But, was it the same (affluent, and progressive) 36 or 40 years ago? Or it just BECAME that way sort-of-gradually?
Always the similar, but growingly worse. The place is full of government “workers (city, county, state, fed), retired government “workers”, politicians, lawyers, “nonprofit” LIBs, illegal alien invaders, gibmedats, ferals and LIBs. Quite the place.