this dates me but LA was a genuinely fun city in the 80s. all the old hits like hong kong cafe were still around. people would cruise down sunset blvd well into the 90s and you could live in a warehouse closet for like $20 a month if you needed to.
younger generations have no idea what they were missing, america was genuinely a fun place 40 years ago and LA was fun central. a shame that its burning down now but they really should have reconsidered building mansions in narrow valleys surrounded by forest.