During a photo-op recently at a stretch of Union Pacific railroad tracks in Los Angeles, Gov. Gavin Newsom expressed shock at the accumulated garbage: busted-open cargo containers, looted packages, cardboard boxes, and acres of trash. "I'm asking myself, what the hell is going on? We look like a third-world country," he said.
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I always knew California was a trashed out shithole but didn't realize just how much so until I left.
As soon as I crossed into Arizona, I started noticing the difference - no trash in the interstate median, no graffiti, and people were much friendlier.
