An Imported LULU Tests Cities' Sensitivity

Whoever said that art imitates life has not visited one of Southern California’s neighborhood cybercafes, where, according to some planners and police, the reverse is true. It is in these mainly blue collar, immigrant enclaves where video games and youth culture have combined into a lively and sometimes violent activity, thereby creating the state’s latest LULU (locally undesirable land use).

In predictable fashion, cities are responding with ordinances, and businesses are fighting back through the court

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