My sister pointed out something to me recently: in LA, you get LA news. In San Diego, you still get LA news.
Now that I live in the Riverside/LA county, all I see on the news are just live coverages of police pursuits, an updated count of shootings and deaths, and one sad reality of just how many stupid people who actually live in this tiny corner of the earth are around me.
Now I know understand why--after six years of living in this area--my sister has become so cynical.
And I teach here. Oh. My. God.