…but when I started that reply, I meant to say, “Thanks for that post!”
Anyone who thinks LA had “more character” 70 years ago is simply not paying attention. I’ve lived in LA for almost 40 years, and the city is so much better and the culture so much more vibrant than it once was (especially, as you note, if you’re not white!).
I love LA because it always seems to be improving (not that you’d know it to listen to all the half-baked TV-nostalgists who moved here three years ago) and constantly rewards exploration and attention, because things change so fast and so frequently that yesterday’s eyesore is often today’s charming new cafe.
But you gotta get out and actually see it yourself. (-: The impression you’ll get of LA from the media is little more than a moldering pile of outdated clichés.
