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KL: So Whitney pointed out that you came to Los Angeles as a young woman, and then you were in Manzanar for three years, and then you came back, and now you're ninety-seven here in Los Angeles. How has Los Angeles, how is it different? How has it changed?

MN: I don't think it changed too much, though. The same.

KL: Really? From 1940 until now?

MN: Yeah, about the same. People got older or people died, and new people born and everything, but otherwise I don't think much difference.

KL: How would you describe Los Angeles?

MN: Los Angeles?

KL: If someone watches this in Nebraska sometime, what's Los Angeles like?

MN: I think we have the best weather in the whole world. I've been to Europe a few times, and Israel and Egypt. I love to travel, but every time I come home, this is the best weather, best place.

KL: What are the people like?

MN: In...

KL: In Los Angeles.

MN: I guess they're okay. They're alright. I love over here. All my neighbors are nice people, weather is best around here.

KL: Yeah, we both got out of the car yesterday and, "Oh, it's so cool." It was a hundred degrees on our drive.

MN: [Laughs] Yeah.

KL: So it was nice.

MN: Where do you live?

KL: In Independence.

MN: Huh?

KL: In the town of Independence.

MN: Oh, that way. It's warm over there, pretty hot.

KL: Yes.

MN: We like it here. We don't need an air conditioner here 'cause we get, when we open the windows, all the windows, have a nice breeze come in.

KL: Yeah, it sounds like it's home to you.

MN: After sixty-five years, I get used to it. [Laughs]

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