Mark wrote:
>Yesterday I had to drive into downtown Los
>Angeles from the south, via Interstate 5. The
>sheer ugliness of the landscape I drove through
>_ South Central El Lay _ staggers the mind. It
>is a cliché to call it a vision of Hell, but
>clichés are clichés because they are substantially true.
Every morning I drive into downtown Los Angeles via myriad routes. And during the week I drive all over Los Angeles. Sometimes the sheer beauty of the landscape I drive through takes my breath away.