And the sports stars story was good–finally the LAT reports a local news story that’s not “gangbangers at work and play” or “high-density housing can work here”.

Just kidding. Me and my bros were just discussing the importance and political implications of length when it comes to board shorts.

But did you catch that in the article about how sports stars AND others were moving to Manhattan Beach not only because it has surf and sand and all that nice California stuff, but also SAFE STREETS AND GOOD SCHOOLS? And you CAN CATCH THESE STARS AT THE LOCAL PTA MEETINGS? As I’ve been harping on in this blog and elsewhere, those two things, including very primarily schools, are a huge draw for both the average middle class person, the upper middle class two-income lawyer couple (who are perhaps more likely to move to Palos Verdes, to get more land around their house) as sports stars earning 6 figures.

Just confirms what I also keep harping on: that you can’t blame the people who put their kids into private schools, you have to blame the outlandishly outdated PC dictators like Julie Korenstein for NOT giving them an alternative: just saying, “if you don’t put your kids in a way underperforming, unsafe, gang-infested place where white kids, let alone rich white kids, are bullied, you’re a racist.”

When the good schools exist, even rich celebs take advantage of them — having kids from a neighborhood go to school together forms lifetime bonds, and keeps them “grounded.” We just plain have NO CHOICE in much of the city. Here in LA, we can catch celebs in the deli aisle at Bristol Farms or just walking the aisles at Bed, Bath — but other than at a very small handful of elem schools, not in the schools. And that’s a huge loss to LAUSD — since if these people did put their kids there, the level of overall support and fundraising for the schools would shoot up astronomically, as would feeling of civic cohesiveness.