You see about 3 states, two of which are conservative. Orange County is one of the most conservative places in America. The Valley is agricultural Mecca. The mountains and woods north of Nappa all the way to Oregon already think of themselves as Jefferson - the 51st state. The reasons it's such a blue state are the Bay Area, the Los Angels basin minus Orange County, and to a lesser extent, San Diego. Essentially, just the coast. If California ever broke away it would then break up, and in the process, Los Angeles would lose its water supply, which is piped in clear across the state. Would be hilarious.

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Posted by tarzana

TX Hwy 6--Brazos River Backwater

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Posted on 6/17/17 at 8:55 am to Cooter Davenport

Hillary carried Orange County by a 53%-42% margin over Trump. The county used to be Republican but it's steadily becoming more mainstream in its voting patterns.

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Posted by johnnyrocket

Ghetto once known as Baton Rouge

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Posted on 6/17/17 at 9:27 am to Cooter Davenport

Yup, lived in an area around LA and then left after I retired.

A lot of the areas around LA, use to be good middle class areas. They had great schools, good services, a lot of middle class retailers, and crime was low for middle class area.
Now some towns are having financial problems as the illegals have moved in while middle class that paid the taxes has moved out. Schools are going down, retailers moving out, city services are going down, and crime is up. I am glad I sold my house when I did.

When you cut the hand off that feeds you one of two things can happen.
1. Learn to feed yourself
2. You starve

This post was edited on 6/17/17 at 9:29 am

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