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Whichever state Lawndale's located in, its voters get to vote on whether or not they have a property tax increase ("[[Fizz Ed]]"). For the three years Daria was there, they voted against it every time despite the known impact on school funding. The third time, the governor was quoted saying "crap". ("[[Fizz Ed]]")

Lawndale dates back to colonial times: a newspaper article seen briefly in "[[See Jane Run]]" mentions roadworks found "that the street lies over a pre-revolutionary Dutch Orthodox cemetery" (presumably meaning Dutch followers of an [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Orthodox_Churches orthodox church], not the name of the sect). Depending on your view of Lawndale's state, that means it was either a Dutch colony or had a Dutch migrant community. (Maryland's Cecil County had Dutch North American holdings)

Lawndale dates back to colonial times: a newspaper article seen briefly in "[[See Jane Run]]" mentions roadworks on North Avenue found that "the street lies over a pre-revolutionary Dutch Orthodox cemetery" (presumably meaning Dutch followers of an [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Orthodox_Churches orthodox church], not the name of the sect). Depending on your view of Lawndale's state, that means it was either a Dutch colony or had a Dutch migrant community. (Maryland's Cecil County had Dutch North American holdings)

Lawndale is within reasonable driving distance of the coast (the Sloane's have a summer home there), somewhere with southern accents ("[[I Don't]]"; in the same interview, Eichler indicated this was Virginia), a rural desert with "cowboy" accents ("[[Speedtrapped]]"), and [[Camp Grizzly]].