Heartless, Selfish People
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6/29/2009
I was born & raised here but have since lived all over California and I've never come across another town with so many heartless, selfish, uncaring people.
There are, of course, some caring people here but they are few and far between.
What you will find quite a lot of, however, are housewives who volunteer at churches & such to make it look like they care.
In fact their only real concern is impressing & outdoing other housewives in their social/gossip circles.
Many of the people here come from ranching families and they grew up around animal abuse & slaughter and it appears to have taken a very real toll.
I've been back here for about five years now and have found that pretty much all of my old friends have become cold & calloused and many have taken over their family's ranching businesses.
On top of the abuse and slaughtering that goes on at their ranches, some of them also regularly go out into the woods to kill animals for fun.
As you can imagine, I keep my distance from those guys .. but they do still live here and they have a tremendously negative effect on this town just by being here and doing the things they do.
Of the many problems that exists in this town, the one that currently bothers me the most is actually the cat problem.
All towns that I've lived in have had a stray cat problem to some degree but all of those towns also had a fair amount of people who were looking to help the problem with spay/neuter programs, feeding programs, adoption programs, etc.
You won't find much of that here in Red Bluff.
The people here just don't care.
At a recent town meeting to discuss the cat problem, one resident even suggested that we poison them all because he believes they're lowering his property value.
So ... if you're thinking of moving here, I strongly advise against it (as you may have guessed).
Unless, of course, you're a caring person looking for a place where you can try to make a difference.
If you care a lot about cats or just simply want to help put an end to a great deal of suffering, I hope you will come here to help the kitties.
Especially if you have been trained to spay/neuter cats.
Jim | Red Bluff, CA