NEXT L.A.: A look at issues, people and ideas helping to shape the emerging metropolis.
“If you were to draw a circle with a 60-mile radius around Los Angeles, and declare the domain an independent nation, it would be the 11th-richest realm on Earth.” -- “Edge City,” by JOEL GARREAU
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