I was looking for apartments closer to work. There was one in Silverlake, from Sunset you turn west, up the hill, its located on the west slope. Spanish Colonial Style from the 1920s as it’s commonly called. The other one they use is NY style. Both identifiable, you imagine a specific picture immediately. NY style is mostly a big city apartment unit, with fire escape stairs, brick, nasty hallways, who’s your neighbor? Spanish colonial are small single one story houses around an open courtyard. This one very nice, separate kitchen and bath with a private space in the back yard. But really small and expensive. About half of the size I have now for $200 more. You stand in a room and you can just see your bed taking most of the space. After I saw it I went to a café back on Sunset. I paid more the $11 for an espresso and a cherry pie. Just a casual café. And I thought I don’t need it. Moving to a place to pay just because everybody else wants? The guy renting the apartments told me to move quickly since he has 25 applications and he had to decide on Monday. Overrated. What’s the history of such areas? Silverlake must have been a totally abandoned neighborhood, avoided, somehow remote behind a hill disconnecting it from the bay. And suddenly, for whatever reason, probably some creative folks with no money in desperate need of community and space, it was (re-)discovered. And as soon as other start to realize there are trendy people living there with all the shops, bars, the live, environment…it’s too late. It keeps the city moving.