Logan Jenkins lives in La Jolla... but the cool part...that has some not so rich people, dare we call them POOR?

I know I haven't spoken about the great Mt. Soledad Slide/Sinkhole of 2007 but I figure there's plenty of coverage on that one. Try here, here, here and here.

I did, however, find this mini opinion article, written by the Union Tribs Logan Jenkins, a refreshing look at the whole sink hole (ha, I crack myself up).

Apparently while it has garnered national news coverage (oh what are the million dollar home owners going to do, San Diego is sliding, SLIDING! Not San Diego, people like San Diego!) there have been other slides in the San Diego area that didn't get nearly as much attention.

Why? Because they weren't La Jolla and La Jolla is where the rich people live (actually Rancho Santa Fe is where the rich people live. And SOMEDAY I will write all about my experiences as a kind of tutor/nanny in Rancho Santa Fe). Jenkins writes:

Would the La Jolla landslide have commanded as much attention if it had happened on the other side of Interstate 5, in University City, let's say, or Clairemont?


During a storm, the Arroyo Avenue hillside in Oceanside lost six houses, all crumpled into disjointed forms out of a cubist painting by Picasso. A few months later, eight condominiums in La Costa were crushed by another landslide. Terrible, but hardly national news and, I daresay, largely overlooked by San Diego, South Bay and East County.

The article takes a turn after we hear all about screwing those rich people when Jenkins decides to stick up for the San Diego area he calls home. Look, they have some poor people there too. And it's pretty diverse. Not as "diverse" as say, those closer to the border towns that allow trolley stops and have some inexpensive housing options... but "diverse" any way, you get it.

Anyway, it's a good read, if you were looking for at least some perspective. No need to pick up the phone and call everyone you've ever known wondering how the sink hole is affecting their lives, chances are they can still get their fish tacos.