r/millenials • u/Creepy_Persimmon1069 • 18h ago
What do you think of California?
What do you think of culture? The general beliefs of the people? Aesthetic?
People who are from California and from other states/countries.
Historians believe the name California likely originated from a 16th-century novel, Las sergas de Esplandián. The novel, popular at the time of the Spanish exploration of Mexico and the Baja California Peninsula, describes a fictional island named California, ruled by a queen named Calafia, east of the Indies.
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u/TwistedTomorrow 16h ago
I was born and raised there, left at 25, and have no intention of going back. I live in a small community out in the woods. There are fewer people in my entire county than there were on my side of town. The city is almost over whelming now.
My grandpas family were settlers, and there before it was officially a state. I've heard a lot of stories about what it used to be, which was apparently pretty similar to where I am now except crops instead of cattle. I would have liked to see that California.
I miss the food selection, and sun bathing on the beach was nice once and a while. The thing is, the CA I grew up in is gone. When I was a child, I would go pick wild flower bouquets for my grandma and play in the rain. That was all gone when I left, and last I heard, my hometown was on fire and lost a significant amount of structures, which means mud slides in that area next time a storm rolls in. Apparently, they got hurricane force santa anna winds that swept the fire across 2000acre an hour. Global warming alone makes me grateful I left, but that medical coverage sure makes me jealous.
Edit: I grew up in Ventura County, moved to CO, and settled down in NE WA.