la-la land

going up to LA (like I did this morning) always confronts me w/the best and worst of humanity. There is the worst -- including the traffic, pollution, homelessness, gentrification, and overall poverty suckiness -- and then there is the best -- beautiful city parks, lovely skylines, great culture, wonderful ethnic food, and terrific lawyers and activists working to combat the overall poverty suckiness. LA is such a city of extremes w/rare middle ground. Fascinating place that always gets my head spinning.