Piedmont, California

Piedmont, California is a very wealthy and established part of Bay Area in the hills surrounded completely by Oakland. It boasts prestigious architecture by Julia Morgan, Maybek and Albert Farr and some of the best public schools in the United States. The dividing line between upper and lower Piedmont is open for debate but most call anything below Grand to Pleasant Avenue, "Baja Piedmont". Despite the upper part of Piedmont having an ultra rich reputation, dotted throughout the Châteaus and massive compounds are relatively tiny one level "Nouveau riche" homes. Piedmont was initially a place that people moved to for social climbing and was once a very conservative all white part of the Bay Area with few Asians, Latinos or Blacks though in the past two decades voting has been overwhelmingly Democrat and the town has more racial diversity. They have a world famous bird calling contest each year with the winner appearing on David Letterman.

"I'm so glad I grew up in Piedmont, California from birth unlike you who showed up in the 6th grade when your parents wanted to save money on private schools and get out of Oakland."

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Redding, California

Redding, California is considered the lowest class city in the state of California. The homes are well below market rate there for a reason. Some say Stockton but Stockton is only an hour or so outside the Bay Area while Redding is three long hours away from non inbred populations. The biggest population of registered sex offenders in the United States in proportion to population, the Redding Meghan’s Law Map looks like nothing but red sex offender alert symbols to the point where the map is obscured. People in Redding wear clothing and hair styles decades out of date. With high temperatures and nothing to do obesity is the norm in Redding and surrounding areas. Openly racist school teachers preside the most poorly rated schools in California. No one born or raised in Redding has ever achieved anything of note. Most of the few intelligent who grew in Redding and move away end up fabricating or embellishing their past to dissociate themselves from the corrosive stigma of this squalid area. Redding gave birth to two racist synagogue bombers and double murderers Matthew and Tyler Williams. Factor in meth and homelessness you have the most disgusting city in the First World.

“In Redding, California they still burn crosses. Not my kind of diversity. Even Chico is bette. Redding, California is the most foul place on earth.”

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