North Korea Town

When I was looking for an apartment, one of the neighborhoods I was looking in (because it was close to work and really cheap) was called Koreatown. However, in my haste to describe the particular region I was looking in, I referred to it as North Korea Town¹.

This was a mistake. Things that the north part of Koreatown has that North Korea does not include:
-Restaurants where you can actually buy food
-The occasional sign written in English
-A store called HI PUPPIES!
-Traffic (okay, you win this round North Korea)

Still, after looking at this gallery of photos of life in North Korea, I will say this much: there are definitely neighborhoods in LA that look a lot worse. Click through the gallery and you will agree that that is a sweet backhoe.

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1. Incidentally, it should unironically be called 'Best Koreatown' - prices are still low, but the buildings are nicer.