Bones Omnibus
“A New York realtor will show a loft to a perspective client, pointing out the view, explaining the history of the neighborhood, who may live in the building, what’s close by, but will ultimately always close with, “It’s the total New York experience.”
In Los Angeles, it’s all trees, hills, canyons, high fences, and privacy, where the potential buyer is finally told, “You won’t even know you’re in L.A.”
Los Angeles is a city of isolation. In New York, the subways, the buses, and the side...walks force a sort of egalitarian integration among the classes. In Los Angeles, cars are king because of how far everything is from each other, making it easy for people to stay within their self-selected residential pocket. You’re East Side, West Side, Valley, the Hills, Culver, downtown, LBC, the Marina.
During the Rodney King riots, LAPD officers in riot gear enforced these divisions by forming a shoulder-to-shoulder human barricade on Wilshire Boulevard to prevent looters from crossing north into Beverly Hills.MoreLess
In Los Angeles, it’s all trees, hills, canyons, high fences, and privacy, where the potential buyer is finally told, “You won’t even know you’re in L.A.”
Los Angeles is a city of isolation. In New York, the subways, the buses, and the side...walks force a sort of egalitarian integration among the classes. In Los Angeles, cars are king because of how far everything is from each other, making it easy for people to stay within their self-selected residential pocket. You’re East Side, West Side, Valley, the Hills, Culver, downtown, LBC, the Marina.
During the Rodney King riots, LAPD officers in riot gear enforced these divisions by forming a shoulder-to-shoulder human barricade on Wilshire Boulevard to prevent looters from crossing north into Beverly Hills.MoreLess
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