Talk:Whittier, California
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[edit] Notable Residents
If you are going to add a notable resident please make sure that there is a wiki article on them already. I originally posted residents whose article already linked to Whittier. I added the list out if interest but this article should not be a collection of lists. If there is no article on a person, either create one or they are suspect to Wikipedia's guidelines of non-notability and maybe just vanity. --† Ðy§ep§ion † Speak your mind 01:03, 13 July 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Youth Culture
I'm removing this portion of this entry:
Despite the name, much of the youth culture in the city refer to the name as "Fwhittier", pronounced as one word and not "F-whittier".
Because I've lived here in Whittier for 21 years (and all of that my youth) and talked to numerous people and neither myself nor anyoen else has ever heard anyone call it "fwhittier". I'm replacing it with the more common and widely spread "shittier", but personally I don't really see how youth slang has any part in this entry. Personally I'd just do away with it completely, because I'm sure every town in the world has a derogatory term associated with it via the youth. --Brad R. 00:42, 15 October 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Revelation of the Principia Discordia
Whittier is the site of the revelation of the Principia Discordia. This much is irrefutable. User:Dysepsion, Whittier is not the home town of Richard Nixon -- that's Yorba Linda -- and it is not the site of the world's largest cemetary -- that's Puente Hills. Whittier is, however, the site of the foundation of a religion. That merits mention. I'm going to give it a couple days to hear discussion on the topic, and then I'm reverting the line that you removed without any discussion at all. -- Joshua BishopRoby 20:41, 20 October 2006 (UTC)
- Considering that during Nixon's presidency, signs were posted in the city indicating that Whittier was his "hometown" your argument is very lacking. He was born in Yorba Linda but raised in Whittier. He went to school there, met his wife there, his family owned a shop in East Whittier, he eventually became congressman of the district in which Whittier was represented etc. Rose Hills is the largest cemetery in the world. Just take a look at their website [1] where it even mentions this. I've corrected the glaring error in the Wiki article stating that Rose Hills was in Puente Hills. Yes, Whittier is where a religion was founded and indeed does merit mention which is why I placed it in a different section in the article. However, to say that this is Whittier's "greatest claim to fame" is EXTREMELY point of view considering many people have not even heard of the Discordian religion. In no way should this be put in the opening paragraph as an introduction to the city. Perhaps you should've discussed this first before asserting such a statement. --† Ðy§ep§ion † Speak your mind 19:53, 22 October 2006 (UTC)
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- You're basing your argument on political propoganda? Not the strongest foundation. However, I'm fine with where the Principia appears in the article at present. Joshua BishopRoby 16:09, 23 October 2006 (UTC)
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- "Political proganda"? I had no idea that Nixon's connections with Whittier were political proganda. Whatever you say. --† Ðy§ep§ion † Speak your mind 19:37, 23 October 2006 (UTC)
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- I've heard of Whittier is a city of great racial and religious diversity. There are large numbers of Jews, Mormons, Catholics and Muslims in a city build by Quakers with a strong emphasis of religious tolerance. The Whittier area has seen large waves of Blacks (1960s/70s), then Asians (esp. Chinese) and Latinos (most are Mexicans) (1980s/90s), and now Arabs and Indians move in a city once nicknamed as "the whiter L.A.". Again, the city's founders are glad to have this reputation, since Quakers are traditionally abolitionist or opposed to racial maltreatment of African Americans back in the Northeast US. The city appearedly is middle-class, with some rich and poor sections around Whittier (look at Friendly Hills where homes cost over $600,000, and many blue-collar immigrants in Los Nietos). I wonder the city is still the most conservative in Southern Cal., a myth concocted by Nixon Republicans proud of their man came from Whittier, and besides are the most diverse communities more likely to vote Democratic? I wanna see the 2004/2006 electoral results from Whittier and add the data to the article. 207.200.116.70 06:52, 20 November 2006 (UTC)
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[edit] Disputed demographics
I added the {{disputed}} tag to the Demographics section because the numbers weren't matching the US Census data. It looks like 72.67.162.198 (talk • contribs) tried to update to the 2005 estimated statistics, but they didn't change the date, and there are some discrepancies, most notably with Other races, which the US census gives at 30.9% for 2005, but 72.67.162.198 wrote 27.61%.
Also, in general, the Demographics section usually starts off with the data from the full 2000 census, and then some cities include an update for the 2005 estimated census. For the US Census data, see:
