Yesterday Curbed LA pointed to yet another diss of Los Angeles as a "roadway hierarchy." When I moved here this spring, I heard some of the same complaints. Even the old pop song moans, "LA is a great big freeway."I personally don't get it. Do people really see LA as a concrete city? Try Kansas City, Chicago, Denver or Las Vegas. Ever go to Brooklyn? Or Texas? Each of them would flunk art school for hogging all the brown and gray.
At least in LA you can see green. Even in winter. Even on the freeways. So you might think LA is "hopeless," Jim Kunstler, but dig a little deeper and you'll find there's plenty more to mock:
- Los Angeles has
... more high-income households ...
... more museums ...
... more murals ...
... more screwy looking fifties-style ranch shacks ...
... more private schools ...
... more rock 'n' roll landmarks ...
... more direct-broadcast satellite penetration ...
... more gangs ...
... more children in foster care ...
... more homeless people ...
... more homeless veterans ...
... more talent among women- and minority-owned businesses ...
... more franchises ...
... more coffee shops ...
... more TV stations airing live car chases ...
... more city-collected recycling ...
... more Armenians, Mexicans and Canadians ...
... more happy workers ...
... more high-tech establishments ...
... more billboards ...
... and more airports ...
than any other US city!
1 comment:
Whoo hoo! Street gangs!
I could have sworn SF had more homeless dudes than us. It certainly feels that way when you're up there.
I thought we had the largest flip population outside the Philippines too...? (I am allowed to say *flip* instead of filipino being filipina myself...)
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