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What does California mean to me? ((Destinations: Disneyland; Universal…
What does California mean to me?
Natural features: Lava beds; warm, spectacular beaches; sunshine; redwood forests; Grand Canyon; high heat; palm trees; rich soil in Central Valley; deserts in the south; Joshua trees; towering mountains;
Colleges: UCLA, San Diego schools; San Francisco colleges; "top colleges";
Destinations: Disneyland; Universal Studios; great hotels; Gold Bug park; Horsetail falls; Hollywood (the Hollywood sign); Alcatraz; Six Flags;
Music: 2Pac;
The Bay Area: college
San Diego: adjacent islands; Long beach;
Visit Family: Thanksgiving; grandparents' boat; cousins;
Sports: Basketball camp; the Golden State Warriors; athletes in LA;
Abstract ideas: variety; celebrity (actors, singers); amusement; liberal ideas; ecology; urbanity;
cultural diversity; community; political polarization; passion and vitality; opportunity; emigration; social decay; welfare; great to visit, but not to live; "home"; dreamers; "It's almost as if anything is possible there"; influencers; the "California Dream"
Personages: the Kardashians
Activities: vacationing; gambling; surfing; watching baseball games; going to the pool; hiking and climbing; swimming in warm water; laying in the sand; boating; hang gliding; doing homework on the beach; laying over between flights;
History: Vietnamese emigrants (1975); the 1849 Gold Rush; the labor movement; the Donner party on the California Trail;
Environmental challenges: drought; deforestation; solar power generation; high population density; wildfires
Los Angeles: Hollywood; movie and t.v. industry; diverse culturally;
Technology: Youtubers; Vloggers; Teslas; "influencers"; silicon valley
Sacramento: Placerville
The Coastline: Highway 1
Social problems: inflated housing prices; wealth drain; traffic
Santa Clara: Ed R. Levin Park in Milpitas
The Sierras
Food: cool desserts; churros
Sonoma: "home"; the wine industry
Literature: "The Grapes of Wrath"
Immigrants: Vietnamese; Chinese; Latin American;
Agriculture: wine; fruits and vegetables of the Central Valley;