Comments on: IT NEVER DIES: The "Eastside" Debate http://la.metblogs.com/2008/03/10/it-never-dies-the-eastside-debate/ Wed, 25 Nov 2009 03:51:12 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: wolf http://la.metblogs.com/2008/03/10/it-never-dies-the-eastside-debate/#comment-44285 wolf Thu, 13 Mar 2008 21:30:52 +0000 http://la.metblogs.com/2008/03/10/it-never-dies-the-eastside-debate/#comment-44285 I always thought it was Beverly Glen myself! This trailer looks like it explains the "westside" perspective: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ctj6JQ2tU1w I always thought it was Beverly Glen myself! This trailer looks like it explains the "westside" perspective:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ctj6JQ2tU1w

]]> By: martha http://la.metblogs.com/2008/03/10/it-never-dies-the-eastside-debate/#comment-44204 martha Tue, 11 Mar 2008 18:01:14 +0000 http://la.metblogs.com/2008/03/10/it-never-dies-the-eastside-debate/#comment-44204 Good news: LA River is now leading. I'm in total agreement with militantangeleno. Why must everything be one or the other? I suspect there's been widespread brain damage. I can't account for this simple-mindedness any other way. I emailed the proprietor of another LA blog because one of his writers believes anything east of Beverly Hills is the Eastside and that everything east of the 110 is nonexistent. The proprietor accused me of being a segregationist and a fascist because I said that historically East LA is east of the LA River. Good news: LA River is now leading.
I’m in total agreement with militantangeleno. Why must everything be one or the other? I suspect there’s been widespread brain damage. I can’t account for this simple-mindedness any other way. I emailed the proprietor of another LA blog because one of his writers believes anything east of Beverly Hills is the Eastside and that everything east of the 110 is nonexistent. The proprietor accused me of being a segregationist and a fascist because I said that historically East LA is east of the LA River.

]]> By: marshall http://la.metblogs.com/2008/03/10/it-never-dies-the-eastside-debate/#comment-44201 marshall Tue, 11 Mar 2008 15:17:05 +0000 http://la.metblogs.com/2008/03/10/it-never-dies-the-eastside-debate/#comment-44201 Thank Cthulhu I live in the South Bay... Thank Cthulhu I live in the South Bay…

]]> By: yumyumcha http://la.metblogs.com/2008/03/10/it-never-dies-the-eastside-debate/#comment-44200 yumyumcha Tue, 11 Mar 2008 15:06:09 +0000 http://la.metblogs.com/2008/03/10/it-never-dies-the-eastside-debate/#comment-44200 It always seemed to me that people growing up west of the silverlake longitude line considered silverlake the "westside". Everyone I knew growing up east of downtown considered ourselves the east side aka East L.A. It always seemed to me that people growing up west of the silverlake longitude line considered silverlake the "westside". Everyone I knew growing up east of downtown considered ourselves the east side aka East L.A.

]]> By: frazgo http://la.metblogs.com/2008/03/10/it-never-dies-the-eastside-debate/#comment-44198 frazgo Tue, 11 Mar 2008 14:26:37 +0000 http://la.metblogs.com/2008/03/10/it-never-dies-the-eastside-debate/#comment-44198 MA...nice comment and you are correct about the binary mentality. I take it a bit farther though as I don't like the way the city allows itself to be subdivided constantly when a neighborhood wants to separate itself between good and not-so-good neighborhoods sharing the same zip or mailing name. MA…nice comment and you are correct about the binary mentality. I take it a bit farther though as I don’t like the way the city allows itself to be subdivided constantly when a neighborhood wants to separate itself between good and not-so-good neighborhoods sharing the same zip or mailing name.

]]> By: militantangeleno http://la.metblogs.com/2008/03/10/it-never-dies-the-eastside-debate/#comment-44195 militantangeleno Tue, 11 Mar 2008 05:55:46 +0000 http://la.metblogs.com/2008/03/10/it-never-dies-the-eastside-debate/#comment-44195 Frazgo: The Militant has still lived here longer than you have. But you are half-correct; Yes, in absolute terms, east of the Los Angeles river is in fact The Eastside, if that's what you mean, and the Militant lauds you for recognizing that. But the west bank of the Los Angeles River is not the "Westside," nor is the eastern side of La Cienega the "Eastside." You understand? Think of the United States. There is a West Coast and and East Coast. Is there a dividing line between the two? The Mississippi? The Rocky Mountains? Is Denver "West Coast?" Is Memphis "East Coast?" What about other cities - is there an absolute line dividing the North Side of Chicago and the South Side? Isn't The Loop in the middle? Ergo, Downtown, Silver_Lake, Hollywood, Echo Park, Koreatown, et al are *neither* Eastside nor Westside, they comprise THE CENTER OF THE CITY. Enough with the binary mentality. Frazgo: The Militant has still lived here longer than you have. But you are half-correct; Yes, in absolute terms, east of the Los Angeles river is in fact The Eastside, if that’s what you mean, and the Militant lauds you for recognizing that. But the west bank of the Los Angeles River is not the "Westside," nor is the eastern side of La Cienega the "Eastside." You understand?

Think of the United States. There is a West Coast and and East Coast. Is there a dividing line between the two? The Mississippi? The Rocky Mountains? Is Denver "West Coast?" Is Memphis "East Coast?" What about other cities – is there an absolute line dividing the North Side of Chicago and the South Side? Isn’t The Loop in the middle?

Ergo, Downtown, Silver_Lake, Hollywood, Echo Park, Koreatown, et al are *neither* Eastside nor Westside, they comprise THE CENTER OF THE CITY.

Enough with the binary mentality.

]]> By: robertdean http://la.metblogs.com/2008/03/10/it-never-dies-the-eastside-debate/#comment-44194 robertdean Tue, 11 Mar 2008 05:50:34 +0000 http://la.metblogs.com/2008/03/10/it-never-dies-the-eastside-debate/#comment-44194 Can we just compromise and call everything between LA Brea and the LA river the East End, leaving the Eastside where it has always been? Can we just compromise and call everything between LA Brea and the LA river the East End, leaving the Eastside where it has always been?

]]> By: quietangeleno http://la.metblogs.com/2008/03/10/it-never-dies-the-eastside-debate/#comment-44193 quietangeleno Tue, 11 Mar 2008 05:00:18 +0000 http://la.metblogs.com/2008/03/10/it-never-dies-the-eastside-debate/#comment-44193 Those are all wrong. The correct answer is Rancho Cucamonga. Those are all wrong. The correct answer is Rancho Cucamonga.

]]> By: frazgo http://la.metblogs.com/2008/03/10/it-never-dies-the-eastside-debate/#comment-44192 frazgo Tue, 11 Mar 2008 04:56:12 +0000 http://la.metblogs.com/2008/03/10/it-never-dies-the-eastside-debate/#comment-44192 Darleene, why sad? Are there not enough responses or not enough emotion to them? Darleene, why sad? Are there not enough responses or not enough emotion to them?

]]> By: darleene http://la.metblogs.com/2008/03/10/it-never-dies-the-eastside-debate/#comment-44189 darleene Tue, 11 Mar 2008 04:08:38 +0000 http://la.metblogs.com/2008/03/10/it-never-dies-the-eastside-debate/#comment-44189 Wow. That poll is just sad. Wow. That poll is just sad.

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