Do you live in an "english" neighbourhood?
Mar 29th 2008, 6:43 pm
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Re: Do you live in an "english" neighbourhood?
There are British enclaves in Santa Monica and Thousand Oaks here.
I suspect people generally divide on wealth rather than racial lines. Good school districts will be a major factor as to where people live.
I suspect people generally divide on wealth rather than racial lines. Good school districts will be a major factor as to where people live.
Mar 29th 2008, 6:53 pm
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Re: Do you live in an "english" neighbourhood?
"Fer-fetch yer cloth!"
..... did old arkwright ever wed nurse gladys? can't remember that episode if he did.
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Mar 30th 2008, 2:26 am
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Re: Do you live in an "english" neighbourhood?
There's an Englishwoman living up the street, so I'm told. Does that count?
Mar 30th 2008, 2:31 am
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Re: Do you live in an "english" neighbourhood?
I live in a cul-de sac and am the only Brit there's a very nice black family moved in opposite she is some exec for the bodyshop so I need to make friends ASAP lol
Mar 30th 2008, 2:36 am
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Mar 30th 2008, 2:57 am
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Mar 30th 2008, 1:03 pm
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Re: Do you live in an "english" neighbourhood?
I haven't lived in an "English" neighbourhood since I left umm England. I live in a town of about 8,000 in the foothills of Maine. It is a mill town and most people in this small town are crazy to some degree, I love it. I think the town I live in was years ago featured on 20/20 or something like that (people tell me this and are still proud about it to this day) for having the most alcohol consumption per capita anywhere in the US.
People around here drive around with guns quite visible, it's a way of life.
People around here drive around with guns quite visible, it's a way of life.
An English guy just moved into town so that makes four of us now...
Mar 30th 2008, 2:24 pm
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Re: Do you live in an "english" neighbourhood?
live in a gred condo community with varying races, countries represented, etc. we have 2 brits (my husband is 1), 1 swede, 3 black families, 2 jewish, 1 indian, 1 italian, and the others are white but i don't know their backgrounds...now if we could only get one another to talk it'd be great! except for a handful, we remain quiet unto ourselves.
Mar 31st 2008, 12:39 am
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Re: Do you live in an "english" neighbourhood?
Our neighbourhood could probably best be described as your typical middle class America. Race not an issue, its a mix of Hispanic/Black/Caucasian, as they say, but probably a fair white majority, thinking about it. Everyone's out on the weekend washing (predominantly new) cars/doing the lawn/pool/etc, its very much "As seen on TV". Not another Brit as far as I'm aware.
Mar 31st 2008, 12:58 am
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Re: Do you live in an "english" neighbourhood?
There's a guy from Croydon working at my local Trader Joes, and quite a lot of Brits working at my company, but then it's one of the world's largest banks (and now British owned) so that's to be expected I suppose.
Mar 31st 2008, 1:00 am
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Re: Do you live in an "english" neighbourhood?
The way the banks are going here you'll all be working at Trader Joes