Saturday, July 25, 2009

#11 – California – What’s up with that?


California is so killer. I love it, personally. It’s a state with a lot of differences, divides, and variations, from the classes that exist there, the geography, the temperatures, all of it. You can surf at the beach in the morning and be snow skiing in the mountains by noon. In Los Angeles, as well as most cities, only blocks can separate five million dollar homes and the poorest of ghettos. Drive two hours east from Los Angeles on your way to Las Vegas and you’ll find a land of flat desert and ghost towns. There is also tons of religious diversity, from Ba’hais to scientologists to evangelical Chrisitans to Buddhists. Perhaps this place truly resembles the salad that is our country, with its multiplicity of classes, cultural areas, land shapes, and perspectives on life.

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