Loaded question

[urbpan]

Oh, hey, it's the moving issue again! I have a lot to fill you people in on, but not just yet. Either my life is going to totally change in some really unpredictable way very soon, or my life will change in a much less extreme way a little further down the line. Is that vague enough?

So here's my loaded question:

What about Los Angeles?

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One of my recent blogs dealt with a visit to LA almost 20 years ago. I used to go to conferences twice a year, each in a different city, and would always try and arrive a bit early and do a walkabout to get the lay of the land and walk off the jet lag. I started to head out from the Hotel Bonaventure in Los Angeles, and asked the concierge which direction I head. He looked at me as if I had said "I feel like taking a stroll across the mine field to pick a live grenade. Shall I bring one back for you?"

When I did go out - in a car - I was appalled by the poverty in the shadow of great opulence. You quickly understood why the walled estates of Beverly Hills are walled. I remember making a comment about how handy those walls might prove, come the Revolution...

On the other hand, we did get out one night into the hills, and there are some lovely spots up there. LA sprawls a lot further than Boston, so it all depends on the neighborhood.