There Won’t Be a There There, Either

The message came through loud and clear in your article “Classic Southland Homes, Just 9,000 Miles From Downtown L.A.” (Jan. 7): American architects, starved for work in their own country, are more than willing to rape large swaths of Asia.

Just when we finally document what a total failure the placeless, sprawling, auto-oriented communities of Orange County are, we start exporting the philosophies underlying their design to other continents. Have we no shame?

TOM HOUG

South Pasadena