"'People put up with more here,' he offered. 'So what if the city is dysfunctional? So what if the city has gangs? We're comparing it to Buffalo, where we came from; Detroit, where we came from. Cities with weather are much more concerned about city services.'
"Montreal, he noted, is cold and well-run. It has to work at its quality of life. Los Angeles, by contrast, is forgiving. It allows failure, it is elastic, permissive. Warm.'"
Jim Newton in the Los Angeles Times checks in with Tom Hayden.
Sunday, July 01, 2007
To Seek the Unattainable
Labels:
1960s,
crime,
Los Angeles,
political history,
politics,
urban history,
youth
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