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Post by aztecwin on Jan 9, 2011 10:08:27 GMT -8
This is very prevalent in California, but not exclusively in California. xrl.us/bid9ngI don't know much else that can happen when tax payers are fleeing at about the same rate as tax consumers from other States and illegals come in. What will be our long term result be? |
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Post by Aztec89 on Jan 9, 2011 15:14:32 GMT -8
Yep. The Mexicans have landed in numbers, much too large to assimilate to US culture and values. They have brought the slums of Tijuana to the US and dumped them on our doorsteps, while holding out their hands for free $#!+.
Learn the Mexican National Anthem, you will need to know the words.
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Post by sdtosf on Jan 9, 2011 20:57:02 GMT -8
They even named our mascot after a Mexican! LOL
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Post by AztecWilliam on Jan 10, 2011 13:02:21 GMT -8
This reminds me of a story. (Notice how so many things do? ;D) After graduating from San Diego State, my first wife and I moved to Santa Monica. For the next two years, '64-'66, I did graduate work at UCLA. We didn't get around LA as much as I wish we had, partly, I suppose, because I was working in addition to going to school. And money was tight. Anyway, in '66 we returned to San Diego and I started my teaching career.
In 1974, my wife made the incredibly foolish mistake of asking for a divorce. (Foolish woman!). Being single, I was able to do things I hadn't been free to do. One thing I did was to drive to downtown LA. I can't even remember the reason now. Anyway, I was struck by how much downtown resembled a city in Mexico. Hispanic culture predominated everywhere, it seemed, from the language one heard, to the many signs on storefronts, even the types of foods listed on the cafe menus. I thought, Man, I could almost be in Mexico City. Of course, there were many parts of the city, even downtown, that no doubt did not look quite that way, but the impression I got was striking.
Today, especially in the area near the central library, the city looks pretty cosmopolitan, with people of many ethnic and cultural backgrounds. Move further south, or to East LA, and the Mexican aura grows. Is this the wave of the future?
AzWm
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Post by AlwaysAnAztec on Jan 10, 2011 14:02:50 GMT -8
This reminds me of a story. (Notice how so many things do? ;D) After graduating from San Diego State, my first wife and I moved to Santa Monica. For the next two years, '64-'66, I did graduate work at UCLA. We didn't get around LA as much as I wish we had, partly, I suppose, because I was working in addition to going to school. And money was tight. Anyway, in '66 we returned to San Diego and I started my teaching career. In 1974, my wife made the incredibly foolish mistake of asking for a divorce. (Foolish woman!). Being single, I was able to do things I hadn't been free to do. One thing I did was to drive to downtown LA. I can't even remember the reason now. Anyway, I was struck by how much downtown resembled a city in Mexico. Hispanic culture predominated everywhere, it seemed, from the language one heard, to the many signs on storefronts, even the types of foods listed on the cafe menus. I thought, Man, I could almost be in Mexico City. Of course, there were many parts of the city, even downtown, that no doubt did not look quite that way, but the impression I got was striking. Today, especially in the area near the central library, the city looks pretty cosmopolitan, with people of many ethnic and cultural backgrounds. Move further south, or to East LA, and the Mexican aura grows. Is this the wave of the future? AzWm While in high school (1971), I drove a laundry truck throughout downtown and East LA. Downtown was 'seedy' but not very 'Mexican'. East LA could have been another town in Mexico though. Didn't really bother me. We've always had immigrant communities in the U.S. going back to the founding of the country. The gangs were another issue though. |
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Post by sdtosf on Jan 10, 2011 17:29:37 GMT -8
Los Angeles used to be part of Mexico after being founded by the spaniards. After the bear flag revolution California became part of the USA. East LA area used to be home to many mixed cultures that lived there at the time. After developing Wilshire and West Side communities in the early 20th century the developers and city leaders made those "white only" communities. All hispanics living in those areas had to move to East LA. Concentration of all hispanics remains strong there today because of the community that was forced to live there.
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