Tranquila, Senor-I was not insulting anyone-I’m sure Fruitvale was once a very nice place-just like so many other once-nice places with names that have become a source of humor/irony over time-there is a sort of burb of Corpus Christi called Flower Bluff-when I was a teen and wondered why it looked like anything but a flowered bluff, my mom told me that in years past it had been a much nicer place-with flowers...
The rural area I live in is called Pipe Creek-since it has been known as the meth capital of West Central Texas for at least the last 20 years, both the irony and the humor of the name is not lost on anyone here-I’m not offended-it is what it is...
“Tranquila, Senor-I was not insulting anyone-”
Lo siento mucho! We decent conservatives here in California get a little raw about the crap that comes our way from Texas. Lots of good things to recommend Texas, but if you Texans think you are immune to what’s happened here, you are in for a big surprise. That said, it appears that you can see what’s coming. Peace.