1. Californians drive like bats out of Hell. Theory: It's easy to go fast when you own a BMW, Quattro Audi, Mercedes, and the like.
2. Californian motorbikers have a death wish. If there is at least an inch between two cars, they will pass you by zooming through it.
3. Los Angeles, in comparison to Irvine, is a big dirty looking shit hole with tons of graffiti and trash everywhere. I am glad to be in Orange County. Although, there are nice little areas here and there near the beaches. Still kinda run down and old.
4. When I was in Nashville, there weren't too many half asian kids around. Now I feel lost in the sea of spikey black haired, big brown eyed dudes that look almost like me. Now I know how ya'll white people feel... boring and ubiquitous. Chuckle at my own joke.
5. Teeth whitening and hair removal is aggressively advertised out there. I am going to get my teeth whitened, and that meadow of hair right above my ass crack BEGONE soon! I think I also want to get Lasik.
6. There's a lot of pretty girls out here, and because of it, the standard o' good looking has been raised. Nashville girls that would have been a strong 8 are now reduced to like 6.5 or 7. I'm just kidding?
7. People are much more concerned about health here than in Nashville. Lots more gyms, bike lanes are EVERYWHERE.
8. There are HUNDREDS of awesome places to eat. Peruvian, Japanese, Korean, Chinese, Greek, etc. Even the cheap fast food places have better, delicious food than places like O'Charleys, Chili's, etc from the South. You would think there would be alot more fat people out here, but apparently everyone works out.
9. Everyone seems to be much more genuinely NICER (except on the road) in public.
10. The gas here isn't that expensive. $2.30.
Overall, when I was in Tennessee and anyone would mention California, the first thing they would say was "It's so expensive to live out there."
It seems people get paid accordingly. I live the same lifestyle I did in Nashville, actually better, but in a nicer climate, better food, and more seemingly happy and progressive atmosphere.
11. Toni, Toni, Toni said, "It never rains in Southern California..." It's not necessarily true. In actuality, it sometimes does. Here's a story about rain.
I threw out my coffee onto the parking lot pavement in front of Matt.
Jimi, "Was that wrong, the rain will wash it away..."
Matt, "Well..."
Jimi, "It doesn't rain much here..."
Matt, Chuckle
Toni, Toni, Toni should have said, "It rarely rains in Southern California..."
I guess that didn't have the same vibe and ring to it, but yeah, it rains, but very little.
12. Californians, at least in OC, throw away alot of good stuff. I'm somewhat ashamed, but I got some perfectly good furniture from beside the trash. I saw the exact same thing today at IKEA on sale for $129.
The people whose apartment Im renting/housesitting, found a perfectly good, working 600m Dell laptop beside the trash. WTF!
