Residents of Laguna Beach, Calif., have accused the MTV series named after the sunny locale of focusing on the city's negative points.
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Local political candidates and parents have become more and more outspoken against the MTV reality series, accusing "Laguna Beach: The Real Orange County" of increasing crime and substance abuse in the Southern California city, The Los Angeles Times reported.
"It was a boneheaded move. I would never let my child participate," said parent Ketta Brown about MTV's filming. "Hopefully this show will die a natural death."
The criticism of the TV series follows a recent study that claimed Laguna Beach to be tops in substance abuse in Orange County.
"When it was so hot this summer and people asked why, I said, 'It must be MTV.' That's how ridiculous it has become," Candace Hurley, a mother of two, told the newspaper. "People now blame MTV for everything."