I think their college is based in LA/cali (UCLA? haha) - I assumed Hayden was midwestern but brett talked about his mom's "southern cooking" in this chapter so is he a southern kid???
but omg yea the author 100% has lived in the US to even know about the horrible health insurance lkjafdljk
Yeah! Hayden’s fam lives in San Diego, I think they said it in the last chapter. But tbh Brett and Hayden’s type of white boy can really only exist in California if we’re being real. The rich bratty frat boy and the aspiring actor/writer
Also very minor spoiler!!
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In the later chapters, while not mentioned explicitly, they actually visit The Grove (said on the artist’s twitter lol)
Just in case people consider this a spoiler.
SPOILERS!
Is that where they went on their date?
I was wondering where it was. For a moment I thought they’d gone to Solvang (a Danish town in California).
I was going to google where you can see fake s own in LA to try and figure it out.
I’m always trying to figure out where they’re at because it’s so rare to see LA as a focus. Usually it’s always NYC.
Based on everything I noticed they are def in LA.
Ch 30 Cop tells Brett he's with LAPD when they take him in for questioning.
Ch 27 the news says they go to Westwood California State University. Its not a real university but the real Westwood College did have locations in LA.
Ch 25 Frat shirts say since 1919 which is when UCLA was established. Also the football team the brutes seems to be based off the bruins.
Ch 22 Jung says one of the first things he did after unpacking was visit the Santa Monica pier.
Ch 20 Brett's flight back from Utah was only about 1h30.
Ch 17 Chris, Scotts roommate, says they're right near Hollywood so it's easy to get work as extras on TV.
Ch 9 I think Martin's house or the frat house is in Bel Air but not quite sure. Brett says if Martin wants to settle down in Bel Air he'll have to get along with Nathan. Says his dad would take the house if he knew about the drugs.
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Yup! Here’s the link where the author said so, https://x.com/s_ss_ss_s/status/1880440554103927272?s=46
I also thought at first it was Solvang or Santa’s Village up in the mountains, but nope, it was The Grove but it makes sense if we’re thinking that they go to the equivalent of UCLA since it’s only like a 20 minute drive from there.
But I love the LA focus that is past the surface level “Hollywood, actors, general American-ness” that’s actually well thought out. The author has mentioned they do have friends that have/do live in California and I wouldn’t be surprised is they did live in SoCal briefly. Either way it’s very cool to see the attention to detail of the setting when most authors wouldn’t
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Also just a funny side note, while I know they definitely didn’t, I think the possibility of Hayden and Brett eating at like the Brandy Melville restaurant or Cheesecake Factory makes me giggle a little bit I’m ngl
Thank you for the link.
I would have never recognized it as The Grove since I’ve only been there once.
The mom talking about having bad health insurance is so fr Also, only being able to turn on your sprinklers once a week sounds like this is in cali. But I think that was established early on and I may have missed it.
Baby Hayden pics are so cute!!! (=・ω・=)