Blog Post on Erica's Week 2 (Week 3 for Me)

Link to Blog I reposted on:
http://ericasantoyo.blogspot.com/2012/10/blogging-social-difference-in-la-week-2.html?showComment=1350705393684#c1972392691881164098

It is week 3 and I was not able to visit any particular area, due to my little sister’s 15^th party and having midterms for other courses. I decided to do what many others have done, which is comment on someone else’s post. Erica Joy Santoyo's Blog! was the post I chose because I have heard things about the city of Burbank, yet have never been there before, even though I have lived in the LA area my whole life.

Erica stated that Burbank was her hometown, which I think is a great place to start this assignment, because it allows her to do her best on the first assignment, since she knows her hometown well. Also, the ideas and concepts she observes from other cities will serve as comparisons to her hometown, which is great because it will allow her to identify similarities and differences among surrounding cities of Burbank. From her post, it seems that Burbank is portrayed as a better city than my hometown of Pomona, in regards to the cars types, because in Pomona there are very few variety of car types, which are most lower, cost efficient cars, when on the other hand Burbank has a variety of car types in the area. In respect to Erica's blog, Burbank seems close to a Utopian city, however, I do agree with other people's comments that perhaps Erica speaks highly of Burbank because it is her hometown. I truly believe every town has good and bad, which is why I feel that Erica should have include some of the negative sides of Burbank to portray the city more in an overall sense.

My last supervisor who used to live in Burbank did state that there are not many lower class locations in Burbank, however, I feel as if Erica did not speak of the economic differences at all in her post, which could have been more informative. I believe that information would greatly help her analyze Burbank more, and also help when comparing it to other cities she may visit.

Overall, her post was great! It was very informative on the things she included, which made me want to visit the city. If I were to visit Burbank, this blog could possibly contribute to my comparison of Burbank and Pomona, as well as obtain a better understand of both of the cities. In a different sense, a little discussion over our hometowns could help us find similarities that link us both to the LA metropolitan area, and also identify the differences in location, social class, economic class, and many other factors of each city as well.