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That's a valid point. London would probably be really cool.
GTA: London 1969 was the funniest and one of the most overall fun games in the series. It was an add-on for GTA1 for PS1 that Rockstar did back when they were based entirely in London, in which you play a mod thug working his way up from a scooter gang to taking on the biggest gang in London. I've heard from a few people who work for Rockstar that they've mulled over making a current-gen version of it, but the whole 60's mod culture is a niche market and they're not sure how profitable it'd be - when they released it, Austin Powers had just come out and there was a brief vogue, plus it was much cheaper to develop. Really, anything that they do will sell one way or the other... but they have pretty lofty sales figures to live up to.
The LA setting is a good one, and after what they did in GTA:SA, I'm really eager to see how it turns out. They're going to include some of the suburbs and rural areas/deserts again, so that'll be fun... I enjoyed exploring the wilderness in the game, and was amazed at how well they captured the feeling and scenery of the drive between LA and SF, the Norcal woods, and each city.
That's the thing though--I'm not cherry-picking L.A. densest sq miles. "Central L.A." includes the massive Hollywood Hills and Griffith Park (4,000 acres), plus all the sparcely populated districts west of the historic core in DTLA. I left them in because I'm well aware that all cities have industrial areas that aren't very populated. I'm trying to be fair.
even so, your doing a 6 by 8 mile rectangle around DT LA, Boston Proper is a 6 by 8 rectangle with Downtown in the Corner, not the Center
even so, your doing a 6 by 8 mile rectangle around DT LA, Boston Proper is a 6 by 8 rectangle with Downtown in the Corner, not the Center
No, the place he cherry picked from is the San Fernando Valley, not anywhere near DT actually. The valley is the poster child for people when they think of the endless urban sprawl associated with LA. He managed to get 14,000 ppsq out of select neighborhoods, which is pretty impressive, and more of a testament to LA than an indictment on Boston. Boston's figures are skewed lower as well. It is a larger, more urban place than people realize because the city lines are drawn so small.
Fun fact: Ana's is owned by two Japanese brothers. So, it's Mexican food via Japan, served in Boston.
My best friend who hails from Boston and I have talked about opening an honest-to-god, hardcore taqueria in Boston, but we don't know how well it'd do since Ana's is everyone's favorite. We spent all our teens walking around talking about how much we missed the Mexican food in CA and saying that if we ever had the money, we'd open a taqueria there to save other hungry, bored teenaged males from the same misterable fate we had. Alas, I'm here and he's in SF... and neither one of us really want to move back, as much as we love it back home... maybe someday.
No, the place he cherry picked from is the San Fernando Valley, not anywhere near DT actually. It's part of the image people get when they think of endless suburban sprawl. He managed to get 14,000 ppsq out of select neighborhoods, which is pretty impressive, and more of a testament to LA than an indictment on Boston. Boston's figures are skewed lower as well. It is a larger, more urban place than people realize because the city lines are drawn so small.
Fun fact: Ana's is owned by two Japanese brothers. So, it's Mexican food via Japan, served in Boston.
My best friend who hails from Boston and I have talked about opening an honest-to-god, hardcore taqueria in Boston, but we don't know how well it'd do since Ana's is everyone's favorite. We spent all our teens walking around talking about how much we missed the Mexican food in CA and saying that if we ever had the money, we'd open a taqueria there to save other hungry, bored teenaged males from the same misterable fate we had. Alas, I'm here and he's in SF... and neither one of us really want to move back, as much as we love it back home... maybe someday.
Boloco cracks me up too. A pulled pork burrito is not a burrito!
True, and I can't speak for raymond, but I would 1000 x over rather live in Boston than the San Fernando Valley. Just cause it's dense doesn't mean it doesn't suck.
Oh, I totally agree. I'm not a fan of the SV Valley myself outside of a few places here and there.
Just pointing out how dense the L.A. region is. SFV is supposed to be suburbia (think Fast Times in Ridgemont High), yet it goes toe to toe with Boston for density. Crazy.
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