<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <title></title> </head> <body> Well, NYC is glorious -- but most of what I know about it is Manhattan -- and, yes, the public aspect of NYC is the most glorious thing about it. Yes. LA is sprawl, but there are public spaces -- Griffith park, the beaches, the park around the LA art museum, the parks in the Silverlake district, etc. And yes, you always have to drive. Wojtek Sokolowski wrote: <blockquote type="cite" cite="mid20060316053506.5445.qmail@web52305.mail.yahoo.com"> <pre wrap=""> --- joanna <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:123hop@comcast.net"><123hop@comcast.net></a> wrote: </pre> <blockquote type="cite"> <pre wrap="">There's nothing wrong with L.A., except for the smog. </pre> </blockquote> <pre wrap=""> And sprawl. And the almost total lack of public spaces. Unlike NYC where everything seems to be public, not just becuase of the subway, but also because almost every building has an entrace from a public street rather than from a gated yard or a driveway, and because in NYC one can actually walk and experience the city, whereas in LA one must drive in that bubble of a car that separates us from our environs. It is no coincidence that the story of Todd Haynes' film _Safe_ <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0114323/">http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0114323/</a> which portrays ultimate alienation, takes place in LA. I like LA's art deco though. Wojtek __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://mail.yahoo.com">http://mail.yahoo.com</a> ___________________________________ <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://mailman.lbo-talk.org/mailman/listinfo/lbo-talk">http://mailman.lbo-talk.org/mailman/listinfo/lbo-talk</a> </pre> </blockquote> </body> </html>