I didn’t even realize that “South Central” LA wasn’t even “South Central” anymore. But I shouldn’t have been surprised. Life in Los Angeles has gotten progressively worse and more anonymous, if such a thing were possible , in the last decade or so. Maybe it’s just as well they’re taking away the names. A few years back some wit in the city government decided to call the hideous intersection of Sunset and LaBrea, dominated by three of the world’s ugliest strip malls, Billy Wilder Square. Some honor. Fortunately for fans of “Some Like It Out,” you could drive by the intersection for years without noticing the obscure little sign with the name.
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1. srlucado:“Life in Los Angeles has gotten progressively worse and more anonymous…”
Not just LA. Even here in Fort Worth, “Where the West begins” as Will Rogers said, it’s increasingly generic. The western tradition is weakening; it’s just one big suburb–chain restaurants, chain stores, traffic jams–in the middle of Texas heat.
Which is okay for a lot of people, because some like it hot.
Scott
Jul 8, 2008 - 6:09 am 2. lplimac:How is it that when an area goes from majority black to majority hispanic it’s a loss of culture, a loss of identity? Same types of stories were told when MLK-Drew Hospital was going under, how it was because of the influx of poor MediCal and uninsured hispanics going there, ignoring how that a good number of blacks that used the same facilities (when they had to-Killer King is the name my co-workers that live in the area called it) were in the same economic boat. This kind of demographics change happens all the time and all the LA Times does is bemoan it like it’s a bad thing… well maybe the new people aren’t reading the LA Times so for them it is.
Jul 9, 2008 - 7:01 am 3. dcc:“Some Like It Out”? Is that the porn version of “Some Like It Hot”?
Jul 9, 2008 - 11:42 am