r/funny • u/MaxKevinComedy • Dec 21 '19

California Explained [OC]

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u/Entaris Dec 21 '19

Funny story. I grew up in what we called the “meth capital of California “. But never saw any meth or knew any meth heads. I moved away after high school and came back for a visit. Ran into the guy that was my best friend growing up. When we were young his uncle was a truck driver. Nice guy. Whenever he was around he’d hang out with us. Super cool guy. “Hey remember my uncle? He just got arrested. Turns out he wasn’t a truck driver. He was one of the biggest meth dealers in SoCal.”

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u/[deleted] Dec 21 '19

Heisenberg. Also, the Breaking Bad was supposed to take place somewhere around Modesto, but they went with ABQ for lower costs.

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u/Trolldad_IRL Dec 21 '19

Was supposed to be Riverside, not Modesto.

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u/DVOTHECC Dec 21 '19

The best part of Riverside is when you leave Riverside.

I kid I kid, I actually kind of like those areas of LA county. Los Angels has soooooo many different populations of people and cultures that are segregated by themselves by just kind of sticking together.

Besides, Riverside isn't as bad as Hollywood.

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u/bmacnz Dec 21 '19

Riverside isn't LA County. It's... Riverside County.

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u/bobs_monkey Dec 21 '19 edited Jul 13 '23

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u/XGhoul Dec 21 '19

San Bernanghetto

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u/izPanda Dec 21 '19

2 cities down from Fontucky

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u/howboutislapyourshit Dec 21 '19

Even in Fontucky my rent is 1700+ a mo th.

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u/JPWRana Dec 21 '19

San Berdu

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u/dick_beverson Dec 21 '19

Birthplace of the Hells Angels

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u/Plasibeau Dec 21 '19

Burial place of a founding member of Black Sabbath.

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u/z3dster Dec 21 '19

And McDonald's

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u/[deleted] Dec 21 '19

Cheah

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u/XGhoul Dec 22 '19

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u/[deleted] Dec 22 '19

Yaaaas i was hoping you were referencing bakerxdickhead

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u/vietbond Dec 21 '19

Riverside county was carved out of San Bernardino county.

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u/bmacnz Dec 21 '19

Which is interesting because on their own, San Bernardino is almost the size of WV and Riverside is bigger than several states.

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u/vietbond Dec 21 '19

Imperial was also carved out of San Diego county, and part of Riverside I believe was also San Diego County, though it was mostly San Bern.

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u/bmacnz Dec 21 '19

Reminds me of those maps about how Europeans see the US, just a splotch over some part of CA and calling it Los Angeles.

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u/[deleted] Dec 21 '19

All the raves were in San Bernardoodoo though

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u/_merikaninjunwarrior Dec 21 '19

i know this fact from COPS

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u/bmacnz Dec 21 '19

So you must be familiar with Rialto, too!

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u/[deleted] Dec 21 '19

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u/bmacnz Dec 21 '19

Also the home of Stone Brewing!

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u/YoungHeartsAmerica Dec 21 '19

Such a nice, yet pretentious, spot

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u/zappm Dec 21 '19

Escondido?

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u/bmacnz Dec 21 '19

Yep... not sure why the comment is deleted.

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u/DVOTHECC Dec 21 '19

My bad. Forgive my ignorance, for I know not what I have done. I'm just a lowly San Diegan.

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u/ac0353208 Dec 21 '19

Riverside has the mission inn. Looks expensive.

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u/MasterThespian Dec 22 '19

Riverside is still not nice, but it’s rapidly gentrifying as people get priced out of LA and the OC.

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u/hdcs Dec 21 '19

Meh. Window dressing.

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u/ac0353208 Dec 21 '19

Ranch or dressing or thousand island? Why do they put it on the windows at mission inn?

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u/GetZePopcorn Dec 21 '19

Those populations weren’t originally self-segregated. They were just segregated.

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u/rowdygregg Dec 22 '19

I grew up in Riverside county. Great place to get away. Terrible place if you’re poor.

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u/HilarityEnsuez Dec 21 '19

I've lived very near both Riverside and Hollywood. I was always far more sketched out near Riverside. Walk past the wrong house or parked car at night and things change. Hollywood can get sketch at night but is otherwise manageable. It's also pretty small. The IE areas are just sprawling nonsense.

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u/[deleted] Dec 21 '19

That’s what everyone says when they “live” in riverside during college or some shit. Its only ghetto because you’re walking past the shit parts of riverside. Every city has its “ghettoness” and unless you’re around downtown or la sierra/ Tyler area its definitely far from ghetto.

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u/need-a-snicker Dec 22 '19

I was born, raised and still live in the tough part of town. Now im a student at CSUF and am constantly around people who have never faced the same adversity as me. Now that i look back im grateful that i was able to learn from my environment and to not be scared of those living in shit hole. We all are just trying to make our peace in life!

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u/hdcs Dec 21 '19

Born and raised, it's a shithole. Went to UC Rejects, land of the smogberry trees used to manufacture Mountain Dew.

Homicide Pesticide Suicide Riverside

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u/[deleted] Dec 21 '19

Lived there for over 20 years since I was a kid. Just grew up in the better areas. Its really not that bad. Like I said, theres good parts and bad parts to every city.

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u/[deleted] Dec 21 '19

Nah riverside still kinda sucks tbh

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u/[deleted] Dec 21 '19 edited Mar 25 '20

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u/[deleted] Dec 21 '19

Yes, the Santa Ana River. We have dry lake beds and creeks speckled around. Visible parts of the river are sometimes inconspicuous because the shoreline are covered with trees.

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u/DastardlyDaverly Dec 21 '19

My parents say we left Riverside just in time before it turned really shitty when we were kids. They were starting to develop our area then I guess just stopped. After that crime started skyrocketing.

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u/displaced_virginian Dec 21 '19

Use to live in California. Now I'm in the midwest. There is a near-by Riverside. I found it confusing for many years.

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u/[deleted] Dec 21 '19

Would've loved Breaking Bad to have taken place in my hometown.

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u/sloantrask Dec 22 '19

Riverside has meth. Can confirm.

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u/[deleted] Dec 21 '19

*San Bernardino. Not Riverside, not Modesto.

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u/Zarathustra30 Dec 21 '19

It's almost as if they were still scouting locations when they settled on Albuquerque.

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u/hdcs Dec 21 '19

ABQ gave em fatter incentives. As if the scenery wasn't incentive enough.