[Cringing Negativism Network]

Okie?

I know the original meaning, but what’s an Okie please?

(having not yet escaped from Los Angeles)

:)

[Clemenza]

Okies are folks who either migrated, or are the descendants of Oklahoma migrants. Merle Haggard is an Okie, despite being born in Oildale, because his father was from Oklahoma.

Okies are often stereotyped as racist rednecks, but many are actually quite successful and own some of the largest farms in the Valley.

Why would someone in California want to live AWAY from the coast anyway? Despite the GD awful politics, I couldn't take the hot, smoggy weather and thugged out farm workers of any town from Stockton down to Imperial.