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Re: Los Angeles Plays Itself

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Post by lukaslalinsky »

stephengillie wrote: post #11

It's amazing in a kinda-depressing way to think of LA as a "City without a name/face". It's really a melting pot in more ways than one. Are all of the landmarks there really so generic? Did the movie industry influence less-recognizable monuments and other features in the past? Or is it just that the city's culture lends itself to a "scrubbed" culture?

I spent the last three months in SF and I visited LA as a tourist twice during that time. I really wanted to see the city, but I really couldn't find anything worth seeing. Combined with the fact that you have to drive hours around the city to get anywhere, at the end I always got the feeling to just get the hell out of there. I imagine living in (some parts of) the city is quite different and I'd probably enjoy it, but as a visitor, I couldn't find anything interesting enough.

Re: Los Angeles Plays Itself

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Post by stephengillie »

beachstartup wrote: post #34
stephengillie wrote: post #11

It's amazing in a kinda-depressing way to think of LA as a "City without a name/face". It's really a melting pot in more ways than one. Are all of the landmarks there really so generic? Did the movie industry influence less-recognizable monuments and other features in the past? Or is it just that the city's culture lends itself to a "scrubbed" culture?

making LA sound terrible is an entire cottage industry and this is a prime example of some top notch product. the truth is a lot more boring. LA is a great major city to live/work in but an exceptionally shitty place to visit, unless you stay with knowledgeable locals. in that way, it's the opposite of SF and NY, tough places to live in but mind-blowing next-level kind of awesome places to visit.

The LA Tourism industry sounds ripe for disruption!

Re: Los Angeles Plays Itself

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Post by beachstartup »

crimsonalucard wrote: post #72
beachstartup wrote: post #49

Earlier quoted context omitted.

by next year with the opening of the expo line, public transit will surpass that of the bay area, and within the next 15 years will be in the same league as new york. a lot of money is being spent on it. blue is being extended next year, then purple: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metro_Rail_%28Los_Angeles_Count...

I doubt that. You need high density living spaces along with public transportation to get New York. LA is huge suburban sprawl that's too widespread. No rail network can cover that huge area. Maybe if they took that diagram and put the entire thing in Santa Monica, you can probably make Santa Monica like NYC.

i was talking about public transit coverage, i have no idea what you're referring to when you say "to get New York". LA is not new york. that's the whole point of LA. they built it on the west coast to get away from the east coast.

Re: Los Angeles Plays Itself

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movetola wrote: post #80
Anjin wrote: post #78

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http://www.laweekly.com/news/los-angeles-beats-new-york-in-u...

Sure, if you're considering all the suburbs/metro area surrounding NYC. If you're really looking at the city, then it's 26k people/square mile, not 5000. Kind of a huge difference.

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Re: Los Angeles Plays Itself

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Post by [deleted] »

movetola wrote: post #80
Anjin wrote: post #78

Earlier quoted context omitted.

http://www.laweekly.com/news/los-angeles-beats-new-york-in-u...

Sure, if you're considering all the suburbs/metro area surrounding NYC. If you're really looking at the city, then it's 26k people/square mile, not 5000. Kind of a huge difference.

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Re: Los Angeles Plays Itself

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Post by crimsonalucard »

beachstartup wrote: post #93
crimsonalucard wrote: post #72

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I doubt that. You need high density living spaces along with public transportation to get New York. LA is huge suburban sprawl that's too widespread. No rail network can cover that huge area. Maybe if they took that diagram and put the entire thing in Santa Monica, you can probably make Santa Monica like NYC.

i was talking about public transit coverage, i have no idea what you're referring to when you say "to get New York". LA is not new york. that's the whole point of LA. they built it on the west coast to get away from the east coast.

>i was talking about public transit coverage, i have no idea what you're referring to when you say "to get New York"

I am also talking about public transit coverage. I meant to get to NYC levels of public transportation and convenience LA needs to be more dense.

> that's the whole point of LA. they built it on the west coast to get away from the east coast.

Other way around. They built NYC because LA was too far west, the traffic was too shitty, and they wanted more variety in the weather.

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