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As a resident of Los Angeles, I exiled myself from Philadelphia
and have never been back.
Finding a bunch of ex-Philadelphians
here in LA, I never have to worry about visiting Philly just
because I want a cheeses steak-and I can watch Eagles games on
television.
The point is, I came to Los Angeles because it's the exact opposite of Marcus Hook and Pennsylvania as a whole. Leading a Gothic lifestyle, I was constantly pulled over by police in Marcus Hook just because I was wearing all black clothing and eyeliner. I was constantly harassed and hurt by the fat, unintelligent people. I was constantly picked-on in high school because I was intelligent and creative. I couldn't find an "out," not even in South Street in Philly, which was becoming more and more commercial. I became tired of seeing bumper stickers supporting Bush and Confederate flags abounding in the suburbs. As I was making my exit, I had people ask me: "why are you moving to LA? What's wrong with Philly?" The best comment was, "don't you know there are all those [insert epithet about homosexuals or Mexicans] out there?" Or, "you're going to get carjacked!" Now that live here, I constantly have people finding me on classmate.com telling me how much they envy me for living out here. Pennsylvania is a place where if you're smart, you get out. If you're not, you marry the girl you went with to the prom, have two kids by the time you're 25, work at Wal Mart and live on the same block where you grew up. You never go to Pittsburgh much less to any other part of your own state. If you somehow end up going to college, it's the closest college to where you attended high school. I got out and I'm glad I did. I'll never forget the painful first 20 years of my life there. I'll never let anyone there (who's quick to defend Pennsylvania) get away with being so terribly idiotic and wrong.
"I suggest we give him ten years in
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