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Originally Posted by california rick
Originally Posted by numan
I was born and raised in Los Angeles and never referred to my hometown as "L.A."---I always said "Los Angeles". Though I must admit that I sinned in not pronouncing the "g" in "Angeles" in the Spanish way.
My condolences. I grew up in Redondo Beach, and smartly moved north to live in a region that embraces forward-thinking ecology, progressive life-styles, and a plethora of stunning geography - which includes forests of Sequoia sempervirens - which El Lay can't grow. smile
What about all the things Los Angeles can grow which you can't, like avocados, and oranges and lemons, and mangoes, and.... Or, at least, it used to be able to grow them wink

No condolences are necessary. Some of us grew up in Bizarro Los Angeles and are diametrically opposite to the stereotypical Angeleno.

I don't dare go back to my hometown. I am afraid that if an anti-Angeleno like me shook hands with an Angeleno we both might be annihilated in a gigantic burst of energy. LOL