Newly transplanted SCVer “Michelle” weighs in on my silly post about SCV food trucks going mainstream:
Why would you want food trucks here? That’s part of the fun that you go down to LA for!! People here like home cooked meals and an occasional night at CPK. Growing up in Santa Monica, I know how crazy the food truck “craze” is. I wouldn’t go up here. But I’m sure many hipsters and those types will. Let’s just turn SCV into an extension of LA. People move out here to get away from that stuff.
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But my point is that SCV is a more boring place. Not in a bad way, just in a way that I like the simplicity of living up here.
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Maybe you should get in your Prius and take a trip to LA.
For the record, I ride bikes and try to take the bus whenever possible, so your smug suggestion (smuggestion?) that I get in my Prius is already wrong. I’d go all multi-modal on your suggested trip to LA, taking my bike on board the train, then riding to my destination. And you’re wrong on another count too: there are many of us here who don’t like that the SCV is a “boring simplistic” place, we want a little more variety, a little more spice, a few more interesting things to do, a few more dining options than CPK or Cheesecake Factory.
I know for many people, yourself included perhaps, the SCV is nothing more than a bedroom community, a place you only experience while you sleep. But there are many of us who grew up here, who are not transplants, who believe there is some culture, interesting people and history here and many of us are thrilled that we’re getting just a little taste of some of the things LA has to offer. It’s not an either/or proposition Michelle, the SCV can have both the great things of LA and the great things that make the SCV a nice place to live now.
If you don’t like that, I suggest you get in your SUV and floor it on up to the Antelope Valley, where you can feel at home in LA County’s premiere bedroom community. No one will upset you there.
Welcome to SCVTalk Michelle. Stick around. 
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