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San Francisco and Los Angeles have far more in common with each other than either does with Fresno, or Bakersfield, or the far north like Yreka.
by waterlesscloud 16y ago
San Francisco and Los Angeles have far more in common with each other than either does with Fresno, or Bakersfield, or the far north like Yreka.
- prodigal_erik 16y agoAh, the premise of http://www.urbanarchipelago.com/ http://www.urbanarchipelago.com/, a stirring response to the backwards hellhole that seems to surround anywhere I'd want to live.
- jergason 16y agoWow. There is some intense vitriol in that link. Disagreeing with ideas is one thing, but demonizing people who thing differently is not healthy political discourse. Of course, maybe that is not the purpose of this article.
- prodigal_erik 16y agoFor some context, that was an alt-weekly editorial written immediately after the red states knowingly re-elected Bush. The cover led with "DO NOT DESPAIR": http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/CoverArt?oid=19811&year=2004 http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/CoverArt?oid=19811&ye... I wouldn't know whether it's good political strategy, but I found it comforting at the time.
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- seasoup 16y agoSo true, instead of North and South California, we need an East and West. The coast is liberal, the inland conservative.
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