Seriously the first season is one of my very few 10s on anilist. Just incredible execution. So excited for more.
TrillianAstra
joined 2 weeks ago
It's a fun sports management game. The races are often very exciting, you can skip them for time but I almost never skip races that might be close and find myself shouting encouragement at my phone in public, lol.
You could always watch the original anime or the absolutely phenomenal Cinderella Gray spinoff, see how it strikes you. Legitimately pretty great sports drama and the characters are a lot of fun.
If you do play, send me your Trainer code!
I'm legitimately addicted to Umamusume Pretty Derby, which is a gacha game but I've been playing for many months and while you can give them money they don't really push it very hard. There's a surprising amount of depth.
I also like idlers, shout-out to Almost A Hero and the hilariously unhinged Crush Crush.
For a more traditional timewaster I also play a lot of Downwell.
As a product of a rural town in SoCal, I can assure you there are VERY white, VERY racist places all over the west coast. I regularly had to deal with neonazis and white trash racists growing up. Still full of toxic bigots, I hate going out in public there. I wish I lived anywhere like what you described but even the big city near me is pretty rich, white, and conservative.