Local habits

I live in southern California. Despite this, I live in one of the reddest counties in the state.

Biggest obnoxious habit around here is twofold: churches that are so blindingly wealthy that they make the Vatican look dull, and the unfortunate tendency to dress "as they would in LA", which is of course not at all the same.

The churches around here have bathrooms with guards, scented urinals with individual pages from their weekly newsletter/magazine being displayed prominently for reading's sake, and auditorium halls that could hold a concert. This is not an "lol rich is bad" argument, but how commercialized does religion need to be?

The other obnoxious thing is the dressing. People here boast that we live "in southern CA!" and that, "You know, we live only an hour from the OC!" and dress like it. I'M NOT KIDDING. Adults say this. Kids say this. Teens say this. They were over-the-top outfits to try to look sophisticated. Once, a friend from LA was in the area and kept bursting out laughing, saying, "They think we wear THIS?"

Jam it back in, in the dark.