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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]L.A. poster: most of what you say is right, no question. But I went to grad school at USC. It is in a very bad neighborhood. You wouldn't be so complimentary of your environs if you lived in South Central.

As for USC, we joked it was a corporation that ran a very profitable football program with a university attached to it.
The UCLA students called USC the "University fo Spoiled Children."

I do think it has improved academically since then but would [u]not[/u] send my kid there. I would be too nervous for his/her safety.[/quote]

Los Angeles poster again.   I am the poster who permits their pre-teen, and teenage childrens to walk to the restaurants around USC when they have swim meets adjacent to the Coliseum.  Though you are correct that I live in a nice area, I also volunteer in the less-privileged neighborhoods of L.A., working for a non-profit that provides much-needed clothing and supplies to LA Unified schoolchildren.

I personally find a lot to admire and much beauty in even the more humble neighborhoods of L.A.  We share the same great weather, year-round flowering, scented florals and citrus trees, hard work ethic, desire for a better life and good education, general proximity to the ocean, a city where music, arts, and performing arts are still emphasized and valued, the same filtered light, and beautiful mountains and sunsets.

Even the less-privileged areas of Los Angeles are full of beauty, in my opinion.  It is my impression that the city (and USC) have both changed for the better since your grad school days. [/quote]

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