My observations while in Bakersfield were that the people there were more like what I see here in Texas, pro-gun, pro-American, pro-God and country music fans. I realize that the 1930's were a time of migration out of Oklahoma, Arkansas and Texas and into the farmlands of inland California. In short, I felt more at home in Bakersfield (Buck Owens was still alive, too) than in Los Angeles, Sacramento, San Francisco, Marin County and other areas close to the Pacific.Yes, inland California is flyover country. The California counties voting map reflects this. Where I live in the rural north eastern part of the state near the Nevada border, you still see gun racks in trucks, duck and deer hunters everywhere with Country music palying on their radios. Oh, and church is a big deal on Sunday.