h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

Hollywood and Disneyland would be a small price to pay for a closer ocean

A closer ocean AND the absence of Los Angelos, is worth the loss of Disneyland and Hollywood.

It's not so much disneyland and hollywood and LA we dislike... it's the people in them. I'll miss parts of San Francisco... namely City Lights Bookstore and the Filmore... but that's about it...

Once CA is drowned in the ocean, will there be a property values war between AZ and NV on the new coastline?

KK

Without Disneyworld (land or whatever, can't remember which is which), you could always go to EuroDisneyland/world whatever - Same crap but in French.

Then there's always Orlando.

Hollywood? What is there to miss about that - The movie industry would suddenly have an increased proportion of movies worth watching versus those not worth watching.

An earthquake that took out both DisneyWorld and Hollywood could be a bit confusing...DisneyWorld is in Orlando Florida, and Florida also has a Hollywood. I would actually prefer one there to one in California, since I reside in that general vicinity.

you reside in California, or in Florida? And I think we all know that whoever said it meant "Disneyland" which is in California. I should know. I've been to Disneyland, and not Disneyworld, and I've been to LA, but never Orlando.

A theme park "faux-pas", unless there is perhaps a time-space Disney anomaly - Which would not suprise me.

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~Irving

Are you as confused as I am?

Last theme park I went to was "Plaza Sesamo" in Monterrey Mexico. (ie. Sesame place). Lots of things to do in water - which is great when it is 45oC in the shade. I even got to see some poor dude dressed up as Big Bird - I think they have these guys run out of a refridgerator for 2 minutes them put them back again.

Yes, I am, and wow, I sure hope they do!

~Irving

What I meant by the disney faux-pas thing is the embarrasement caused by mixing up the world/land thing - It would turn one into a social pariah at Disney shareholders meetings.

To be nice to the Californians could those next door just consider that the desert is a big beach and eventually you do get to the sea.

Not entirely familiar with the geography, are you? Unless you consider mountains and such part of a beach, then there's not much beach between AZ and the Pacific -- no sand, lots of trees, too. Not very beachy if you ask me...

I did not add that this would also imply a great stretch of imagination. I would imagine arriving at your beach in AZ, plonk down the cooler, place your towel on the ground rub on some Hawaiian Tropic, bake a few mins. then run for the sea, after running through a couple of mountain ranges (cacti - ouch), urban areas for a few days, you get to Hollywood - keep running. Past a few "Stars" and woosh into the "sparkling" ocean - ignore the cigarette butts.

Arizona what is so interesting about arizona isn't it just alot of sand maybe some dinosaur bones and really really boring. How often do you here about arizona anyways never and how often do you here about California all the time what the hell is with that

I don't like the people in my state, don't get me wrong, but the state has some great things to offer, nonetheless. For starters, the deserts here are NOT the sand dunes you see in movies like Lawrence of Arabia, or even occasionally old Clint Eastwood spaghetti westerns. More plants and animals, for starters. We have forests, and ski slopes up north, and grasslands in the middle, so we're not even all desert. Arizona has the Grand Canyon, one of the seven wonders of the natural world. Or haven't you heard of that? Ever hear about senator John McCain (I'm not too proud of him, but...)? I think he's got a bid for presidency this time around. He's from Arizona. Dan Quayle (another I'm not proud of) claims Arizona as his home when it's in his best interests (otherwise he claims California). Alice Cooper is from Arizona. Steven Speilberg is from Arizona. The Gin Blossoms are from Arizona. Linda Eastman McCartney was from Tucson, Az -- my dad danced with her once. Paul McCartney has a home in Tucson Arizona. You ever hear of the Gunfight at the O.K. corral? With Wyatt Earp and Doc Holliday? That was in Tombstone, Arizona. Back to music. Ever hear the Beatles song "Get Back"? The line "JoJo left his home in Tucson Arizona for some California Grass" comes to mind. Then there's the Eagles song "Take it Easy". The second verse begins "Standing on a corner in Winslow Arizona,". Winslow's a tiny little town, nothing special there, but anyway. I don't know much about sports, but I know that the Phoenix Suns had a couple of years where they darn near made it to the championships. In my opinion, many of the most beautiful places on the face of this planet are, in fact, in Arizona. I'd name them but then everyone from h2g2 would want to vacation there, and I like the secluded nature of the spots to which I refer. Read my user page for crying out loud!