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[quote=Anonymous]We’ve been in the Sherman Oaks area (in the hills just north of Mulholland) for the whole week, and have been out and about every day, and in all our running around, we have seen literally one of the virtue-signal yard signs (BLM, “hate has no home here”, “all are welcome” etc) that dot about every third yard back home in Bethesda.

It’s very odd to not see these signs stuck all over the place like at home. But also very refreshing. I would’ve expected to see them everywhere here, since demographically/politically the neighborhoods are somewhat similar. But there is definitely much less of the shallow virtue signaling going on in southern CA than back home.

Everyone wears masks here, despite not being required to if you’re vaccinated. Either not many people are yet, or they’re maybe that’s how they virtue signal out here. I dunno. We aren’t wearing them, and get looks, but don’t care. We’ve all previously had covid and are vaccinated, and for us, it’s over and done with.

The locals are complaining about the heat. It’s about 95-100 in most places north of the mountains right now, but doesn’t feel nearly as hot as 90 does back home with humidity. I can see why people from CA hate our summers on the east coast. One thing I do notice is I seem to dehydrate much faster out here.

The traffic behavior on the freeways here makes DC traffic look like an etiquette class. There must be a tax break for miles-spent-tailgating and unsafe lane changes here. But off the freeways, surface street traffic is actually far more well-mannered than the DC area.

Way fewer police, too. Dramatically fewer. I didn’t realize how saturated we were with police at home until spending some time out here. No speed cameras or red light cameras, either, at least none that I’ve seen.

No deer either, which is nice, because you can go for a walk in the brush and not get covered in ticks, or drive someplace at night without constantly being ready for one to jump in front of your car.

But everything is dry, dead and some shade of yellow or brown here (unless it’s landscaped/watered). That’s a bit jarring to see if you’re used to everything in a park or trail being lush and green in the summer.

Interesting place to visit, but I don’t think I’d ever want to live here. 
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