RESIDENTS SEE GOOD SIDE OF CITY OF ANGELS; LIFE IN L.A. NOT ALL BAD.Byline: Lisa Van Proyen Daily News Staff Writer Crime. Smog. Crowded classes. Traffic congestion The condition of a network when there is not enough bandwidth to support the current traffic load. congestion - When the offered load of a data communication path exceeds the capacity. . These are all issues children and their parents must deal with while living in Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. , as pointed out in a recent national study ranking Los Angeles as one of the worst places to raise children. On the flip side Flip side In the context of general equities, opposite side to a proposition or position (buy, if sell is the proposition and vice versa). , a sampling of area kids and their parents pointed out Wednesday, the city offers some of the most enriching activities for the young mind and diverse cultures that breed open-mindedness. The most crucial point - wherever one lives - is good parental guidance, most of 20 kids and adults interviewed emphasized. ``It all depends on the parents,'' said Doris Sanchez, who immigrated to the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. from Guatemala to raise her son, Carlos Javier, 6, in Burbank. ``I think in Burbank, the quality of life is good. We have a lot of activities in this city,'' she said. A study released by the Zero Population Growth organization Tuesday ranked Los Angeles as one of the nation's worst places for children. The metropolis dismally ranked 201st out of 219 cities with at least 100,000 population. The city rated poorly in educational areas, such as classroom overcrowding overcrowding overcrowding of animal accommodation. Many countries now publish codes of practice which define what the appropriate volumetric allowances should be for each species of animal when they are housed indoors. Breaches of these codes is overcrowding. and dropout (1) On magnetic media, a bit that has lost its strength due to a surface defect or recording malfunction. If the bit is in an audio or video file, it might be detected by the error correction circuitry and either corrected or not, but if not, it is often not noticed by the human rates, and in economic factors such as the unemployment rate and percentage of children living in poverty. Justin Souter said he thought long and hard about many of these issues before deciding to raise his 13-month-old son, Shea, in Sherman Oaks. ``You can't leave kids alone here,'' he said, pausing to run after his toddler waddling away from him toward the swings at a crowded Studio City playground. But Souter, who came to Los Angeles 10 years ago to pursue a career in music, maintained that the city offers an array of activities and culture for his son, and that combined with good parenting, he'll make it through difficult times. ``I like the weather, the good restaurants. That's what keeps me from going to a small town,'' he said, noting that just two months ago, Money magazine ranked Los Angeles as 22nd best among the nation's 300 largest metropolitan areas. ``I think the most important thing is loving parents. There are bad elements everywhere. I've known great kids who grew up in L.A.'' If it weren't for living in Los Angeles, Anthony Glukhov, 6, is not so sure he would be exposed to such colorful adventures as being able to dig for dinosaur dinosaur (dī`nəsôr) [Gr., = terrible lizard], extinct land reptile of the Mesozoic era. The dinosaurs, which were egg-laying animals, ranged in length from 2 1-2 ft (91 cm) to about 127 ft (39 m). bones. His favorite place is La Brea Tar Pits La Brea Tar Pits Fossil field in Hancock Park (formerly Rancho La Brea), Los Angeles, Calif., U.S. It is the site of “pitch springs” oozing crude oil, formerly used by local Indians for waterproofing, and was explored by Gaspar de Portolá's expedition in in Los Angeles. ``I wanna' dig for dinosaur bones,'' a bright-eyed Anthony said, sitting beside his grandfather on a Studio City park bench. ``I've dug for them with my bare hands.'' But while many view Los Angeles in a positive way, others have found the city to be a disappointment. If he had the chance, Juan Delapaz of Van Nuys said, he would move. While helping his child play with a radio-controlled car A radio-controlled car (R/C car) is a powered model car driven from a distance using a radio control system. Inputs from joysticks (or a wheel and a trigger) on a transmitter are sent to the car's onboard receiver. in Erwin Park, Delapaz called his move to Los Angeles 15 years ago ``a big mistake.'' Delapaz said he was disillusioned dis·il·lu·sion tr.v. dis·il·lu·sioned, dis·il·lu·sion·ing, dis·il·lu·sions To free or deprive of illusion. n. 1. The act of disenchanting. 2. The condition or fact of being disenchanted. when he was lured to Los Angeles by his father, who lived here and told him he would have many job opportunities. Delapaz left his job as a civil engineer in Mexico to enrich his family, he said. Ten years later, he still cannot find work here as a civil engineer and said he fears for his children, ages 5 and 8. ``It's very, very difficult. I don't feel it's a good place to raise them. There's too much violence and sexual things,'' he said. CAPTION(S): Photo PHOTO Sue Paradise of Toluca Lake, swinging with her daughter, Olivia, 7 months, is having second thoughts about living in the county. David R. Crane/Daily News |
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