Sunday, March 13, 2011

Country Bumpkin.

I used to live in a city that was named Cerritos, but called Dairy Valley, and famous for farming back in the 1950s. I lived there all my life, I knew everyone around, and sometimes, I got visit some remaining farms that have not been taken over by industrialization. Through this, I got some very fresh fruits all season, including strawberries and such. Maybe the stereotype may say Bumpkins are not sophisticated, I think that Country Bumpkins can be ones that live in their environment for a long time. As for thinking of a country, I see a sun rising in the distant hills, shining onto the great red farms and barns, then the cocks cock, and farmers begin to collect their wheats, or whatever. Since the city I used to live in, was just like that, I suppose a stereotypical "Country Bumpkin" is hardly ever found, because most of the people living in Cerritos now are just normal people, kids, high schoolers, even there are malls around. One thing that I really associate with in Cerritos is my Solar Powered Library. It is the only fully solar powered and recycling library in the whole world, and I just feel real good sitting in it. Another thing was cars, I used to secretly drive cars around, but that was just for a while, I would drive it all the way down to San Diego or something. Anyways, the important thing is that, you can associate in anything now to be a country Bumpkin, one thing you have to do is to respect the place you live in or lived there for a long time and still like it. As for me, living in Taiwan, or more specifically, Taipei, I think I'll never be a country Bumpkin for this place as long as I live.
Stereotypical List:
Cerritos (past) Country:
-Plains
-Hills
-Green, Brown, and Red
-Fruits
-Smiling farmers
-barns and straws
-horses
-1950s
-happy kids.
-Fresh Air
-smoking
Cerritos (now) City:
-Two story blocks of normal American houses, each with a small garden in front.
-Cars
-Schools
-Cerritos Park East : (CPE)
-Swimming Pools
-Hospital
-"Welcome to Cerritos" sign
-Fresh Air (so you can actually breath)
-no one smoking
-Happy students
-Tennis, Basketball, and various sport courts

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