If you are going to California in search of beauty, I would not start in Stockton!
Hey, my dog was rescued from Stockton.
RESCUED...exactly.
I'm feeling okay-ish about Visalia not being the armpit...more of a boil or pimple on the armpit (or as my dad would say, the ass) of California since it's right between two of the major armpits - Fresno and Bakersfield.
meshaliuknits - you forgot that my hick in-laws steps are in Bakersfield. Except for the perpetual jars of cow tongue in the refrigerator, they were good folk.
I like to think of it more as the armpit of California.
But, it has a large minority (especially Cambodian) population, so I'm sure there is lots of beauty there, it just may not be of the white, corn-fed variety. Although there are quite a few rich kids that probably fit into that mold at the private university there.
The physical landscape also sucks.
Maybe you are thinking of Fresno? I thought that was the armpit of California. And it does have a large Cambodian population.
CA had multiple armpits - Stockton, Modesto, Merced, Fresno, Bakersfield ...... all located in the Central Valley
eta: my sister owns a house in Merced ... they had biker gang members living next door to them (very helpful, very nice and the kind of folks you don't want to get on their BAD side). they've since moved to SLO.
I'm coming into this thread to defend Chico. (I can't believe I'm doing this.) I lived there for a few years, once between age 19-21, and once in my mid 20's. I know a lot of people that live there and really like it. It's actually a cute little town. The people that really live there are not that bad. They are very community oriented, can be kind of hippy-ish and artsy. The frat culture can make it out of control and I think they have really been trying to do something about it. I loved the summers when the college kids would leave.
Now as far as Stockton, Fresno and Bakersfield, I think California has one large armpit that stretches from Bakersfield up to Stockton. One could argue it reaches around to Redding.
On topic, yes he is very good looking in the conventional way. He fits the internet memes well. It's funny what gets picked up on and goes viral.
I'm feeling okay-ish about Visalia not being the armpit...more of a boil or pimple on the armpit (or as my dad would say, the ass) of California since it's right between two of the major armpits - Fresno and Bakersfield.
meshaliuknits - you forgot that my hick in-laws are in Bakersfield. Except for the perpetual jars of cow tongue in the refrigerator, they were good folk.
I knew I'd forgotten someone!
But let's face it, that cat is the biggest star ever to come out of Bakersfield. They dont' let just anyone drop the puck at a Condor's game!
I'm coming into this thread to defend Chico. (I can't believe I'm doing this.) I lived there for a few years, once between age 19-21, and once in my mid 20's. I know a lot of people that live there and really like it. It's actually a cute little town. The people that really live there are not that bad. They are very community oriented, can be kind of hippy-ish and artsy. The frat culture can make it out of control and I think they have really been trying to do something about it. I loved the summers when the college kids would leave.
Now as far as Stockton, Fresno and Bakersfield, I think California has one large armpit that stretches from Bakersfield up to Stockton. One could argue it reaches around to Redding.
On topic, yes he is very good looking in the conventional way. He fits the internet memes well. It's funny what gets picked up on and goes viral.
agree .. if Chico's considered an armpit town in CA .. then you might as well name ALL of the college towns in CA as armpit locales ....
I'm coming into this thread to defend Chico. (I can't believe I'm doing this.) I lived there for a few years, once between age 19-21, and once in my mid 20's. I know a lot of people that live there and really like it. It's actually a cute little town. The people that really live there are not that bad. They are very community oriented, can be kind of hippy-ish and artsy. The frat culture can make it out of control and I think they have really been trying to do something about it. I loved the summers when the college kids would leave.
Now as far as Stockton, Fresno and Bakersfield, I think California has one large armpit that stretches from Bakersfield up to Stockton. One could argue it reaches around to Redding.
On topic, yes he is very good looking in the conventional way. He fits the internet memes well. It's funny what gets picked up on and goes viral.
agree .. if Chico's considered an armpit town in CA .. then you might as well name ALL of the college towns in CA as armpit locales ....
I think Chico is special because of it's appearances on COPS-like shows. See also, Rialto featured on 85% of COPS episodes in the last 2-3 seasons.
agree .. if Chico's considered an armpit town in CA .. then you might as well name ALL of the college towns in CA as armpit locales ....
I think Chico is special because of it's appearances on COPS-like shows. See also, Rialto featured on 85% of COPS episodes in the last 2-3 seasons.
Chico State is known for its party atmosphere and quite frankly drunk frat boys don't scare me as much as the meth heads they find in Rialto. Speaking of COPS .. Castro Valley was featured on the show not that long ago !
Boy. Sacto is really dodging a bullet in this convo!
Must be the fancy new arena.
Yeah, no it's not.
I HATE flying into Sacto. With the passion of a thousand burning suns. And then driving down to Fresno and Visalia. I'd rather poke my eyes out with red-hot pokers. No wonder I never see my family.
If you are going to California in search of beauty, I would not start in Stockton!
One of my sorority sisters is from Stockton. She is gorgeous in a natural beauty kind of way. She's done some print modeling, nothing major, but is too short for a real career in the industry. Between this guy and my soror, I'm forced to believe Stockton is full of pretty people.
Maybe you just haven't been to the right part of town
Is Chico really that bad? I've never been. I think of it as a mountain and beer town. *Mountains: good. Beer: good. Chico: good?
*are there mountains there? Maybe it's trees? I don't know what the fuck is in Chico actually! But beer. Yes. I know this.
The OC (the early-2000s TV show, not a geographical misnomer) taught me that it is where roughneck boys with storied pasts and hearts of gold come from.
Is Chico really that bad? I've never been. I think of it as a mountain and beer town. *Mountains: good. Beer: good. Chico: good?
*are there mountains there? Maybe it's trees? I don't know what the fuck is in Chico actually! But beer. Yes. I know this.
The OC (the early-2000s TV show, not a geographical misnomer) taught me that it is where roughneck boys with storied pasts and hearts of gold come from.
NO! Ryan was from CHINO, not Chico! Not that Chino is paradise or anything, lol.
If you are going to California in search of beauty, I would not start in Stockton!
One of my sorority sisters is from Stockton. She is gorgeous in a natural beauty kind of way. She's done some print modeling, nothing major, but is too short for a real career in the industry. Between this guy and my soror, I'm forced to believe Stockton is full of pretty people.
Maybe you just haven't been to the right part of town
Is Chico really that bad? I've never been. I think of it as a mountain and beer town. *Mountains: good. Beer: good. Chico: good?
*are there mountains there? Maybe it's trees? I don't know what the fuck is in Chico actually! But beer. Yes. I know this.
The OC (the early-2000s TV show, not a geographical misnomer) taught me that it is where roughneck boys with storied pasts and hearts of gold come from.