Los Angeles: Initial Impressions

Cars. My first impression after leaving the luggage check at LAX is amazement at the number and composition of vehicles. A preponderance of luxury vehicles: convertibles with roofs raised, multiple Mercedes, a lexus with a rear window sticker that reads (in hebrew) "ohavim otach, eretz yisrael."A white hummer limousine- at the airport! An LAPD officer glides by harley-esque motorcycle. After being picked up by my cousin, we drive out into the expanse of the city, borne upon massives highways that lift us up into the hills of Sherman oaks. This is car country.