All kidding aside, while CA may not be for all people, I certainly won't be leaving to go places like the south where as recently as the late 80's I was openly discriminated against just because I'm not white.
I guess that was the
19 80s? <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/wink.gif" alt="" /> OK, but for goodness sakes - it was 20 years ago.
I'm reminded that discrimination is seen most anywhere.... and in all flavors.... reverse options even exist.... particularly here...... and in some places, it would probably even be considered a form of discrimination to not live in a place where discrimination exists. <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/scared.gif" alt="" />
I can remember feeling that I was discriminated against by Bristol-Myers in the '60s because nearly all management was Irish Catholic and I was a lowly Southern Baptist.... but I didn't refuse to take their paycheck. <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/wink.gif" alt="" />
It's never fun to be on the pointy end of discrimination, but a lot of things have changed here as in other places. Sometimes, it's a matter of where you go, who you choose as friends and what you expect - but mostly I think that life is what you make of it and how you view yourself - not how others view you.
I suppose if I spent more time in CA, I might think I was discriminated against because those I think are kooks would sense it (or I'd tell 'em they were) and they wouldn't like me very much. <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/lol.gif" alt="" />
If it's been 20 years, you probably should give it another try. <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/kewl.gif" alt="" /> As said, a lot of things have changed - maybe so have you. <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/wink.gif" alt="" />
Frank <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/cheers.gif" alt="" />
