Towns

  
“House’s in Koreatown, edge of Pico-Union.  Maybe it’s 
Koreatown, but he owns it.” (18)

“I don’t give a damn if Chinatown, The Player, or everybody 
in Hollywood owes these old farts their asses.” (19

Buzzworm's card reads: 
"Buzzworm
Angel of Mercy
Central & South Central
Pager # 213-321-BUZZ
24 hrs/7 days" (26)

"The Japanese American community had apologized profusely for this 
blight on their image as the Model Minority. They had attempted time 
after time to remove him from his overpass, from his eccentric activities, 
to no avail. They had even tried to placate him with a small lacquer 
bridge in the Japanese gardens in Little Tokyo." (37)

“Probably an American breed.  Hey, you downtown.  You never see him?  Thought by now somebody’d see him.  You too busy on the car phone, man.  Don’t bother to look up and see the sights.” (43)

“East L.A. boy makes good and gets out of 
the barrio. Get real, Balboa.” (44)

"And where in Compton did George Bush used to live
anyway? If someone could put down all the layers of the real
map, maybe he could get the real picture." (81)

"Cliffs in Watts would be good. Too bad it was all urban flatlands.
Only cliffs around: maybe freeway rubble." (105)

"Cars on fire, all the ivy, palm trees, brush, signs. Worse yet, the Santa Anas
 are blowing through like the one-ten was a canyon in Malibu." (112)

 "Vegan is, well, it's a Trekkie term for aliens from Star Vega. Somebody
on Venice Beach reads your astrological forecast." (234)

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