Lotusland? Iowa by the Sea? 100 Suburbs in Search of a City? Los Angeles may be a beautiful place, a green, fertile basin sweeping from the ocean to the impossibly steep crags of the mountains, but the energy of this metropolis comes neither from its unspectacular port nor from a wealth of natural resources, but from the vitality of its people — 4 million and counting within the city alone. It is the people of Los Angeles and its intertwined suburbs who discovered the expansion of the universe, built the airplanes that won World War II, conquered the Martian landscape and perfected movies, rock ’n’ roll and... More >>>