I know this sounds made up but it's true - you can do the research yourself if you're inclined. LA is hands down the most diverse place in the world. Definitely beats out NYC, despite NYC having that reputation, because NYC has been culturally more hostile to the upward mobility and long-term settlement of immigrant populations, whereas LA existed as indigenous land, and as Mexico, before it was part of the US, and that attitude has allowed immigrants to set roots here and claim identity and belonging in a way that no other place does or has.
>On May 3, 1913, California enacted the Alien Land Law, designed to deny Japanese families their foothold in America by denying them the right to own land.
https://eji.org/news/californias-alien-land-laws/
I was done with this thread, but your not going to rewrite history.
Even well into the 60s non white people weren't allowed to buy homes outside of certain areas.
That singular thing is not representative of the culture or policy at large, is over 100 years old, and isn't the present reality. Broadly speaking California and specifically LA are the most culturally progressive places on earth.
Yes, those rules existed in various rich neighborhoods at times in the past. They don't anymore. What's your point? My claim is not that there were no racists or racist policies at all within the LA area.
So yeah, that's a straw man. And a very pathetic one at that.
Your own comment references a time before California was even a part of Mexico.
A more recent example.
>When South Vietnam and Cambodia fell to communists in April 1975, Gov. Brown, who had just succeeded Ronald Reagan, fought the arrival of hundreds of thousands of Vietnamese and Cambodian refugees. In the process, Mr. Brown and other Democrats engaged in xenophobic rhetoric.
https://www.wsj.com/articles/when-jerry-brown-tried-to-keep-...
Not to mention 3 strikes and other tough on crime policies.
A fixed tax on housing which is the most unprogressive policy you can imagine.
Etc. This isn't to say LA is horrible , it's just not some unique magical place.
Whereas the random bits of historical information you are bringing up do not speak to a lasting or pervasive reality. LA is a "sanctuary city" and that is the reason it is currently being targeted by the fascists with the federal troop occupation.
Anyway you are making bad faith and low effort arguments. If you dislike the place, just admit it.
As for whether LA is magical - "Magical" is literally one of the most common words used to describe LA and SoCal in general, as in, it is part of the zeitgeist that LA is "La La Land" (meaning for better or worse, the place where creatives pursue their dreams and/or delusions).
Every detail of your comments fall apart upon close inspection.
You are not making valid arguments. You are hating. Admit it.
You are a hater.
I like LA and i like California. You're just genuinely being ridiculous.
Thank you for helping out. Usually I would of given up earlier, but I couldn't let someone say California has always been welcoming to immigrants unanswered.
Apart of being better as people is looking at the past and facing it.
No place is perfect.
Chicago has issues. LA has issues.
I live in what was recently the most diverse zip code in the US. Not in LA, not in NYC, but in Chicago.
You're just extremely biased.
I mean yeah NYC and Chicago get very close (if not match--i mean idk about Armenian specifically but you'll find 5 different ethnic neighborhoods within 5 miles, easy)