Ch 14 306-315 revisited

[Paul Mackin]

On Wed, Apr 1, 2009 at 3:01 PM, Joseph Tracy <brook7 at sover.net> wrote:>

> There is  a stretch now from Santa Rosa to Portland that is seriously
> isolated from  California culture and is rather unique in US culture.  Other
> areas like this? I like that Pynchon makes note of this phenomena.  The
> transition often seems quite palpable.

I think many residents in the lower parts of the state think things
stop at San Francisco.

In Los Angeles when you go "up north" it means to the Bay area even
though that's not much more than half way to the top.
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