<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by raffy:
While most retail shops has closed, most restaurants were open, patrons spilling onto the sidewalk seating areas, laughing and having a good time, as if it were the weekend, which is normally the scene for this part of town. Café after café, the scene was repeated, people sunning themselves, having a good time as if nothing has happened and as if it were a national holiday. Again, I wasn’t expecting everyone to be in a somber mood, I was really surprised by the lack of emotion and the festive atmosphere, it made me a little upset.
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I had been wondering what the general response was out on the West Coast. My guess is that what these observations can largely be explained by proximity.
If/when California ets hit by the Big One (earthquake), perhaps a similar fraction of east coasters will be equally callous.