tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5076961402578423866.post2577713886942666315..comments2023-09-14T23:09:34.992-07:00Comments on Andrew Malone: Car-less in CaliforniaAndrew Malonehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16360149321839200105noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5076961402578423866.post-56162249486569787772009-04-24T14:08:00.000-07:002009-04-24T14:08:00.000-07:00i followed john chamberlain to this site - does it...i followed john chamberlain to this site - does it make any sense to go in on owning one car with a few others for special occasions, needs - divvying up the days - for drives up the coast every once in a while, a late night out twice a month? or is that not purist and dedicated enough?<br /><br />it would be a shame not to do SOME things that are off the transit grid or off-hours every once in a while?<br /><br />LA is the American Diaspora city - splayed out - i didn't realize there are these town hubs, centers - i did see these roving farmer's markets that hit a different place each day - hancock park on sundays, WeHo plummer park on monday - rotisserie chicken good and cheap to eat from all week - <br /><br />it IS a company town just as NYC always has a Wall Street undercurrent, DC governmental - even if you aren't associated with those industries, it's what those towns were built on and gave it its dynamism and identity -<br /><br />Southern California might as well be a different state, of course, from Northern California - there is a crazy, lazy, hazy, dazed something here - the worst of the hippie, laid-back, "The Secret" take the easy way, indulgent, hedonistic, looks-focused strain here - AND you do see "celebrities" often enough to buzz you when you're out - everyone ELSE is so diverse, people standing right next to each other can have more degrees of separation than they have to someone on the other coast or another continent - it's too much, so i think people put blinders on and carve Their Streak out and everyone is streaking around -<br /><br />it's not relaxed - not even in runyon canyon - it seems to me -IMAC70https://www.blogger.com/profile/07389278633669819288noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5076961402578423866.post-24021514743375707262009-02-18T10:54:00.000-08:002009-02-18T10:54:00.000-08:00Hi AndrewJohn Chamberlain here, CNU Member and col...Hi Andrew<BR/>John Chamberlain here, CNU Member and colleague of Eliza Harris who gave me your blog link.<BR/> <BR/>I just moved to LA in October (Los Feliz) and I sense the same way about the people. I think there's also a 'look at me' factor which actually makes people isolated from each other. There's also a reticence to 'call a spade a spade' but more to skirt reality as I've also found in parts of the South. I admire you going car-less in LA and will look out for your follow-up postings. I looked for a local CNU Chapter here but heard it was currently not running. Please let me know if you hear of anything going on.<BR/><BR/>Regards,<BR/><BR/>John Chamberlain<BR/>gulfjc at hotmail dot com<BR/>663-3324Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com