I don't recognize it today.
I lived in LA for six months when I was a little kid. I'll never forget it. Heaven.
Not any more.
I lived there from 1999-2003 and I visit 4-5x a year for business and my siblings live there.
It is really a nutty place and it will eventually be more like Rio or Mexico City than Los Angeles.
Cops are overwhelmed, the social services, courts and schools are in the toilet...and the rich live in gated mansions with cameras and security, many who are flaming Liberals.
It’s a crazy place. Glad I left.