Kaplan, Robert. "Travels into America's Future." The Atlantic Monthly (August 1998): 37-61.

Queenan, Joe. "Yo, San Francisco, You're No L.A." Los Angeles Times Magazine (October 25, 1998): 20-21.

The City of Angels; to some, Los Angeles is the embodiment of the American dream- a sort of west coast "Statue of Liberty," with opportunity at every corner and in every doorway. The city of razzle-dazzle, movie stars, and Hollywood's walk of fame; for nearly a century Los Angeles has been perceived as the town of dreams. These are, of course, gross exaggerations, as is the perception that Los Angeles is the city of ceaseless riots and brutal racism. Naturally, as in every urban city, there is to an extent some truth in these myths, and because of Los Angeles' unprecedented size and diverse population it tends to be picked on more often than even New York. Los Angeles is an anomaly- there is no other city in the world that could ever begin to rival it. Because people often hate what they cannot explain, writers especially love to

The old liberal paradigm of social control, attempting to

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