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not feel deprived.

Taft is a **** hole.


It may not be Malibu, but is not a ********.

It isn't even Arvin.

Taft, like Bakersfield, is hell on earth on a still day. There are enough
airborne volatiles that you can hardly breath.
Well, normal humans find it hard to tolerate. I don't think the locals
even
notice.
They do contract nasty diseases in numbers that look a lot like Love
canal,
however.


--

John R. Carroll
www.machiningsolution.com


The more you write the more I know you are familiar with the area. I used to
live in Orange county, California so I've been over the hill and up I-5 many
times over the years. As you accurately noted the area immediately after you
leave the mountains and hit the valley floor is one unattractive area. It's
dry, smoggy, hot, lacks green vegetation, and as you might expect it's never
been a place many people wanted to spend time in. Despite what
Gunner says it's not a nice place. On the other hand, there are people who
think Blythe is nice.

Hawke