APPEARANCE IS EVERYTHING

People here are very conscious of their appearance. Incidentally, hen I make judgements and observations here they are about Californians, who I suppose are a race to their own and not really representative of Americans. Californians are very image obsessed. I guess that's an extension of it being quite - on the surface - a superficial society. It's the white teeth, fake tits, plastic surgery culture. People are very clean and orderly. The neighbourhoods stretch out for miles, white picket fences and trim lawns, desparate housewives twitching their starched curtains.

All of the cars are very clean. People work out and strive for that perfect body. Appearances are very important.

People often comment to me on how people from England and Europe have bad teeth. They ask me if it's because our healthcare is bad. I don't think that's the reason, rather, people over there - for now anyway - are less obsessed with how they look. If their teeth are slightly crooked or browning then that's part of their personality, like a mole or freckles, and they are happy to live with it.