Beaner, you keep making assumptions that are flat wrong...why do you feel the need to jump to conclusions to somehow justify what you do in Missouri?
Frankly, everything east of the Rockies is pretty much a cesspool as far as I'm concerned. Nothing personal...it just is.
Clovis is not really that multi-cultural at all...my daughters were about as "foreign" as it got in most of their classes. Everybody knows everyone else's kids. We found out about one of kids ditching in high school from our friends. I know, tough for you to admit...but there are parts (expanses really) of Kalifornia that are just damn good places to live. Forget LA and Frisco...