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Quote from the thread:
I actually came to LA to see the riots. I was driving to Galveston for a job, saw the riots on TV, and said, “screw Galveston” and headed west. It was the best decision of my life. I watched a city burn and met my wife the day I got here.
That guy’s store probably didn’t get rebuilt for quite a while. I left Cali four months after the riots ended and violent gangs of locals were still chasing out any contractors who dared enter those neighborhoods to rebuild. They demanded only black construction workers be allowed in, but when construction companies tried to hire locals they all refused to work. They burnt down their own neighborhoods then threatened to kill anybody who tried to rebuild it. All the while crying about their neighborhood being destroyed. It was idiotic.
But...no lines at Disney or Six Flags and Angel’s Stadium was darn near empty. My first official date with my wife was an Angels/Dodgers Freeway Series game. It was a great time to be a tourist.
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