Path: csiph.com!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: rbowman Newsgroups: alt.folklore.computers,comp.os.linux.misc Subject: Re: The joy of actual numbers, was Democracy Date: 10 Nov 2024 02:09:19 GMT Lines: 36 Message-ID: References: <38b4c4eb-2ab5-df94-0baa-c2d7fcdda60d@example.net> <7c5edef0-d4ec-a8fc-3f70-8ffa2a2b1df0@example.net> <2132040480.752628420.877076.peter_flass-yahoo.com@news.eternal-september.org> <10a1e4fa-c029-1ce7-173f-da67ddf34c16@example.net> <3c776063-d2c6-0626-bbd2-43865278116b@example.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: individual.net hquDp8LDLanxgtuRPUJPSgnJ2ByvytRpjZzsbQ4HxLEkxa09YQ Cancel-Lock: sha1:C+iLtM4cqKoo9VRy0ukJaaDn9lw= sha256:UXFEsFZdYgWU1G4ENiHMuZTLsv/uW9BbUdE9kfr+AB4= User-Agent: Pan/0.149 (Bellevue; 4c157ba) Xref: csiph.com alt.folklore.computers:228787 comp.os.linux.misc:60835 On Sat, 9 Nov 2024 21:07:17 +0000, The Natural Philosopher wrote: >>> You don't have to go to Nairobi to be in an informal war zone. >>> >>> >> Very much true! > Only as far as Hollywood and downtown LA. Actually, Hollywood and downtown LA are relatively safe. 'LA' encompasses many neighborhoods and you'd better know where you are. I used to ride the Santa Ana bike trail. At the time it only went from the Yorba Regional Park down to Newport Beach. https://www.traillink.com/trail/santa-ana-river-trail/ You passed horse stables, the Nixon library on Yorba Lina, the Anaheim Stadium. and eventually made it to one of the wealthiest areas in the US at Newport Beach. You also rode through Santa Ana. https://crimegrade.org/violent-crime-santa-ana-ca/ No horses, only gang graffiti. I never had a problem but then I wasn't engaging the locals and indulging in pop psychology. That was in the 90s. More recently https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KF7hWzqdPDk You want third world squalor? We got it! I think the video and the embarrassment led to closing down the trail for a few months and bulldozing everything into garbage trucks. The people didn't evaporate so they must have moved to some area not so photogenic.