Displeased

[rejectomorph]

The air has thickened with brown haze, and visibility is greatly reduced. They must be burning rice stubble in the valley. There might be brush fires somewhere, too, but I've heard nothing of them, and I detect no smell of burning brush today. The condition probably owes something to the ever-increasing smog of the Sacramento valley, too. As the pollution grows, it invades the mountains more frequently. The combination of heat and pollution is oppressive, and the smoggy months of summer were always those I found most unpleasant in Los Angeles. One of the compensations of living in the middle of nowhere is the absence of such days. If the air quality continues to deteriorate here, and the congestion to grow worse, it will eventually become a place with the disadvantages of Los Angeles and none of the advantages. Then it would certainly be time to leave.

Comments

[waning-estrogen.livejournal.com]

would that make it paradise by the dashboard lights?

[juneflame.livejournal.com]

disadvantages of los angeles without the advantages?

sounds like fresno!

[rejectomorph]

Very much so. When I first saw Fresno, it still retained a fairly urban center, and some nice old neighborhoods, though it had already made the mistake of creating that boring and vacuous mall. I could yet discern the lingering traces of the pleasant provincial city about which William Saroyan had written. Since then it has deteriorated badly, squandering on careless and commonplace suburbanization the opportunities afforded the city by its economic expansion. So far, this has been the fate of every good sized town in the central valley. Well, not fate, really- it has been their choice. The region grows more unpleasant year by year. I doubt that the place will ever amount to anything now.