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(Liz O. Baylen / Los Angeles Times)

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Pershing Square

"Spicy" and "Miki" of Los Angeles, who preferred not to give their last names, choose Pershing Square as a place to sit down and have a quiet conversation. "I like it here; it's like being inside, but you block out the outside," Spicy said. "You're in your own world."