Eastside · Neighborhood
Walnut
About
Walnut, in the southeastern SGV, is a quiet, mostly residential city with highly rated schools that draw lots of Asian American families. Horse trails still run through town, a trace of its ranching past, and Cal Poly Pomona and Mt. SAC are next door. No real sights for visitors.
Jasmine says
The Ivy League Pipeline: top schools and horse-trail wellness.
The traffic on Grand Ave is backed by world records:
the Mt. SAC Relays have run since 1959, every April,
drawing up to nine thousand athletes a year at their peak,
and seven world records have been set here in the throwing events alone;
the stadium was dedicated in 1948 by the local congressman at the time, Nixon.
'I spent two million on a mansion with a horse trail
and only use it for morning runs;
my kid's soul is trapped in AP classes at Walnut High,
and the other half of my life
is stuck on Grand Ave
behind Mt. SAC students' taillights.'
The AP schedule is life's main quest.
The real outfit: a Ralph Lauren sweater draped over the shoulders,
a big tote holding SAT prep books and a thermos.
Top school district and equestrian-trail wellness club: the Ivy League pipeline.
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