California nightmares

I'mma try to make this short and sweet. I've been holding it back for awhile now but can't any longer. I try to not write personal stuff. This is an exception.


The haole population on Oahu's West Coast is mostly from California or the West Coast(Seattle, Portland, etc). After meeting many of them in the over the month I've been here, I have concluded:
They generally don't like us.
They generally look down on us.
They generally think we are a bunch of close minded rednecks.
They generally think they are much smarter and advanced than we.
Not all CA citizens are like this of course, but the vast majority I've encountered are.

A typical introduction goes something like this
Them: "So where are you from?"
Me: "Fort Worth, Texas"
Them: "(smirk/snicker) I love Texas, but (insert dumb stereotype here)"
Man are we some dumb folks! I never knew. So glad these citizens of the bankrupt state of California are willing to enlighten me.

A lot of the time they reply with the most pretentious, condescending statement you will ever hear in your life, and you'll think it's satire. It is not.
They truly believe image and material possesions mean everything. Thinking it was satire/sarcasm at first, I laughed.
Then when strange looks darted my way I realized they are serious. The South of the Mainland is under-represented here. Every haole i meet is from the west or east coast. I feel i can match wits or intellect with any one of them, however, when you're outnumbered there's little one can do about it. What's funny is most of these west coasters have only been to Dallas or Houston.
Little do they know Austin, our state capital, is one of the most liberal and open mined cities in the country. It's funny, how open minded they are until you disagree about something.
Certainly not the California the Mamas and the Papas were dreaming about. a> /end rant. Next entry will be on my favorite beach in Honolulu.