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I am from California in the U.S. Here we are a very mixed community and not segregated at all like other areas of the U.S. I am white (not sure really what my heritage is) and my boyfriend is Mexican. Most people I know are from Mexico or their family came from Mexico. Sometimes I meet people from Columbia, Guatemala, Costa Rica, Honduras, and Brazil that are residence here and love when they talk about their culture. I absolutely love hispanic culture and language because I grew up with it and really enjoy being able to take part in it as a lot of it is integrated into California since it used to be part of Mexico. Most of our street names and cities are in Spanish. I think a lot of people hear these names like 'camino norte' ,'Los Osos' 'Los Angeles' or 'La puente' for example and dont know their meaning in Spanish since we are not required to learn a second language. It is always sunny here and I've never had a Christmas that wasn't hot. So all those songs about Christmas in the snow are lies. LOL (our winter is December, January, and February for those of you outside of north america) . We have had a long drought and a lot of farmers have lost their crops because there is no water. Where I live you can go to the city, the beach, the desert, and the mountains within a 30-40 minute drive so if you want to go surfing and snowboarding in the same day that is possible.. Oh and there are a lot of earth quakes here. Mostly small and you don't always feel or notice them. I've never felt a big earth quake but some do shake my house a bit and only last seconds. I've always wondered how other people live and I find it very interesting when I discover things like for example I just learned what brown sauce is and that people from the UK use it as one of their main condiments. I really want to purchase some online now. So that is a brief view of my area. I am interested in how everyone else sees their world or what is unique to them, or can you relate to me?