In 2009 I had a visceral experience of the world described in this post.
As a former Californian I had long since understood that I was priced out
of my home state and would never again live in the city of San Francisco
(which anyway was losing its charms as the monoculture set it). It is a
One detail, which begs others: California was NOT historically the
birthplace of mass entertainment. That dubious honor belongs to the
combined forces of NY and NJ. The industry moved west to avoid the grip of
the motion picture patents trust, for better year round conditions for
filming outside
The elephants in the room are the breaking of the unions (starting with
Reagan's breaking of the air-traffic controllers, a blow still being felt
both as implied threat and lowered safety of air travel in the us)
In absolute numbers, fatalities have declined significantly since the strike in
yes,keith, brian, javier
-Hollywood started in Edison, NJ, and Astoria, Queens. (But full
industrialization happened as you describe, out west.)
The crushing of unionism is not really traceable to the attack on PATCO,
though it was a signal event in ending the historic compromise of labor
ah, I should not butt in without getting me ducks in order.
Unlike all the fabulously articulate nettimers, I only have time for sloppy
seat-of-pants writing. SO apoogies for what will be a RANT, adnd moreoever
flinging at ya thinks you must already know
Yes, my memory of PATCO as a mere labor
