SoCal has not lost touch with human kindness and beauty. In fact, numerous efforts in charities take place in SoCal. Many Southern Californians visit Big Bear or other regional parks through family vacations, backpacking trips or biking and horseback riding trials to explore the beauty of life that SoCal has to offer. In response to Matt Traum's article, Southern Californians are not bastards who stole Northern Californians' water. No one rightfully owns natural resources.
Water is a necessity regardless of from where it comes or who receives it.
Southern Californians are aware of water conservation and the drought in the eighties.