MY CULTURAL ORIENTATION AND LIFESTYLE
             My Cultural Orientation and life style
             My name is James Dempsey and I live in rancho Bernardo with my wife and son in what is known as a gated community. When you turn into my neighborhood you come up the hill and there is a security gate with a 24-hour guard. The security guard is paid through Home Owners Association fees we pay monthly. There is a call box with a directory that you can look anyone up on. When you call me and tell me you're here I will "buzz you in" by pressing and holding the number 9 on my telephone. If you need help you can pull forward and ask the guard for help. As a resident I have a different gate with a remote control to get in to the community. Upon entering the grounds you will find little traffic and lots of children playing. The community varies from 1bedroom condos to 4bedroom houses; we own a 2bedroom 2-bath condo. We have a small patio that we are growing tomatoes and squash from this year. There is a pool/tennis and recreation area that is maintained by the homeowner's association fees also. We chose to live here at this point in our life because it is a great environment to bring up our son Ryan. As he grows bigger the need for a larger house looms over us. As my son would say "I live in Vista Del Lago, in Rancho Bernardo, in San Diego, in California and I'm proud to be an American".
             I'm lucky in the fact that most of my family is close by. I have a brother, a sister, a cousin, my father and his wife, my father's brother and his wife, and my father's mom all here in San Diego. My mom lives in Tacoma, Washington and her parents live in Arizona. I see my brother the most of them all. He has two children and is divorced form his wife.
             I grew up as an Army brat, so I traveled a lot when we were kids. I was born in Omaha Nebraska. We moved to San Diego when I wa
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