>whereas LA existed as indigenous land, and as Mexico, before it was part of the US, and that attitude has allowed immigrants to set roots here and claim identity and belonging in a way that no other place does or has.
Your own comment references a time before California was even a part of Mexico.
A more recent example.
>When South Vietnam and Cambodia fell to communists in April 1975, Gov. Brown, who had just succeeded Ronald Reagan, fought the arrival of hundreds of thousands of Vietnamese and Cambodian refugees. In the process, Mr. Brown and other Democrats engaged in xenophobic rhetoric.
The reason for my comment about the historicity of Los Angeles was to establish that it has its roots in an indigenous and multi-cultural understanding of its people. Quite the contrast to the way things went down with the colonies.
Whereas the random bits of historical information you are bringing up do not speak to a lasting or pervasive reality.
LA is a "sanctuary city" and that is the reason it is currently being targeted by the fascists with the federal troop occupation.
Anyway you are making bad faith and low effort arguments. If you dislike the place, just admit it.
As for whether LA is magical - "Magical" is literally one of the most common words used to describe LA and SoCal in general, as in, it is part of the zeitgeist that LA is "La La Land" (meaning for better or worse, the place where creatives pursue their dreams and/or delusions).
Every detail of your comments fall apart upon close inspection.
You are not making valid arguments. You are hating. Admit it.
Your own comment references a time before California was even a part of Mexico.
A more recent example.
>When South Vietnam and Cambodia fell to communists in April 1975, Gov. Brown, who had just succeeded Ronald Reagan, fought the arrival of hundreds of thousands of Vietnamese and Cambodian refugees. In the process, Mr. Brown and other Democrats engaged in xenophobic rhetoric.
https://www.wsj.com/articles/when-jerry-brown-tried-to-keep-...
Not to mention 3 strikes and other tough on crime policies.
A fixed tax on housing which is the most unprogressive policy you can imagine.
Etc. This isn't to say LA is horrible , it's just not some unique magical place.