You pass the old L.A. County jail, which is surprisingly beautiful. It's got a handsome stone facade and stately columns. The new L.A. County jail - called The Twin Towers - isn't beautiful at all; it's a stucco panopticon the color of sick flesh.
Visual storytelling of one kind or another has been around since cavemen were drawing on the walls.
I think with any sort of rejection, you're angry that you weren't enough for that person.