Personal Essay: Where Is Life In America?

Los Angeles has always been considered the city of dreams by many people across the United States, and the world. Many people flock to the city yearly to make their own dreams come true. Whether it is to get their big break in the entertainment industry, attend one of the many Universities, or find work in the many different companies that Los Angles has become home to. However, when people do move here, they find out that achieving those dreams may not be as easy they may have come to believe. In city with a population of nearly 4 million people live, competition for these opportunities is fierce. They begin to realize that their dream may not be as easily achieved as they had hope. They start accepting work anywhere they can find it to make ends meet. Unfortunately, this is not a new development for Los Angeles. The city has always advertised itself in a way to lure people to come to Los Angeles. To grow as a metropolis, Los Angeles needed people to help them build. The city has always done what it deemed necessary to bring people, to accomplish this goal.

Southern California is a great example of the diversity brought by the mixing pot affect America is known for. In result of its reputation for an abundance of opportunities of success, it is populated with individuals from many backgrounds and classes. The North Hollywood and Los Angeles area is no exception and this is clearly demonstrated in the cities along the Redline and Gold line tram system. Each stop has its own atmosphere, often reflecting its locals as well as tourist purposes. A sense of poverty is more prevalent in some areas in comparison to others. The focuses of articulator, shops, attractions, and facilities are parallel to the reflection of their primary populations.

Using Los Angeles’s flaws as a dystopian city, it shows that the setting can make a city weak and implicitly shows what would make it a better place. For example, the city is portrayed as being very dark and there are many vacant lots outside the crowded space, which makes it feel like a unsecure ghost town. L.A is looks like a wasteland, because there is no nature left. Mankind has conquered the wild and enclosed itself within its own concrete jungle. In every good city, there is a balance between nature and men, but this city has no nature at all. The animals are all replicas and there are human clones being built at a factory. This means that humans have to renew the nature that is lost. Also, the city is overpopulated, as the streets are extremely crowded which implies that its resources are running low or almost out. There is no way that it would be a sustainable environment for the city to thrive from. The proximity of so many people in one area could possibly spread disease or make living there very competitive (survival of the fittest contest). Throughout the story, many reference off world colonies. They seem to be a solution for the problems on earth; life is better in the off-world colonies. This insinuates that Los Angeles is bad place to be since most of the wealthier people live outside earth probably. This explains why most people appear to be in the working class (many bars) and the huge social class gaps in the city. The torrential rainfall that occurs every few days is a pretty bad sign that the area is probably inhospitable and the pollution is really bad. In one word, a good city would have a viable environment that has some nature in it, manages its pollution and control its

Living in Los Angeles I believe is different compared to living in any other city in the United States. No other city really compares, at least I believe. Los Angeles is an extremely diverse city and every community differs from the next. There are numerous subgroups in Los Angeles, that really if one moves to the city, one will fit in right away with a specific group. I believe Los Angeles attracts people from all over the world because of how accepting the city is. I work in the Financial District part of Downtown Los Angeles, and even in downtown you will find different subgroups. Just in downtown you will find the Financial District, Jewelry Mart District, Flower, Fashion, Art and, so on. All of these is basically within walking distance

Los Angeles, a place that is full of fallacies. Los Angeles is full of movie stars you’ll most likely never see, constant traffic when going most places, and high housing prices that contradict with low wages. Los Angeles is a very popular and known around the world. Los Angeles’ popularity creates lots of misunderstandings that have left people confused when moving here. Los Angeles is also known as the 5th unfriendliest city in the world. Moving to Los Angeles is like opening a hollow gift box. When you first saw the box you were full of curiosity and wonder, it seemed promising what was inside. However, when you opened it up, it was empty and not what you expected. People should not move to Los Angeles because it is full of problems that

Different cities gain their notoriety depending on whichever characteristic they constantly embody. Los Angeles is a city that is always moving whether it is physically or figuratively. Los Angeles residents spend a large quantity of their time on the freeway moving from one area to the next; Los Angeles residents are moving from one trend to another to keep up with whatever the latest one is. Presumably, Los Angeles and its business owners are always on the look out for the newest trends and latest marketing devices to attract consumers. Third Street Promenade is easily describable as an upscale dining and entertainment location attracting locals and out of town visitors to downtown Santa Monica, California. This district of premier dining

Welcome to the capital of the world, the city that never sleeps and the place that I call home -- New York City. Although there are many other cities across the United States, New York City has a certain je ne sais quoi about it, that makes it seem better than the rest. Home to the Statue of Liberty, Times Square, Central Park, the Empire State Building, and many other landmarks and attractions, New York City is a tourist’s dream come true. Unfortunately, people like me, who have lived and grown up here, tend to find the city and its attractions boring and not as appealing as they have all been made out to be. Through “Here’s My New York,” E.B White explains that there are those who are born here and take the city for granted, those who come into the city by day and leave by night, and those who have migrated from different parts of the world in search for a better life.

We all know the big city that everyone loves to talk about and be a part of the experience of a lifetime which is Los Angeles, also known as L.A. It is one of the most known cities in California and around the world where people’s dreams come true. L.A. is best known for its beaches, entertainment, amusements, and the people around the city. It’s also known as “The City of Angels”, which is the spanish word for “Angeles”. It is the second most populous city in the United States after New York. I’ve always known L.A. as a big part of my life, being born in the city of luxury and fame. Growing up, I never knew how much of a big deal LA was until I was in high school. Being around so much popularity and seeing the opportunities that LA has brought to people was amazing to me. From the sports games, to the concerts, to the famous celebrities walking the red carpets brung so much excitement to me and I was glad to experience all of it.

Los Angeles was the first product off the assembly line of American urban planning. Turned on in the late 19th century, the city-making machine was fueled by an immense immigration of people who sought to create a new type of city out of the previously quaint pueblo. They also strove to craft the first major city developed primarily by Americans and outside of European archetypes. As a result, Los Angles is not only incredibly diverse, but also nearly impossible to define. Since it is a product of the American machine, understanding the community of Los Angeles becomes vital to understanding the United States. But to fully comprehend the present Los Angeles, one must look at the process that created it. Specifically, Los Angeles was

As my 5 years living in America theirs just some things I don't understand and find funny. These Americans are weird, like around the very end of each year everyone starts to get joyful and happy also like to bring up this word "Christmas" and it involves a big fat white man with a white beard who wears a red suit, which carries toys on a flying vehicle with deers flying it. I find that pretty funny if you ask me. But, that's not the only weird thing about this event.

Five years ago visit to USA was conjuring and the plausible excuse for why it was only a tour outing for entertainment and engorgement. I thought of it as the first and last excursion to US. In any case individuals say a sudden strong and unforeseen inquiry doth commonly shock a man and expose him. Having grim circumstances in Pakistan four years ago made us to return again to the spot I had used my six years of adolescence. Anyway this time I needed to face something not probable. It was a remote young lady in a freshman year. For me it was like to bite a tasteless gum. I was completely indiscreet by everything.

Growing up in Los Angeles I was always fascinated by the mystique that surrounded the city. People described it as the land of burgeoning opportunity, the land of stars, the land of fading dreams, of crushed opportunity. For me, it simply was. Yet Michael Connelly’s comment still resonates even as a life-long resident in the City of Angels. Twelve million souls, looking outwards of our dusty, smog-filled bowl.

Los Angeles, the City of Angels, is filled with various cultures and people from around the world. Los Angeles is known for many things from our food to the Griffith Observatory or the Hollywood sign. Los Angeles is often referred to as the melting pot of cultures. Often portrayed in the movies, people come to Los Angeles to be the next movie star and live a glamorous life filled with over the top parties, but Another City challenges that idea. “Magic Hour” shows Los Angeles a not so glamorous side of LA, but also shows the beauty of Los Angeles. In Another City: Writings From Los Angeles edited by David L. Ulin, a collection of short stories and poems about Los Angeles, the writers write about coming to Los Angeles or growing up in LA and how this city shapes the residents identities and how Los Angeles is seen to outsiders and residents. “Magic Hour” is about Erika Schickel views on Los Angeles and how it shapes her and her views on the city, she explores the relationship between herself and the city.

This is a report over how people lives were like in the 1800's, there were many ways that Peoples lives were different but, it all depends on what region you come from. In this report the regions I am going to be talking about is the Northeast, West, and South. All of these regions have very different things in common like the South and Western regions. The first region I am going to talk about is the Northeast region.

From my office window, I could now easily see the glittering New York streets gradually becoming hectic as a result of wandering tourists and proletarians coming home from work. I missed the city – coming from my head, that statement sounded anomalous; but I really did.