- Sgt. Joe Friday: This is the city, Los Angeles, California. This is Wilshire Boulevard; forty years ago, these were bean fields, now they call it the Miracle Mile. This is MacArthur Park; it's on Wilshire Boulevard. For ninety cents you can rent a boat for a half an hour. A lot of old people live around the park; most of them draw pensions. You can live pretty good in Los Angeles on a pension, if you're careful.