"In Los Angeles, you see the future of the United States"

I'm not sure where I read that quotation, but I always think of it when LA comes up.

Anyway—test the hypothesis yourself with this slideshow of people whose photo I took in Los Angeles airport, back in 2005: it's called LAX.

So—are the photos more like the United States in 2007 than they were like the United States in 2005?