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Originally Posted by Buffy
For those of you who are not familiar with California, its a really big place, and Chico--about 90 miles/140 km north of Sacramento in the central valley--is known for being one of the most conservative places in the state both politically and religiously: probably the majority of the population there thinks that the US is a "Christian Nation" and those who disagree are either Commies or Democrats.
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Immoral family values,
Buffy
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Just to be clear, that sounds more like the outlying areas around
Chico as well as notable pockets within. Chico is a college town seated squarely in the middle of several farming and retirement communities.
Paradise,
Gridley,
Orland, and
Oroville, as I understand it, are more like the description given by Buffy. Chico as far as our neighbors go, is rather liberal/independent or at least it has been; although, I have noted a slide towards the more conservative end of things since we've had a sizable influx of retiring individuals from the larger cities (like Sacromento, San Francisco and Los Angeles) to our south.
Durham, a small community to our south in between Oroville and Chico, was a commune in the late 60's, I do believe.
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