Blogging Social Differences in LA- Week 2

This is a response to:

http://scgeog151.blogspot.com/2012/10/blogging-social-differences-in-la-week-2.html

Steve focused his blog on K-town and slowly made his way out of that particular neighborhood into a more Latino dominant neighborhood.

What made me want to post a response to his post was the fact that I too grew up near this neighborhood (k-town) and enjoy visiting it often. Despite this however, I never really thought about the exact location in which this transitions takes place.

I agree with the poster that we do get to see both Mechanical and Organic societies at play in these areas. K-town, in this case being the Mechanical Solidarity at play in the larger Organic society.

If you have ever been to K-town, then you will know that it's almost a city of its own. That is to say, that despite it being in Los Angeles it operates at its own. It has businesses such as restaurants and malls, but it also has clinics, schools (that are taught in both languages) and dentists that target the Korean population. Perhaps the biggest impact being the is the change in writing. The town becomes distinct because suddenly Korean writing becomes the standard for not only businesses but billboards and other sources of advertisements.

There are all types of business and homes created and dedicated to this particular cultural group. In itself it acts as a Organic society, because everyone takes on a role or specialization. However, it is small compare to the larger scale that is LA and at its core it is designed for Koreans by Koreans or as Emile Durkheim would would put it, this is Mechanical Solidarity at play.