Same high school…?
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Archived from the IMDb Discussion Forums — The Karate Kid
does_england_exist — 9 years ago(December 20, 2016 10:34 PM)
(Sorry if this has been a topic before)
I'm not familiar with LA geography, but Daniel being from a poorer side of town, and Ali and the Cobra Kais from a posh sidewould they really be going to the same high school? -
Stevicus-2 — 9 years ago(December 22, 2016 03:52 AM)
would they really be going to the same high school?
Probably not, although it's possible that Daniel lived close to the boundary. It all would have been part of the LA Unified School District.
Reseda was more working class (not necessarily "poor"), while Encino (where Ali and the Cobra Kais were from) was more upscale, upper middle class. The Valley is like its own separate area, while the "real" LA is on the other side of the mountains. Places like Bel Air and Beverly Hills were far more posh and wealthy than even Encino. The poorer side of LA would be more like South Central, Watts, East LA, Compton - places where the entire Cobra Kai would be wiped out in five minutes.