[Spktyr]

Also - that was something like 50 years ago. I’m in my mid 30s and grew up in LA. It hasn’t fit that description in my lifespan, and if documentary films are to be believed, it hasn’t fit that description since about 1960.

[Tigerized]

“It hasn’t fit that description in my lifespan, and if documentary films are to be believed, it hasn’t fit that description since about 1960.”

It really started going downhill in the late 60’s. I left SoCal around 1973, and by that time, we started using the term “barrio” a lot.

After the fall of Saigon, East LA also became home to Vietnamese refugees, which has actually had a stabilizing effect, from what I can tell.

But still. Do you know just how HARD it would be to dig up Disneyland and move it somewhere else? So we can’t give up on California!

[Inyo-Mono]

Also - that was something like 50 years ago. I’m in my mid 30s and grew up in LA. It hasn’t fit that description in my lifespan, and if documentary films are to be believed, it hasn’t fit that description since about 1960.

I'm in my 60s. About 1972 would be accurate than 1960.