"Los Angeles is the home of self-expression, but the artists are middle-class and middling-minded; no passions will ca…"

"It was Christmastime in Los Angeles in 1902. The Los Angeles Times sent a reporter out to the saloon-lined intersecti…"

"[Los Angeles is] the world's biggest third-class city."

"One gets the impression that people come to Los Angeles in order to divorce themselves from the past, here to live or…"

"Then, she take it all in. Best kush filling my joints. Say, I sound too L.A.? That's the point!"

"L.A. reminds me of that friend who just breaks into your house without knocking and eats all your food. You can't sto…"

"By the beginning of 1968 most American cities were preparing for war—building up their arsenals, sending undercover a…"

"The vision of Los Angeles as a dream factory, where everything is shiny and soul-crushingly empty, reworks Hollywood …"

"Say, what's up. Straight up, holler! What, I am C-A. Day-Go, L.A., to the Bay. Yeah, it's my shit."

"In 1876, Los Angeles became the end of the line of the transcontinental railroad. According to historian Glen Creason…"