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Oh, yeah, you're right! All my friends in San Diego in the '70's were children of Okies, Arkies! & Texans. In fact, my wife's family all left TX & OK in the dust bowl years. I met her in AZ because they bounced out of Cali when they couldn't get work. Some of them migrated back to TX in the last 15-25 years. That's how I got here! She wanted to move closer to Mom. We actually live in the formerly small town where her grandmother was raised.Now you know how we felt in California. Growing up every guy I worked with in construction was Tex, Hillbilly, Tennessee, Mississippi, Tatter, Bud, Gator, Cadillac Eddie, Spud, Okie and Arkie and so on. Many were transplants but a lot were the kids of the Dust Bowl Migration. Great music and food.
I am in a dozen or so states. Not because I market there but because my clients are all bailing from here.