walkin'

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http://walklawithme.com/

Now I know it's an art project and all, and it may produce some neat stuff. But it's a ridiculously upper middle class conceit that walking in Los Angeles is special. It's not special, it's just painful.

I spent ten years in Los Angeles without a car, riding the buses and burning a lot of shoe leather. While I did learn many things, see sights, get a sense of the city at ground level etc. etc., mostly I just was dirty and tired mostly, late for everything, and often worried for my safety.

Lots of people walk all the time in Los Angeles. We call those people "people without bus money who need to get somewhere".

But I bet this project does produce some interesting images.

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Guh

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I don't know what LA is like now; but 10+ years ago, when I lived there, the prosepect of walking around LA was about as enticing an idea as walking the perimeter of an air force base, on your knees.

I mean, it can take the better part of a day to drive across LA.