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“Trendy Trendy Culver City”
You don’t need to have ever been there to understand.
One current jewel of the great Southern California Basin is trendy, trendy Culver City, located near the Eastern border checkpoints blocking the way into the desirable West Side.
If you bypass Checkpoint Charlie, and sneak in through the still active oil fields of Baldwin Hills, you can find this hip and in-demand town firmly nestled in the armpit of the Santa Monica Freeway and the San Diego Freeway, two of the most heavily travelled roads in the country, making it impossible to get to or from trendy, trendy Culver City.
Originally occupied by the Tongva-Gabrielino originals for over 8,000 years, the area was taken by the people who deserved it more, and developed by Harry Culver, who coined the phrase “All Roads Lead To Culver City,” which in fact was not even close to true at the time – it was in the middle of nowhere.
But before long, the…
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Kristen Hansen Brakeman 
I really hope you left out the part where you stayed with your dog while he was put down. You may not have considered him ‘your dog’ but every living thing deserves to leave this world surrounded by love. If you really left him there to die alone you are a coward and I hope you seriously reconsider having pets in the future.