I've been following this string for the start.  Yes, the salary is low for any city.  That goes without question.  

The car... I'm a native so of course I have a car, but don't take it to work.  

I'm all for reducing air pollution, traffic, etc.  However, LA does not have a very good public transit system.  It's not NY or DC.  

If one chooses to be satisfied with knowing only the route to work and home with occasional trips to the grocery store and the mall, great!  But LA has so much to offer that without a car one can miss out on all those little things that actually make LA great.  

Born and bred Angelino

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>>> Alex Avdichuk <[log in to unmask]> 11/18 7:10 AM >>>
Okay, now let me start with the fact that I agree with the vast majority of
what was said in this posting, and a salary "in the low 20's" for a city
like LA is ridiculous.  But WHY would you "need" a car if you can walk to
work?  Maybe one of the reasons why so many people complain about low
salaries is this bizarre belief that an automobile is as necessary as one's
left arm, and life is impossible without one.  It's particularly ridiculous
in the case of a city like LA where, I understand, air pollution is
atrocious!

If you have to use a car to 'prove' that you're worth something, maybe you
need to seriously rethink your priorities - like food and shelter, perhaps?

(The car-less, but not poor, disabled or criminal) Alex Avdichuk
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... apartments within 5 miles at least $900 per month (but at least then
you could walk to
work--but you'd still need to have a car, if only to prove to your work
associates that you're neither too disabled, too criminal, or too poor
((the worst!!)) to be able to have one...

        Adrienne DeAngelis
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