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I can't stand it. It's so confusing and frustrating that I wish it'd just go away, but I cant stop thinking about it & trying to understand it. Could it be because we (my family & I) walk outside and see how our cities are changing?

Years ago we had Ralph’s and Albertson’s grocery stores in our neighborhoods (here in the IE & Norwalk) now we have Fiesta Foods and Superior. The Albertson’s, later on Lucky’s on Firestone Blvd in Norwalk that my dad always shops at, is now a Northgate Gonzalez. ??? These stores sell mostly Mexican products, but…. we liked the old products. They where good products, we don’t like these new stores. But what choice do we have? Vons? Heck the only one in my area is really far away and kind of pricey, why is that btw?

Stater Bros is good, so that’s the one I usually go to, and Food 4 less, a Kroger/Ralphs Company, but they too sell mostly Mexican products instead of giving me the variety I want. If I want to find the cheeses, deli meats, canned items, or frozen items that I grew up with and really like, I’ve got to go waaaaaaaayyyyy out of my way to the Vons in either North Fontana or Redlands.

We used to like Wal-mart because everything sold in that store was made in the U.S.A., that’s what made Wal-mart a huge success. But now I don’t think anything is made in the U.S.A. inside that store, not that it matters now that Wal-marts the number one retailer in the world. So we try to shop at Target now and we check the labels to see where products are made, something Id never thought Id do. Unfortunately the Target’s not as close as Wal-mart, there’s not as many, so I still end up at Wal-mart some of the time.

The parks. I was a little upset with the soccer coach because the park on Cedar in Rialto went from looking really good, a clean and safe place for our kids to play, to looking like a city dump. I don’t even want to take my kids there anymore its gotten so bad. Broken glass, cigarette butts, paper, any and all trash you can think of. ugh. disgusting. Such a drastic change in only five years.

Why did I get mad at the soccer coach? Because one of the reasons our parks are so bad is the fact that they have their practice and games there, which is fine, but no one bothers to pick up after themselves! C’mon people, don’t be so nasty. Pick up after yourselves. Are you that lazy?

Schools. Out of the 1,200 Seniors last year at RHS, only 362 graduated. Can you believe that? I asked an administrator at the Rialto School District as to why that happened and he said he doesn’t know why. Ha. Could it have something to do with the fact that there’s 4,300 students attending that school? Out of the 362 that graduated, only 120 went on to a Junior College. Two I think went to a University. 838 out of 1,200 Seniors didn’t graduate last year. Shouldn’t they be concerned about this? I know I am. The atmosphere in that particular school, is not one of learning, its more like a place where 4,300 young people go to hang out. Why? Is this a cultural trait? I know I wasn’t raised to think of school as a hang out, nor do I allow my children to, but what about the other 4,298 students & their parents? What are those parents teaching their kids? Is education even a priority to them?

I hope no one takes this the wrong way, I don’t mean to insult anyone. I’m just curious and trying to figure this out. that’s all.

Anyways, that’s probably why I cant let this damn issue go. Any thoughts?

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