Business paradise or den of thieves?
商业天堂还是贼窝?
An effort to abolish a highly unusual Californian city
消除一座特别另类之加州城市的努力
EVEN Vernons logo proclaims that the city isexclusively industrial, and that is noexaggeration. It was founded in 1905 at a railwaycrossing along the Los Angeles River as a sort of Eden for business, especially the smelly, dirtyand blue-collar manufacturing sort. An aerial view shows neat boundaries around its 5.2 squaremiles , as the residential neighbourhoods of Los Angeles Countysuddenly give way to huge blocks of warehouses and factories. Lorries seem to outnumber carson Vernons streets. The whiff of pigs being slaughtered hangs over those parts not covered bythe aroma of coffee being processed.
即便弗农市的标志上宣称本市专事工业,这种说法也并未言过其实。1905年,该市创建于洛杉矶河沿岸的一处铁路线交汇处,人们将此地作为某种商业的乐园。从空中俯瞰可以发现,随着洛杉矶县的住宅街区突然被大片仓库和工厂所取代,弗农市5.2平方英里的土地周围呈现着整齐的界线。在弗农街头,卡车看起来比轿车还要多。在没有被正在加工的咖啡香气所覆盖的区域,飘荡着被屠宰的猪的气息。
In most of the world, it is inconceivable that Vernon could even be considered a city. It hasabout 1,800 businesses that employ more than 50,000 workers who live elsewhere in LosAngeles County. But it has only 96 actual residents, and those live in housing tuckedimprobably between power stations and warehouses and mostly owned by the city.
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