Welcome to my blog, where over the next ten weeks I will be venturing into different parts of Los Angeles by varying means of transportation to discover what makes this city so unique and how it is a working factory of discovering the social difference found in a city.
By taking a look at the differences as well as solidarities found in various parts of Los Angeles, I hope to gain an appreciation for how they interact to make the urban experience here. Interacting with the environment by physically walking through it, taking notes, communicating with inhabitants, and studying the structure will all allow me to critically analyze "the everyday urban environments we live in".
My journey will be taking me to various areas of Los Angeles, whether they be in city proper or incorporated cities close by or within, as well as looking at the successes and failures of the areas in providing an adequate urban experience for people. Within this one city, there are a host of different experiences available to you, with no one uniting it all. As the satirist Dorothy Parker once wrote, "Los Angeles is seventy-two suburbs in search of a city" and it is with this mindset and a desire to learn more about the second largest metropolitan area in the United States that will be my guiding force in this journey.
Commentary and analysis from peers in the course and anyone else is greatly appreciated, as with most things in life there is no definitive answer to a question.
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