Pg 105
"leading from penthouses to pubs, court rooms to cartels..."
Should be:
"leading from penthouses to pubs, courtrooms to cartels..."
Correct me if I'm wrong, but haven't blimps been retired by this time period? While blimps are a city wide advert, I think advertising in later decades is much more personalized.
Encircling this juggernaut are the Silicon Slums of Chinatown, where DNA Row and Animoid Row house only the best (or most unscrupulous) contractors in bioegineering.
An upstairs/downstairs cultural divide has taken root between the megarich and megapoor in LA. Only there is no staircase connecting the two halves of society now.
An entirely new kind of "upstairs/downstairs" cultural divide has taken root between the megarich and megapoor in LA.
Two distinct classes and cultures can seamlessly co-exist in the same building.