I hated California before I moved to New York. I was just sick of everything about it and I wanted something new. Once I got to New York I realized that everything I wanted in a place was in fact in California, Los Angeles specifically. Now that I am back, I appreciate everything much more and I view things in a different light. Now I just want to kind of tell the world how obsessed I am with California. I’m definitely inspired by the most ridiculous things here. Like the shadows the palm trees cast on the sidewalk, and the way people still wear shorts and sandals on cloudy days. I love those things about LA, and they are things that are so specific to my home. I feel really lucky to live here, and even luckier to be able to say I grew up here.
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—Bethany Cosentino
(after i read this i felt this huge wave of pride)
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