I live 17 miles from California, I meet people from there all the time. The stereo typing of people is really comical. We shoot sqeeks in California each spring, the ranchers that let us hunt, are the salt of the earth. Young or old they believe in the American way, call them a Californian, in a malicious way, and they will tune up, an attitude real quick. Kinda of like calling a Texan a Mexican, the fight begins, even if the Texan is of mexican decent.
