Also, great to see an old RT listener around here. Maybe I should write about the SOS Band in my music blog. Great to know you also dig “Take Your Time”.

Cheers, man!

On Los Angeles, it was a city designed for the car commuter, if you notice, the freeways/highways are raised from the city sprawl, so when you are driving in your car, you do not see the towns around you, primarily just the exit signs so you could get from here to there. But you are right, a car is an absolute necessity to live in LA.

Contrast that with Nor Cal, if you drive from San Francisco to Palo Alto where Stanford is, the freeways are low to the ground, so you experience the towns that you are driving by.

You could either blame or thank the city planners who designed the freeway systems in these cities if you prefer one or other. You either get where you want to go quicker or you get to experience the city along the way.

Anyway, I think in any city, you could pick a pocket which is pleasant (in LA, Beverly Hills, Westwood, Montana Street), and one that is not (East LA, Watts, Compton). I think the same is true for all cities. There are pockets of good and bad. You can choose to hang out in the good parts, then perhaps help make the bad parts a little better.

Cheers!

Nancy, you have to understand where I’m coming from.

Have you ever been to Metro Manila lately? I can name you at least ten other cities elsewhere in the world that are much dirtier than Los Angeles.

Of course, Los Angeles is not the cleanest city in America by far- I’ve had recommendations to check out Portland, San Jose, Buffalo and Columbus, among others. But coming from Metro Manila, Los Angeles is definitely several steps up on many levels, including cleanliness, crime rate, population density.

Thanks for stopping by.

Thanks for the great post! Looking forward to many more. B>)…

thanks for dropping by!