Post #17097 by tikibars on Mon, Dec 23, 2002 1:33 PM

Everyone says we have it better in
California but the distance from San Diego
to San Francisco is about the same as the
distance from D.C. to Montreal (about 600
miles). At my count there are 10
classic tiki bars in California. So you
Easterners don't really have it so bad.

Well, Dean, the differnece is that in California, Tiki is everywhere - strip malls, bowling alleys, apartment buildings, etc etc etc etc

Things like this do exist all over the country, indeed, but the total number of Tiki trailer parks (for example) in CA outnumbers the combined total for the rest of the country. You list ten classic Tiki Bars in CA (and granted, SF and LA are far apart), but try listing ten more outside of CA that are as good as the ones you list - there are probably ten more that good in the rest of the USA COMBINED. I'd say 50% of the great Tiki stuff in the US is in one state, and the other 50% is spread out over the rest of our great land...

So you really do have it good in CA!