Hi Sandy - I actually stay on the borderline; between Orange County and Los Angeles County. Thank God I work in Orange County, as the traffic in Los Angeles is crazy. I dread going to down town LA. There are so many one-ways in LA that drive one crazy. I have driven at least couple times in one-way street against the traffic. Believe me it was a hair-raising time for my passenger and me (poor thing-she nearly jumped off the vehicle š) I can laugh now.
Hi Anjali- CA was a part of Mexico many years ago, and hence there are many Hispanic (Mexicans) living here. Even Hawaii was a part of Japan many years ago. US bought Hawaii because of security reasons. There are many Japanese residing in Hawaii now, but you will find just a handful of Indians/desi. When I was staying in Hawaii, there were just two Hindu temples there. There is not a single theater that shows Hindi movie. I did not come across even a single Indian/desi store there.There are only couple Indian restaurants there. In Hawaii, if a desi comes across another desi, we used actually stand and gawk at each other, because coming across a desi was rare!