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Is Kristen Cavallari Ruining Laguna Beach?

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Is Kristen Cavallari Ruining Laguna Beach?

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The real Laguna Beach is pissed. Seems the tiny enclave between Los Angeles and San Diego is being portrayed as “a teenage Disneyland of surfing, shopping and SUVs” by MTV’s pseudo reality show Laguna Beach. The music network’s sudsy take on a teenage Disneyland of surfing, shopping and SUVs has so captured the imaginations — and envy — of its 3.2 million viewers that local businesses are awash in out-of-town orders. Inhabitants for the Republic of Laguna are speaking out: We are an affluent, tolerant community with a long heritage of culture, character and art. The MTV show has hijacked our identity, and people are beginning to feel violated. It [the show] has become a metaphor for everything we don’t want to be. So is the area getting a bum rap? Well let’s take a look at the demographics: Laguna Beach is 92% white, and the median household income is just over $85,000 a year, nearly twice the national figure. Numbers are so, like, lame, let’s go shopping for some new jeans, k?

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