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Originally Posted by kcchiefsus
I get your point, but I doubt 75 percent of Americans have been to California. Your average American is an untraveled person who doesn't know anything beyond their own backyard.
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There is some truth to that. I've lived around the country (Missouri, California, Virginia, Hawaii) and I find that people have a lot of misconceptions about places they haven't been. California seems to be the most misunderstood.
I hear a lot of people - and see people here - running down California all the time, and you can tell they have never even been there. Part of it is political. There is a belief, pushed by radio and TV pundits, that it is all liberal hippies, weirdos, socialists and gays. Of course that is far from the truth. The liberals are mostly in the big cities, with 90% of the state being red as can be. It is actually a very nice place, with beautiful mountains, beaches, deserts, etc. I lived there for 6 years and loved it.
It is all about perceptions, not reality.