Over the years, many things have been said about Los Angeles and its surrounding counties. Ranging from sensationalistic articles about crime in the European press, to everyday writings about its glitterati, few other areas in the world have generated as much media interest.
None of this is surprising, of course - after all, most of America's omnipresent movie industry is headquartered here, together with a good share of the music industry. The more I saw, the more convinced I became of that this melting pot of 10 million people, or 3.5% of America's population, may have been the birthplace of much of the culture America and the world is now calling its own.
As an aside, having grown up in Finland, I always thought convertible cars were somewhat pointless. They seemed truly useful only for a few weeks each year. In Los Angeles, however, a convertible car made perfect sense - not least because the area only has roughly a dozen rainy days per year.
