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#21 sebberry

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Posted 16 September 2014 - 10:28 PM

Langford has music blaring in Goldstream near the Stu Fountain

 

There are a few speakers mounted on light poles in the area

 

I heard that they were considering playing "Langford Man" on a continuous loop...

 

http://www.mixcloud....s-all-bad-band/  (caution, plays a little loud)


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Posted 17 September 2014 - 07:50 AM

No that song plays over by the Loghouse Pub now on a pole there.

 

The fountain area is now very upscale Langford

 

The fountain speakers only play Rhinstone Cowboy on a continual basis

 

http://www.google.ca....75097201,d.cGU

 

Stu Young wasnt available to do the Video


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#23 Mike K.

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Posted 17 September 2014 - 10:00 AM

I pulled up to the Chevron at Goldstream and Veterans a few weeks ago. Everyone leaving the station peeled out, one after another.

 

I don't get the west shore at all. What's up with all the Nascar clothing worn by the locals? It's like a whole other world out there.


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Posted 17 September 2014 - 10:19 AM

...I don't get the west shore at all. What's up with all the Nascar clothing worn by the locals? It's like a whole other world out there.

We have a local version of the Mason-Dixon line at the western edge of View Royal.


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Posted 17 September 2014 - 01:04 PM

I pulled up to the Chevron at Goldstream and Veterans a few weeks ago. Everyone leaving the station peeled out, one after another.

 

I don't get the west shore at all. What's up with all the Nascar clothing worn by the locals? It's like a whole other world out there.

 

There's definitely some yahoos, but geez, way to paint us with the same brush. No offense, but how is this kind of stereotyping productive? 

 

If there's anything I've learned in the last 2 years of living in Langford, it's the following:
1. Most people I have met in Langford have lived in other parts of Victoria, or from other parts of BC/Canada, with a fairly large Navy representation. (but so does Esquimalt)

2. I see racing paraphernalia on occasion, but I suspect it is due to Langford having a racetrack, attracting fans of racing to the area.

3. There is a larger working class population in Langford than some other parts of Victoria (as does Esquimalt, Saanich)

4. Apart from the above, I haven't seen convincing evidence to suggest that the modern West Shore has any sort of significant cultural differentiation from Saanich, Esquimalt or any other parts of the Victoria area.

 

I feel like this attitude is deeply ingrained with people who remember a Langford that may have existed at one point but that I frankly can't really find anymore. Isn't this just another form of the same kind of thinking that keeps this region so fractured and kind of broken?



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Posted 17 September 2014 - 03:15 PM

I'm not stereotyping, I'm making observations based on what I saw. It's was funny, is all :)

 

If you grew up here and you see something like that you tend to roll your eyes and smile. You can't help it.


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Posted 17 September 2014 - 03:24 PM

Yeah, I suppose you had to be there. For me, it seems disconcerting because all in all, there's a lot of nice things there but I run into people in town who are like, "ew, Langford." I'd rather have them pipe AC/DC onto main street than deal with that kind of snooty attitude... :)



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Posted 17 September 2014 - 04:37 PM

Yeah I getcha, we deal with this sort of stuff in Vic West all the time. The place is no different from James Bay but people make it out to be a Harlem slum.

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Posted 17 September 2014 - 05:51 PM

I pulled up to the Chevron at Goldstream and Veterans a few weeks ago. Everyone leaving the station peeled out, one after another.

 

I don't get the west shore at all. What's up with all the Nascar clothing worn by the locals? It's like a whole other world out there.

 

 

You got is spot on.

 

Langford will always be a dogpatch kinda of place but with new paint now.

 

I have seen many changes in Langford in the past 45 years but it will always maintains its reputation.

 

Western Speedway and Luxton are holdouts from that era but so are some other places .

Drop into Loghouse Pub and have a look at the people in there especially on a Friday night.

Nothing has really changed its just been whitewashed



#30 Mike K.

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Posted 17 September 2014 - 06:49 PM

I guess you're right, the good folks who made Langford Langford haven't gone anywhere.

 

For the record I love the west shore. I think it's great and it has a lot of benefits, but man, people really love their cars out there :)


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