{"id":833,"date":"2013-11-20T13:53:15","date_gmt":"2013-11-20T13:53:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/saraalva.com\/?p=833"},"modified":"2013-11-25T23:47:05","modified_gmt":"2013-11-25T23:47:05","slug":"scenes-from-silent-pt-3-giveaway","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/saraalva.com\/?p=833","title":{"rendered":"Scenes from Silent pt. 3 (+giveaway)"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Part 1: Watts, Los Angeles<\/em><\/a><\/h3>\n

Part 2: Mid City, Los Angeles<\/em><\/a><\/h3>\n

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Scenes from Silent<\/h2>\n

Bel Air and West Los Angeles<\/em><\/h3>\n

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Another ten miles. Except this time, I\u2019ve heard more than one person joke that you need a passport to travel the distance. On the West side, and particularly in areas like Bel Air and Brentwood, you\u2019ll find large homes with perfectly-kept yards, trendy boutiques, and tons of restaurants, ranging from everyday burger joints to expensive (but delicious) organic health food. Billboards advertising the latest TV shows, movies, and designer clothes grace skyscrapers and heavily-trafficked roads.<\/p>\n

Residents are a mix of races and ethnicities, but obviously there\u2019s less diversity in their socio-economic statuses\u2014you have to have a certain amount in the bank to be able to afford the cost of living. Behind the scenes, though, much of the service sector work at restaurants, office buildings, and homes is done by people who live in the near-and-yet-so-far places further east and south.<\/p>\n

This is where Alex loses faith before finding a new purpose.<\/p>\n\n\t\t