By MADDIE KIRKMAN
Staff Writer
Visalia is definitely not the best place to live. It is very dry, there’s not many things to do, there’s hardly any grass in some places, and it’s full of pollution. Staying in Visalia, CA makes me feel very claustrophobic and anxious, being in such a small city with little to do. I can’t just walk outside and see beautiful scenery like I can in other states. Being here, I get terrible anxiety and I always feel like I need to leave or run away. I never knew why until just a couple of days ago. My boyfriend took me to the beach for a couple of days for my birthday. The entire time I was there, there was no anxiousness, sadness, or claustrophobia. I realized that Visalia is the thing that leaves me with anxiety. I looked back on my other vacations I have gone to, and everywhere I go I feel so much better. Even going to Fresno I feel better. I believe that Visalia is a very irritating, crowded, small place that causes people anxiety. I tested this theory with my friends. My friends agreed that Visalia leaves them sad and depressed. There is hardly any positivity here and it brings me down, along with the several other people I questioned about it. I am tired of living in a tiny place with little to do and so much negativity. One day, I will move to the beach where everywhere you go there is positivity and nice people. Everyone is so much happier at the beach or places where there is more space. My mom gets very irritated being home, she never likes being in Visalia, that’s why every single chance we get we leave this town. It alleviates our emotions and we feel so much more happy. Something is up with Visalia. It is an awful city and should become a better place with more positivity.