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In article <4mim2k$bb0@betty.bway.net>, amk@bway.net wrote:
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> LA's been through some hard times lately. While I'm no expert on
> Valley history, I believe the last time successionism was seriously
> proposed was in the late 50s, early 60s, and became part of what
> propelled Sam Yorty into City Hall. The late 50s and early 60s also
> witnessed depression and flight from Downtown and the decay of the
> studio system in Hollywood. Succesh, in other words, seems to follow
> the fortunes of the city at large, and it seems to be a tragically
> short-sighted solution for those who would distance themselves from
> the social and economic vissicitudes any large metropolis must
> periodically undergo.
> 
> Andy Katz
> 
I've lived in Hollywood a long time and know that the "studio system"
is alive and well here.  It's probably the most centrally located to get
to Culver City and Burbank where most of the studios that are not
still in Hollywood are located. A whole bunch of actors, writers,
directors, and ADs also live here, mostly in the Hills, north of the
old cities.  It's mostly only the very rich ones that live in Bev. Hills,
Bel-Air, Malibu, etc.  Of course the new Dreamworks bunch aren't
near here but they're not near anybody.

-- 
Don McKenzie, Hollywood, CA

Stupidity is an incurable ailment