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"I settle in for a long, stinky day. As each hour passes and the sun battles through the clouds, the streets become more and more alive with people, cars, sounds, and smells. A steady stream of families travels down the concrete stairs of the Golden Line station, and I see a lot of non-Asians walking around in coolie hats."

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"of course, this being la, i do also own a car."

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"Bike clubs and eco green groups haven't been the biggest fans of the LAPD, at least in the past."

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"anyway, tonight i get off at the highland park station and walk down a couple of blocks

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"It's not that she is judging me - I just don't belong in her world."

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"'I can see the shadow of a head. I sniff. Definitely pot. Piece of trash druggie robber. I tear down the curtain. 'Police' I shout.'"

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"how many twenty year old asian women are there in la? maybe a quarter of a million"

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"pedaling past Chinese churches and Vietnamese sandwich shops. There's also an Italian American museum hidden away, along with an agin Italian church that feeds hungry Chinese immigrants every Thanksgiving.
Of course, these days Chinatown doesn't come close to containing all the recent Chinese immigrants."

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"a steady stream of families travels down the concrete stairs of the gold line station"

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"Some jerk starts honking at me from behind and the light turns red..."

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"...Chinese from Vietnam and other parts of southeast Asia have moved in - not to mention young artists and hipsters of all colors who have opened up galleries and bars."

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"i ride down grand and then east to the school district building, a nondescript tower next to the 110 freeway."

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"She knew all the safe streets, the ones with unlimited night parking, the parking spaces near bathrooms in fast-food restaurants and libraries."

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"The best time to drive in Los Angeles is early morning on the weekends around 5 a.m. It's late enough that even the drunken partiers have gone home and early enough that most people from suburbanites to gangbangers- are still in bed."

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"If you ever get into Los Angeles don't ask a blonde for directions."

"...we natives know the truth: that mot of us have either dark hair and/or dark skin."

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"Bunker Hill, a mecca of wealth, is home to multistory law firms, banks, advertising agencies and Assistant Chief Cheryl Toma. You see men dressed impeccably in Brooks Brothers suits and women in pumps. We are meeting at the Metro Club, a private establishment that "regular people" like me often don't even know exists."

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"water grill? jonathan club... exclusive eateries in downtown los angeles."

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"How many 27 year old asian women are there in LA? Maybe a quarter of a million."

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"It's only one stop north of Highland Park Station, but it's a whole different world."

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"We're on Hill Street, waiting to get into a club."

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"Only in law enforcement would it be seen as beneficial to have been raised in the hood versus the suburbs."

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"Downtown Los Angeles..."four times smaller than New York's Manhattan."

"We all have these neighborhoods & districts shaped like narrow New England states..."

Different Districts

"LA has architecture, I argue. The mosaic sun..."