{"id":801,"date":"2013-11-16T18:31:08","date_gmt":"2013-11-16T18:31:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/saraalva.com\/?p=801"},"modified":"2013-11-26T00:17:14","modified_gmt":"2013-11-26T00:17:14","slug":"scenes-from-silent-pt-2-giveaway","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/saraalva.com\/?p=801","title":{"rendered":"Scenes from Silent pt. 2 (+ giveaway)"},"content":{"rendered":"

Part 1 is here: Watts, Los Angeles<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

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Scenes from Silent<\/em><\/h2>\n

Mid City, Los Angeles<\/em><\/h3>\n

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Between beach-bordered West LA and the inner city\u2014two very different worlds\u2014lies the aptly named Mid City.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s only about ten miles from Watts to here. The \u2018culture shock\u2019 for a transplant probably wouldn’t be too great, since the areas have many things in common\u2014few chain stores, lots of Mom and Pop shops, graffiti and bright street art decorating building fronts and alleyways. Drugs and gangs still have their influence in some areas, too. But Mid City is also a bridge of sorts, between the places seen in LA tourism commercials and the deep inner city. There\u2019s a greater mix of races, ethnicities, and socio-economic statuses. It\u2019s a place where you can see a variety of people from different walks of life, all blending together on pot-holed sidewalks.<\/p>\n

This is where Alex first learns there\u2019s a chance for a life outside the one he knows.<\/p>\n\n\t\t