scarletburns

I’ve lived in Cerritos longer than any other city in my life (and I’ve moved 16 times before I left for college), and would call it my hometown when someoen asks where I’m from. Growing up here, I think I resented how perfectly suburban it is (think Pleasantville with a lot more Asians), but more than anything, it really is perfect in a small suburban city sort of way. Everything you need is there. And most of the things are high quality (I say most), such as the library, public education, restaurants, shopping, etc.. I wouldn’t visit here if I was a stranger, but I’d consider living here.

P.S. If nothing else, Cerritos has the best Korean food outside of Seoul, Korea and Korea Town, Los Angeles.

I think LarcoMar, in Miraflores was the saddest part of Lima. I was staying at the Sheraton in downtown Lima (courtesy of LANPERU for screwing everything else up), and the hotel staff provided a car for the visitors to somewhere fun. I was excited for the first two minutes, but was more broken that the trendy hip place in Lima was a cheap imitation of American malls. I’m not saying that a culture should retain itself whole and reject all globalization for my enjoyment, but it was the CHEAP (and unoriginal) part that bothered me the most. Everything was overpriced (relatively in Peru) too. The only upsides were the beautiful view of the Pacific Ocean, and the children in the mini carnival/arcade riding a robot elephant.