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Old 03-05-2009, 09:46 PM
 
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I love the San Fernando Valley. I'll admit, I don't really know the place personally. I've only spent a couple of afternoons there, the last time being about 8 years ago. But I've read a lot on it, heard of it in songs, and have seen the valley in movies. Well, let me give you my "fantasy" view of. The valley of the 70's and 80's was still a somewhat white, working class suburb. But by then the modern semi-dysfunctional American family had come about. I can kind of relate to that, being a product of the 70's myself. No "yes mam" or "yes sir". Just yelling in the household that echoes off the linoleum floors. No church. At least one of the kids are on drugs. Sports aren't real big in the family and neither is the military. The father is a working class chump, busting his hump in a middle management position. He spends hours in freeway gridlock, in a very boring car like a Cutlass Ciera. After work he just wants to veg in front of the TV. Did any of you all grow up in households like that back in day? Were any of you fathers like the one I described? Somehow I just imagine that kind of household being very common throughout the valley in the 70's. My hat's off to you.
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Old 03-06-2009, 06:10 AM
 
Location: Las Flores, Orange County, CA
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I love the San Fernando Valley. I'll admit, I don't really know the place personally. I've only spent a couple of afternoons there, the last time being about 8 years ago. But I've read a lot on it, heard of it in songs, and have seen the valley in movies. Well, let me give you my "fantasy" view of. The valley of the 70's and 80's was still a somewhat white, working class suburb. But by then the modern semi-dysfunctional American family had come about. I can kind of relate to that, being a product of the 70's myself. No "yes mam" or "yes sir". Just yelling in the household that echoes off the linoleum floors. No church. At least one of the kids are on drugs. Sports aren't real big in the family and neither is the military. The father is a working class chump, busting his hump in a middle management position. He spends hours in freeway gridlock, in a very boring car like a Cutlass Ciera. After work he just wants to veg in front of the TV. Did any of you all grow up in households like that back in day? Were any of you fathers like the one I described? Somehow I just imagine that kind of household being very common throughout the valley in the 70's. My hat's off to you.
A lot of this describes our household in Canoga Park, though in the early 1970s my dad experienced the killer aerospace layoffs - very depressing for him.

One film I saw that is very realistic (though it doesn't specifically related to the San Fernando Valley) is "Dazed and Confused".

One image I have of the 1970s, knee socks:


Guys over 50 guys still wear tube socks like they did in junior high in the early and mid 1970s.

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One of the all time greats modeling them:

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Old 03-06-2009, 06:56 AM
 
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Great looking family!
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Old 03-06-2009, 07:00 AM
 
Location: Las Flores, Orange County, CA
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Great looking family!
that's not us...it's just a not copyright protected photo I found on the internet.
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Old 03-06-2009, 04:59 PM
 
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What the OP describes reminds me of the '80s teen drama "Foxes" with Jodie Foster, which was set in the West Valley

Other movies that come to mind (besides "Dazed and Confused", which was set in Texas): "The River's Edge" (which was set in Tujunga) and "Over The Edge" (which IIRC was set in Colorado - perhaps Colorado Springs? - but which could've easily taken place in Porter Ranch, Hidden Hills, Calabasas, etc.)
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Old 03-06-2009, 07:03 PM
 
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Our household was more like the one in that movie, Shattered Spirits.
Shattered Spirits (1986) - Movie Info - Yahoo! Movies
And the thing was, we had everything. A house on the water, a boat, swimming pool. We went to a private school. It's just that our house was infected with seriousness.

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What the OP describes reminds me of the '80s teen drama "Foxes" with Jodie Foster, which was set in the West Valley

Other movies that come to mind (besides "Dazed and Confused", which was set in Texas): "The River's Edge" (which was set in Tujunga) and "Over The Edge" (which IIRC was set in Colorado - perhaps Colorado Springs? - but which could've easily taken place in Porter Ranch, Hidden Hills, Calabasas, etc.)
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Old 03-06-2009, 07:40 PM
 
Location: Declezville, CA
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The most dysfunctional families I've known over the years have been church-going families. You must be a product of the Bible Belt.
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Old 03-06-2009, 07:52 PM
 
Location: SoCal
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I love the San Fernando Valley. I'll admit, I don't really know the place personally. I've only spent a couple of afternoons there, the last time being about 8 years ago. But I've read a lot on it, heard of it in songs, and have seen the valley in movies. Well, let me give you my "fantasy" view of. The valley of the 70's and 80's was still a somewhat white, working class suburb. But by then the modern semi-dysfunctional American family had come about. I can kind of relate to that, being a product of the 70's myself. No "yes mam" or "yes sir". Just yelling in the household that echoes off the linoleum floors. No church. At least one of the kids are on drugs. Sports aren't real big in the family and neither is the military. The father is a working class chump, busting his hump in a middle management position. He spends hours in freeway gridlock, in a very boring car like a Cutlass Ciera. After work he just wants to veg in front of the TV. Did any of you all grow up in households like that back in day? Were any of you fathers like the one I described? Somehow I just imagine that kind of household being very common throughout the valley in the 70's. My hat's off to you.
You're in a fantasy. What is the purpose of this post?

I'm coming to you from the heart of the San Fernando Valley, porn capital of the nation. It is a place, but nothing to aspire to.

Can you spot the double entendre?
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Old 03-06-2009, 07:58 PM
 
Location: Las Flores, Orange County, CA
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The most dysfunctional families I've known over the years have been church-going families.
Totally agree. And the statistics on societal health bear this out.

OpEdNews » Why is Secular European Society Doing so Much Better Than God-Fearing America?
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Old 03-06-2009, 09:15 PM
 
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Please don't lump me in with the fundamentalists. I've never been to church once in my life. I just recently found out that Easter was the day either Jesus or his mom died, one or the other. Sorry, my thread was kind of pointless though.
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You're in a fantasy. What is the purpose of this post?

I'm coming to you from the heart of the San Fernando Valley, porn capital of the nation. It is a place, but nothing to aspire to.

Can you spot the double entendre?
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