I know fires bad, people dying sad, etc, but I feel if there's going to be fires (and there's gonna be!) then an affluent area of LA is probably the "best" place for it right? People living there are in the best position to support themselves after losing their house more so than if it was in a poor area where they have no financial backing.
this post was submitted on 09 Jan 2025
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Altadena (eaton fire) is not exactly an afluent area. Yes there are some fancy spots / homes but there are a lot of working class neighborhoods. I lived there for years, have lots of friends and family there.
To give you an idea Jurassic 5 have a song which references the area in the picture at the top of the article:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rVDYenguk6c
"between Fair Oaks and Lake" Lake is the vertical line and fair oaks is pointing between 1 oclock and 7 oclock.
https://www.google.com/maps/@34.1940044,-118.1388178,16.17z?entry=ttu&g_ep=EgoyMDI1MDEwNy4wIKXMDSoASAFQAw%3D%3D
I guess if I had to send a fire at a house, I'd pick the house at the person/family who is unlikely to be financially destitute and potentially homeless for years after the fact.
The problem is that fire doesn't discriminate. The rich and famous homeowners are making the news, but there will be far more regular people who aren't particularly rich who are losing their homes also. West Hollywood is nowhere near as glamorous an address as it sounds to Australians. It's not a rich area by any means.
Normally, we'd be sending a plane load or two of our own fireys over to help, but I don't think we can do that in the middle of our summer. The US usually gets these wildfires in our winter.
It’s certainly okay to hold more than one feeling.