Why be different?

The conflict between public and private space is most prevalent in Los Angeles. Since Los Angeles is a very car and highway based city, public space is often over looked while citizens drive in their own private cars to their own sepratated houses. People believe that it is safer to be in excusive space and are afraid of change. Most people barely interact with each other which creates a highly stratified society even though the city is very diverse. It is hard to find a public place in LA that combines all different circles of society. The beaches are closest thing LA has to a central public place but even they are separated with different sterotypes. Some beaches are considered only for the rich and others are considered to be more working class. LA needs a more public places because some citizens are losing touch with the heart of the city. They are also losing the compasion and pride in the city that they once had. Since LA is also very spread out, people are not exploring other areas of the city. If there was an interesting or exciting public place, I believe that people would travel to places they have never been to expirence something new.