It’s not that I enjoy wagging my finger when Los Angeles is stereotyped by outsiders who know nothing about us. The gist of an article published this week by the New York Times, as far as I can tell, is that we are prone to over-hugging here in La La Land. I could begin writing a letter to the editor of the New York Times pleading for the paper to please stop. Against my better instincts, I have not canceled my subscription to the New York Times, because there is some darn good reporting sprinkled in with this kind of ludicrous punditry about California. I got a late start on this column and tried unsuccessfully to reach out to the New York Times writer for comment.

Source: Los Angeles Times February 26, 2020 12:56 UTC