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True. I did love the multicultural aspect of Los Angeles, but it got blown to pieces during 9/11, and once the hatred and the flags came out, it was definitely
by boffinAudio 5y ago
True. I did love the multicultural aspect of Los Angeles, but it got blown to pieces during 9/11, and once the hatred and the flags came out, it was definitely time to leave .. But for many years I considered LA to be a very fine example of people living together, relatively peaceful. Well, after the RK riots, that is ..
- wbsss4412 5y agoPost 9/11 America was indeed very toxic, but I have to ask how much you have been back since? (Not to say our political culture isn’t still toxic)
- boffinAudio 5y agoYes, multiple times and my viewpoint remains.
- wbsss4412 5y agoThat’s fair, I never had the fortune to live in pre 9/11 America as an adult, so I lack that perspective. I share a lot of your perspectives too, but I’m pretty content with my little corner up in the PNW.
- bogomipz 5y agoIf you moved out of LA 20 years ago and lived there for 15 years you would not have lived in LA at the time of Rodney King incident and the LA Riots which was in 1992. As such you have no basis or credibility to make commentary and comparisons between LA before versus after the Riots. As someone who was there before, during and after I can say you have no idea what you are talking about. There was no momentous shift or even appreciable difference in LA in the aftermath of the riots. Further the "multicultural aspect of Los Angeles" did most certainly not get "blown to pieces." The weeks after 9/11 the palpable feeling was one of introspection, unity and kindness. So much so that the joke was it was starting to make people uncomfortable.
- wbsss4412 5y agoI haven’t spent enough time in LA to comment on the rest of your post but 2022 - 20 years = 2002; 2002 - 15 years = 1987, which was before 1992.