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100x450 - 10 - i really like goat cheese baklava

A comprehensive census and ecological study of the unincorporated community of Isla Vista, which is neither town nor city (villages disappeared at approximately 3:30 AM on January 3rd, 2004), revealed some disturbing results. Despite its presence on the coast of Southern California, Isla Vista maintains a Mediterranean climate, which makes no sense, since the Mediterranean Sea is very far away. The community is predominantly white (and not Mediterranean), with the next largest racial group being impoverished Hispanics (who are also not Mediterranean.)

What I mean to say is that Isla Vista should be a Greek island and not Isla Vista.

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