Where in SoCal is there a western subculture besides places like Acton, Lancaster, and Quartz Hill?

[Senno]

Originally Posted by CAVA1990

Those would be the dust bowl crowd.

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[CAVA1990]

Originally Posted by Senno

Hi. Nice to meet you.

Yeah, we were the ones at the border trying to prevent your entrance, rather unsuccessfully.

[Senno]

Originally Posted by CAVA1990

Yeah, we were the ones at the border trying to prevent your entrance, rather unsuccessfully.

Great-Grandpa walked on to Tulare and found a farmer around Tagus Ranch that would hire him.

Let this be a lesson though. It's hard to stop people who sense opportunity if they are coming from nothing.

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[Tex?Il?]

Originally Posted by jeffredo

Those aren't "SoCal".

Norco is. Santa Ynez valley is outside Santa Barbara generally considered "SoCal".

[jeffredo]

Originally Posted by Tex?Il?

Norco is. Santa Ynez valley is outside Santa Barbara generally considered "SoCal".

I put three things in bold in my reply - you might want to check again what I was actually referring to.

[Fontucky]

San Juan Capistrano
Silverado, Santiago and Trabuco Canyons

[.highnlite]

I don't consider "Western" a fashion to follow, that goes along with all the non cowboys who wear western hats, "All hat, no Cattle".

Western is a culture based on cattle and horse farming and usages. And should be strictly utilitarian. One could stretch that to agriculture, although most growers I know tend to ball caps.

I wear a western hat when I am using my horse, you won't see me walking around town in one, or even driving my truck with one on.
I wear it because it shades my northern european skin from the sun, and when I bend over my horses back and push through the encroaching chapparall, it protects my head.
While in camp and loading the mules I will wear a ball cap, as the wide brim of the Western hat gets in my way.
I wear shotgun chaps to protect my legs from chaparral, although i find it humorous to wear $300.00 chaps to protect a $40 pair of jeans!
You won't find me in town with chaps on.
I generally wear a straw gardener hat while working on the ranch, or a floppy cotton hat while hiking.
I wear snap button shirts, because I want breast pockets on both sides of the shirt and I want to secure the contents against falling out.
I wear Wranglers because of the way the crotch is sewn, Levis will give one an abrasion.
I ride and work in hiking boots, I don't wear cowboy boots, they are for riding, not for walking or working in, and in the back country, I do plenty of walking and working,
I do own a pair of packer boots which are a semi pointed toe, lace up, low heel boot, but, hiking boots are more comfortable.
I wear spurs strapped over the hiking boots, as my horses are trained to respond to spurs.

If I see any one with any of the above accoutrement they best have cow manure or horse pucky on their boots, or I consider them a poseur fashionista. And a rattlesnake head band or a feather are major fashion don'ts.

I do have a very cool large belt buckle, a Condor belt buckle that cannot be purchased but must be earned. I am very proud of that.

[BayAreaHillbilly]

Pretty much anywhere in the hinterlands. They are cowboying up wherever cattle and / or horses are raised / kept. The innermost realms are the most interesting due to the contrast with nearby citified transplanted greenhorns.

[Skates379]

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