[WS:] I just visited friends and family (my son lives there) on a number of occasions and we went around the city. But what struck me was how non-remarkable most of it was, at least to me. Only a few highlights (like Venice Beach, La Brea farmer's market, Union Station, Getty Center, and a few deco villas) stood out - the rest of it seemed like suburban sprawl or Disneyland. It is not that I dislike LA, I can think of far more dreadful places - it is just not my kind of place, I do not connect. Unlike NYC, which I loved from day one I got there for the first time.
I am pretty sure that things would look differently if I lived there or even stayed longer - after all my son prefers LA to eastern cities and moved there from Boston where he went to school - but I am talking about superficial impressions. If I were to visualize that impression, I would point to a scene from 'Barton Fink" in which Finks stares at a wall paper in his motel slowly peeling of the wall. Something about that scene signifies the whole city to me - nothing rational, just a vague gut feeling.
Wojtek
On Wed, Aug 18, 2010 at 1:49 PM, Dennis Claxton <ddclaxton at earthlink.net>wrote:
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> I kind of sympathize with his sentiments. Many years ago, I applied
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> This is like saying I applied for a job in New York once. It was in New
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> people seem to be too much preoccupied with the way they look.
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> If only. Too many people barely get dressed at all.
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> The film "Barton Fink" nicely portrays the sleaziness of LA (as contrasted
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> What's wrong with sleazy?
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> BTW, the only place I actually like in LA is the Union Station.
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> Built in the sleazy '30s. Where else did you go in town?
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