Me too, but in the county, not the city.
I remember the battles over secession a couple years ago. Hopefully there will continue to be strong efforts to break up the monster, and the LAUSD along with it!
A lot of people in the areas I mentioned do not consider themselves a "Los Angeles" resident. The reason being is that the city collects the taxes from these areas and spend them in places like South Central Los Angeles or other parts of the city instead of re-investing places like Hollywood or in the Valley.