University of California Los Angeles - Bruin Life / Southern Campus Yearbook (Los Angeles, CA)

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I LOVE L.A. Just what is LA? Two letters after UC? A new brand of beer? The Place? A note to follow So? Precariously poised on an fault that ' s just aching to dump it into the Pacific Ocean, Los Angeles boasts a society where the cars outnumber the people, the cockroaches ' outnumber the cars, and lawyers outnumber the cockroaches. Here, cultural closely resembles the stuff of which baggies are made; sacred places of worship include Disneyland, Universal Studios, and Melrose Ave; the average citizen has about as much enthusiasm as chilled avocado soup. Sure, Angelinos are laid- back and apathetic. Who cares? It ' s cool. Still, there is something about this city that attracts and holds its loyal inhabitants. Maybe it ' s the always pleasant climate; or the gorgeous people; or the all-night movie orgies. LA has everything