America ran out of frontier when we hit the Pacific Ocean. And that changed things. Alaska and Hawaii were too far away to figure in most people’s aspirations, so for decades, it was the West Coast states and especially California that represented dreams and possibilities in the national imagination. The American dream reached its apotheosis in California. After World War II, the state became our collective tomorrow. But today, it looks more like a future that the rest of the country should avoid—a place where a few coastal enclaves have grown fabulously wealthy while everyone else falls further and further behind.
In other words, a real shit hole!
ReplyDeleteIt is a shame what has happened to California. Up through the early 70's California was the pot of gold at the end of the American rainbow.
ReplyDeleteIf we make it through December
Everything's going to be alright, I know
It's the coldest time of winter
And I shiver when I see the falling snow
If we make it through December
Got plans to be in a warmer town come summer time
Maybe even California
If we make it through December, we'll be fine
Even the Clampetts were told California was the place they ought to be.
Looking back, California had it's problems, but it was 1982's Plyler v. Doe decision and the 1998 decsion that overturned Prop 187 that turned California into the open air sewer it is today.
Immigration destroys. All immigration has been bad for America and Americans.
San Francisco is getting a much needed bidet.
ReplyDeleteHollyweird no thank you
ReplyDeleteMoving to Texas and Florida. Do it now rather than later.
ReplyDeleteCalifornia is where the future went to die. Unfortunately, it may take the rest of us with it.
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