Morning Airport Rant

"ImmoralMinority" (araimondo) 02/21/2018 at 10:57 • Filed to: None

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I called a Lyft to take me to the San Diego airport for my flight home to Fresno. I was chatting with the driver and I mentioned I was flying home to Fresno. “Really?” he said, “I didn’t know Fresno had an airport.” Motherfucker.

Fresno is a city of HALF A MILLION people. It is larger than Oakland, Sacramento and Long Beach. Oh yeah, we are the economic center of the most productive agricultural region in the world.

10 Largest Cities in California by Population

Los Angeles 4,094,764

San Diego 1,376,173

San Jose 1,023,083

San Francisco 856,095

Fresno 502,303

Long Beach 494,709

Sacramento 486,189

Oakland 430,666

So yes, we have a fucking airport. This attitude is why the San Joaquin Valley is ignored by Sacramento, and lags behind the rest of California.

Rant over. Sorry. I am sure Pumpkin would be disappointed if she was here.

Sir Halffast > ImmoralMinority 02/21/2018 at 11:16

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And that’s why we should all say “Fres-yes!”

Brian, The Life of > ImmoralMinority 02/21/2018 at 11:17

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My oldest sister was a Bulldog and stayed in Fresno for the first 10 years or so of her career. I used to give her crap about Fresno being “like a huge Lancaster” (our hometown) and she’d say, “Fresno is great! It’s two hours from the beach, The City, ski slopes ...” My counter was, “So you’re saying it’s in the middle of nowhere?”

Seriously though, Fresno gets a bad rap. It’s one of the few affordable cities left in CA where there is a decent employer base. Also, amazing Armenian food/bakeries.

Maxima Speed > Brian, The Life of 02/21/2018 at 11:22

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As I’m form Ohio my first thought was a huge Lancaster Ohio. Those who have been there can testify to how depressing that town is. *shivers* apparently they have a decent fair though.

ttyymmnn > ImmoralMinority 02/21/2018 at 11:26

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Back in grad school, I was playing a Christmas gig at the home of a Very Rich Person. We were in a tent on the lawn, and we were supposed to play Christmas Carols as the guests got out of their cars and walked to the door. They had valets to park the cars. During a lull in the action, the valet guys came to our tent because we had a heater. So we were chit-chatting and I mentioned that I came to Texas from Virginia. One of the valets said, “Virginia? Is that anywhere near West Virginia?” I said, “Yeah, just a little to the east of it.”

Never underestimate the challenges US Americans face when it comes to geography. After all, some people out there in our nation don’t have maps.

shop-teacher > ImmoralMinority 02/21/2018 at 11:26

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Alternative viewpoint: Other people being clueless helps keep your area from not being crazy expensive.

I live in a very nice little suburb, between two nicer, much more well known, and more expensive suburbs. The word is getting out though, and property values are starting to climb. I have very mixed feelings about this.

HONDAD > ImmoralMinority 02/21/2018 at 11:37

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I didn’t know Fresno had cats!

brianbrannon > ImmoralMinority 02/21/2018 at 11:41

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lRXx9rSzmDw

Brian, The Life of > Maxima Speed 02/21/2018 at 11:45

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Lancaster, CA would give Lancaster, OH a run for its money for sure! lol

CalzoneGolem > ImmoralMinority 02/21/2018 at 11:51

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I didn’t know Fresno had an airport.

promoted by the color red > ImmoralMinority 02/21/2018 at 12:03

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I couldn’t escape Fresno as an undergrad at UC Davis - it seemed like half my friends & colleagues came from or the area around Fresno yet I’ve never actually stepped foot in the city.

DipodomysDeserti > ttyymmnn 02/21/2018 at 12:13

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+1 The Iraq

Highlander-Datsuns are Forever > ImmoralMinority 02/21/2018 at 12:22

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I didn’t know Fresno had an airport that served major carriers, and I lived in Sacramento for 14 years. Guilty!

OpposResidentLexusGuy - USE20, XF20, XU30 and Press Cars > Sir Halffast 02/21/2018 at 12:32

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Those commercials are still the worst hahahah. That and trying to get FAT changed.

TheRevanchist > OpposResidentLexusGuy - USE20, XF20, XU30 and Press Cars 02/21/2018 at 12:36

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I love how they keep trying to call it FYI, but all the luggage stickers say FAT. I’m like, ‘Bitch, don’t judge me!’.

haveacarortwoorthree2 > ImmoralMinority 02/21/2018 at 12:54

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Do y’all wear shoes in Fresno or does ya just walk ‘round in bare feets?

RallyWrench > ImmoralMinority 02/21/2018 at 13:48

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Should have trolled him: “Well, we’ve got a little dirt strip next to Jim’s place, the DC-3 comes in on Wednesdays”

CTSenVy > ImmoralMinority 02/21/2018 at 13:53

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You should try saying you’re from Nebraska and see people be surprised that Omaha has around 450k livining in it and about a million in the metro area. Some people still think it’s little house on a prairie here.

gmporschenut also a fan of hondas > ImmoralMinority 02/21/2018 at 21:43

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your post of pumpkin the other day reminded me of this meme

gmporschenut also a fan of hondas > ttyymmnn 02/21/2018 at 21:47

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I was visiting family stationed in HI and said to a woman in a shop “oh we’re from ___.”

“Oh you must be glad to get out of the cold.. Yeah we always get a kick of you Canadians when you arrive and loving the sun”

“we’re not canadian. We’re from the US. It’s a state....”