Tell me what L.A. was like back in the 1950's/1960's

[Fontucky]

1950s Inglewood was miserable with the smog.

[leg of lamb]

1950's in LA: less traffic, more hot women, somewhat less developed, relatively clean, good beaches, friendly people and good vibe.


2012 in LA: horrendous traffic, dirty beaches, relatively highly developed, unfriendly people, dirty, lousy vibe and fewer hot women.

Choose your pick!

[Cal_Lotto]

Originally Posted by SalParadise

Well, I wasn't alive in the 1950's but I thought the smog started to be an issue in the 1940's and had become a BIG problem by the 1950's?

There was book called Smogtown that came out in the last few years, a sort of social history of smog in LA and the efforts to clean it up.

SMOGTOWN

From reading an excerpt, the first bad smog day happened during WW II and many residents initally thought it was a chemical attack by the Japanese.

Greetings,

I actually have a copy of that book signed by Chip Jacobs as he is one of my customers.

It's an excellent read and gives a detailed account in regard to the history, air quality, people involved and political ramifications.

I enjoyed the book immensely.


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[Steve Bagu]

The LA basin has always had a smoke problem of sorts going wayyyyyyy back.

THe Indians referred to the basin as "The Valley of Smoke" so it does have a history due to the mountains and the ocean breeze witch pushed the smoke/(current smog) against the hillsides.

Backyard incinerators were nice and as a result less trash to bury as with todays landfills.

Everything that would burn decades and decades ago was burned.

Cannot recall anyone finding old landfills full of debris from the past centuries.

[Fontucky]

Originally Posted by Steve Bagu

THe Indians referred to the basin as "The Valley of Smoke"

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