Your comment is very myopic. First, I am certainly NOT trying to move there. The last time I thought of that was in 2004. The "conversation" is serious. If you had a very ample stock of a Nordic/Aryan look (which I don't have) and 20 to 30 years later, they are gone, one wonders where they went.

Anybody who criticizes this thread with reference to "darkness" is ignorant, and playing the race card. I've known people in LA who were elderly and stayed in their neighborhoods, which were "Leave it to Beaver" at one point and, later on, they lived in their same paid-for houses as if living on an island. They were no longer a part of the neighborhood's fabric. Would I like living in Glendale CA on a predominantly Armenian street? (Armenians are white, BTW.) Hell no. They are ethnocentric and non-Armenians would probably feel somewhat excluded. There's a real practical dimension here.

There's less black people in parts of LA too. Like south central, compton. Where did they go? oh wait no one cares about black people, just sexy tan blond chicks at the beach

[yamota]

this could only happen in the LA forum. You think white people in Miami are insecure about the lack of white people there? I think not

[robertpolyglot]

Originally Posted by disgruntled la native

There's less black people in parts of LA too. Like south central, compton. Where did they go? oh wait no one cares about black people, just sexy tan blond chicks at the beach

Correct. South Central has a large Hispanic component which, in earlier years, people would have not predicted.

No, it's the demographics from my high school class, for example. That's why I started the thread. Very few people are in LA proper anymore. Maybe the SFV (still city of LA, though). But that's about it. Some people need to give the PC part of this a rest.

Personally, our street as a kid was very mixed. It was a mosaic. As it should be. It wasn't polarized.

Mosaic is good. Polarized is not. Sorry.

[Pito_Chueco]

Originally Posted by robertpolyglot

Correct. South Central has a large Hispanic component which, in earlier years, people would have not predicted.

No, it's the demographics from my high school class, for example. That's why I started the thread. Very few people are in LA proper anymore. Maybe the SFV (still city of LA, though). But that's about it. Some people need to give the PC part of this a rest.

Personally, our street as a kid was very mixed. It was a mosaic. As it should be. It wasn't polarized.

Mosaic is good. Polarized is not. Sorry.

I would assume that most of the folks that I grew up with are still in the LA area. At least that was the impression that I got when I used to be on facebook. That is probably the case just about everywhere, as most people stick with what is familiar. Anyway, I think that you have to examine other things like birth rates and immigration patterns. I'm not sure if the nordic types are fleeing LA en mass, but they seem to be a smaller percentage of the population than they were about 40 years ago. This is in no small part due to the fact that both the population and the diversity of the area has increased.

[bophisto]

It would be interesting to get some data on this, but I'm not sure where you would find it.

It's funny though when I see a blonde in L.A without even looking at their license plate I can tell they are from out of state

[regular folk]

Few forth or fifth generation Northern European ancestry folks left in LA according to the US Census. This type of person is still a clear majority in most of America.

According to the 2010 US Census, only 27.6 percent of LA COUNTY is white and that figure includes many people who call themselves white but are from Latin America, the Middle East and Northern Africa. If you would include only the people who link their background to Europe (the more typical white person in the rest of America) the figure would be closer to 15% in LA.

Los Angeles County QuickFacts from the US Census Bureau

56% speak a language other than English at home.

[Count David]

Originally Posted by yamota

You think white people in Miami are insecure about the lack of white people there? I think not

This is merely anecdotal, but I knew a guy that moved from Miami to Denver for strictly that reason. Didn't want his kids going to school hearing 50 different languages and such.

[Des-Lab]

Remember. When Asians/Blacks/Latinos coalesce around each other in a given area, it's only human nature to want to "be with their own'.

When white people leave to other places to also "be with their own", it's racist White Flight and indicative of their denial on how times are changing.