Actually i can appreciate your thoughts. Perhaps what you say is true for a variety of reasons and your reasons certinally are valid. It's nice to have the choice of the kind of enviornment to thrive in and what i saw happening in socal many years ago made me decide on a different lifestyle.
Perhaps it may be that at least from my experience the laid back thing gives license to a continued disrespect for other people. Cell phones are just a fraction of the callious disregard people have for others and throughout my brief years on this planet fewer and fewer people know the difference between common courtesy and the just "get over it" approach.
One thing i found interesting is if you made an appointment with someone in LA they just showed up when they pleased and they expected you to "Get over it". That and other things seem to have risen out of what you describe as the get over it approach.
I don't mean to ascribe any of this behaviour to you but i saw so much of that kind of thing i decided against dealing with it. I personally don't care for that kind of approach but i respect the right and decision of others who wish to live that way.
Don't get me wrong there are a lot of Folks in Norcal who's elevator dosn't go to the top and guess what. I have to get over it.
Anyway For years I have always tried to explain my experience while in Southern California but I could never put my finger on what it was. This independant film explained it very well. Maybe one day I'll purchase it. Thanks for your comments.
http://www.pbs.org/independentlens/l...snow/film.html
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Originally Posted by crosvs
Quicksilver- all joking aside, I have to say that while I myself exercise as much courtesy around others as practicable, I do not like the "feel" i get from people in norcal -- everyone seems so easily BOTHERED by everything .... i prefer the more laid back attitude of people in socal where, if something bothers another, they just "get over it." it creates a more relaxed feeling down here....... *shrugs* just my personal feeling on the matter as a guy who, again, has lived in both places for extended periods of time (11 yrs Bay Area (Mill Valley, South Marin); 7 yrs LA; going onto my 2nd yr of SD)
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