Blogging Social Differences in LA- Week 3

This is a response to http://thecityofangeles.blogspot.com/

   Aaron's blog is concerning The Grove area. He talks about the diverse groups that exists in this particular location of LA. However, the blogger states that he does not really see the "set of rings in the city" being in effect in the city of LA. I claim that this is not true, and that its really not a good idea to compare The Grove area with the larger LA area.
   One reason for this being the location of the Grove itself. Located in the West side of LA, the Grove is considered as a middle/ upper-middle class. Though, perhaps ethnically diverse, I would not say that its economically diverse.
   Saying this, the city of LA is build on a "set of rings", though perhaps to a lesser extent than most cities due to the large population and size of the city. We can find the more "industrialized" LA in downtown; where the factories and most of the manufacturing is located. Most of the ghettos and low-income communities are located in the surrounding areas of downtown as well. On the other hand, the farther away you get from downtown LA we begin to see more diversity in both ethnicity and class.
  Therefore, basing the LA structure on areas such as the Grove alone, does not give us accurate results of LA because of the social class concentrated in this part of LA. What the Grove is known for alone hints that this area is not a good source of study of LA, the Farmers Market. This Market is centered around organic food which often times is too expensive for low-income family to be able to afford.
   I do agree however, with his analysis that "the zones"in LA somewhat overlap. Again I think that this is due in large part to the high density and diversity that LA offers. I believe that the city was initially supposed to follow the model of the "set of rings" but eventually broke away from it in order to accommodate the different (religious, ethnic, and socioeconomic) groups that ended up settling in Los Angeles
      Conclusively, though it is true that the Grove is not build in "set of rings" this cannot be assumed for the larger LA area on the basis of the Grove alone.