This is true. in the 1980s and 1990s LA was broke, and yet was also a thriving capital of art, street art, and the performing arts. Murals, sculpture, architecture, all over the city. Bands and scenes were bulging. Galleries and exhibits were everywhere. THEN?? LA got money and the loft/big-box retail development took over. Increasingly everything in LA is starting to look the same. Murals? Bullshit. LA has a rigid signage ordinance which is used to persecute murals and public art. Galleries? Priced out of the neighborhoods. Interesting architecture? Replaced by the pastel box patterns which I'm calling "New Mexico look"..
