I was born in San Jose. I had to leave everything. Everything. I left. There was no where to live. At 20, I got in my car...and drove away.https://twitter.com/aarieff/status/861697660893384705 …
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20 years old. Everything in my car. I drove for days. Because California wasn't the promised land anymore. Not for me. Not for its children.
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There's a famous painting of California, from the perspective of the final golden mountain, welcoming people who traveled so far to reach it
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I drove over those mountains in the other direction as an outcast.
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No matter what, I would never make it. I could be a specialist like my mother, an engineer like my father. But it would never be good enough
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I might inherit the house, but I don't want the money 30 years later. All I wanted was a future in the place I knew. I didn't receive it.
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I thought you moved to Nashville at age 14 to pursue a career in music
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you’re the one with the fanciful online persona, not me!
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Replying to @Pinboard @SwiftOnSecurity
your persona is just that of a bookmarking site
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