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The move to Spring Street precipitated changes in the Building's tenant groups; several dropped out, several more came in. One reason for the dropping out was dissatisfaction with our new location.
We are literally on the other side of the tracks from downtown Los Angeles, in the midst of a warehouse area which sees little pedestrian traffic during the day, and is all but deserted (except for us) at night. Many people find the neighborhood uncomfortable. 
It looks like (although it is not) an area where you'll surely be hassled on the streets -- an impression reinforced by the placas of Mexican gangs on buildings all up and down our street (although not on ours)l.
However, Genteel street life exists in few areas of L.A. and those are high-rent areas we can't afford. The structure we found was the only one, after months of searching, that had enough space (18,000 square feet), plus parking space, at a rent we could cope with and with a reasonably long (5-year) lease. And though we're in a low-traffic area, we're only about ten blocks away from the administrative headquarters of city, county and federal government -- buildings where thousands of people work -- and about four blocks from the edge of the barrio. Our sisters are nearby: it's up to us to figure out how to invite them in and welcome them.
The final, and most frequent complaint is: "But you're so far away from everything!" In Los Angeles, this ought to be a joke. What's close to Santa Monica, is an hour's drive from Long Beach;