How did Plumas County residents view new people?

It took me at least a decade to stop being considered a "flatlander". That was an actual epithet and an unforgivable sin. But i was born on a mountain, the term was a stand-in for "person from elsewhere".

I think that may have been Vicky's bias, as half the county was on welfare at one time or another. We had some absolutely ridiculous unemplyment rate for a while, in excess of 20% and that's just the official number of folk registered with the Employment Dept.

But my sense of the area was an eclectic mix of various sorts of hippies, various sorts of loggers, USFS employees, and just plain folk, who really didn't sort themselves that way. I got into some scrapes early on for having long hair but that was random, and i was also friends with some very red necked rednecks. Who smoked pot. And hippies who loved guns.

May i please know when and where Metcalf said these things about Sue?

Victoria Metcalf," The mother was the type who had alot of men friends, uhm constant comings and goings as I understand it. You know everyone knew, that that the family was on welfare and in those days, that was not a popular thing to have happen to you here in plumas co. And so you immediately had sort of a stigmatism attached to you. You know there were alot of rumors at the time about "my gosh the way she dealt drugs it could be anybody, it could be a big drug party that got out of hand." Some of the rumors dealt with her sleeping with various men for money." Pt. one of the documentary.

Viciously disrespectful and uncalled for. And absolutely unbecoming a journalist. Rumor is rumor. It is gossip. It is not for documentary and Josh is culpable here too.

Edit: And i recall no such rumor or gossip. It was likely generated in speculation following the murders.

Edit: By people who wouldn't even recognize Sue.

Edit: So add to my characterization, "chock full of busybody gossipmongers".