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THE TOWER OF BABBLE AND MINI-CULTURES WITHIN THE U.S.A.
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THE TOWER OF BABBLE AND MINI-CULTURES WITHIN THE U.S.A. Until I drove from Connecticut to L.A. and then from L.A. to Connecticut, back and forth a number of times during my life, and then flew across the country a number of times, I didn't fully understand the huge diversity of people and environments in our country. Going from coast to coast by vehicle, and taking your time to stop for a while in cities along the way, is a lot more educational than taking a plane trip. I've been living for the past sixty-odd years in California. Most of my time in California has been spent in a remote area of Southern California.-- A corner of the Mojave Desert not too far from the Nevada and Arizona borders. California is a large state with plenty of places in it that still have only a smattering of population even though the population of the state is officially 39 million, and unofficially up into the 40-plus millions. The population of the entire U.S. is now 338 million people, so this state I live in has a big chunk of that total.. When you take a person from Los Angeles who's spent most of their life in L.A. and then transport them to Maine or New Hampshire, the person will most likely think they're in a different country. Even the language spoken is different. Although in both places English is the language mostly spoken in both places, the person from L. A . will have difficulty understanding what is being said by the natives of Maine or New Hampshire, or from South Carolina, or Alabama, or especiailly in New Orleans if they happen to wander down there. Regional dialects are sometimes hard to understand for a person from a distant region in the U.S. The social mores of people in different states is different too. The mores go from ultra liberal to ultra conservative from state to state. Religious values are vastly different from state to state, with some states being populated by people who are mostly Agnostic to those who are intensely religious. Food, the way the people dress, the way people wear their hair, shaved or unshaven faces. On and on it goes. There is one thing that's important for you to heed. If you're driving your car across state lines, don't be at all surprised if a cop stops you with a MADE UP charge. Don't argue with the prick. Just keep your mouth shut and show the cop the information the cop wants and be on your way. Every time I drove a car with California plates cross country I got stopped in other states with some MADE UP violation. Californians are HATED almost everywhere in the country except in California.... Even though flying is a time consuming adventure in patience, it probably beats trying to drive your car from state to state and getting pulled over in all sorts of corrupt traps set up for people driving in from other states....and paying the over-priced fines. You won't learn much about the country you live in by flying, but in the long run it'll be less expensive to fly, and then rent a car in the place where you land....or...take UBER when you land and get out of the airport.... by david stardust... July 6, 2016... Wednesday morning      |
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Good posts David. A very interesting read. I do like traveling through CA. hugss V
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Good posts David. A very interesting read. I do like traveling through CA. hugss V Become a blog watcher sweet_vm
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I ran into a speed trap in Winnemucca NV that was so ridiculous. I saw the cop and was driving the speed on the speed limit sign. The cop said I had to wait until I passed the sign to go the speed indicated on the sign! Tax on travelers to support the local economy apparently.
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I ran into a speed trap in Winnemucca NV that was so ridiculous. I saw the cop and was driving the speed on the speed limit sign. The cop said I had to wait until I passed the sign to go the speed indicated on the sign! Tax on travelers to support the local economy apparently.
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