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I'll let aerial photos of the basin speak for themselves:
Wikipedia.com
Generally, yes the basin is flat. However the city Los Angeles is far from flat (Ladera Heights, Silver Lake, Echo Park, Boyle Heights, Hollywood Hills). That is what we are talking about, not the entire South Bay or Gateway Region (hehe).
If you want to consider Carson and Long Beach to be suburbs of LA then I won't argue with that, but to say that they remind you of Houston kind of proves my point right?
Generally, yes the basin is flat. However the city Los Angeles is far from flat (Ladera Heights, Silver Lake, Echo Park, Boyle Heights, Hollywood Hills). That is what we are talking about, not the entire South Bay or Gateway Region (hehe).
If you want to consider Carson and Long Beach to be suburbs of LA then I won't argue with that, but to say that they remind you of Houston kind of proves my point right?
Houston has The Heights neighborhood too.
Dude, look how much land area the LA Basin covers, its not some small area of the metro either as you make it out to be.
The proof is in the pudding.
You got owned.
Get over it & move on with your life.
Los Angeles isn't this hilly/mountainous paradise Hollywood makes it out to be. Only in some parts of the city is it that way. They sure do fool a lot of people though with that little illusion, I'm not one of them.
LA is twice as dense as Houston, true, but its also had decades of growth head start.
In 50 more years Houston will be as dense as LA is now.
In 50 more years LA will be lucky to even exist with all those fires, mudslides, & earthquakes. The next big one is on its way I fear. LA is long over due.
Houston has hurricanes to worry about, but that's it, even then the city is far enough inland from the coast (~50 miles) where it doesn't take the brunt of the storm, Galveston Island does. Over 5 million people were evacuated during Rita, I was one of them.
In a hurricane you also have days, sometimes weeks in advance to batten down the hatch or leave, a luxury that is not there with any one of LA's natural disasters. I'm sorry to be the bearer of bad news, but it is what it is.
Better start praying for that big one now, otherwise Houston won't match L.A. population in your lifetime. As for density, the L.A. basin can match Houston's entire CSA population in less than 600 sq miles. They're worlds apart in terms of density.
Dude, look how much land area the LA Basin covers, its not some small area of the metro either as you make it out to be.
The proof is in the pudding.
We are talking about the city of Los Angeles, which does not take up very much of the LA Basin. No one got "owned" on this thread, you nor me. (this thread is way off topic now, sorry )
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Originally Posted by Metro Matt
Los Angeles isn't this hilly/mountainous paradise Hollywood makes it out to be. Only in some parts of the city is it that way. They sure do fool a lot of people though with that little illusion, I'm not one of them.
Or the gang-infested third world country it is also often portrayed as...
Dude, look how much land area the LA Basin covers, its not some small area of the metro either as you make it out to be.
The proof is in the pudding.
You got owned.
Get over it & move on with your life.
Los Angeles isn't this hilly/mountainous paradise Hollywood makes it out to be. Only in some parts of the city is it that way. They sure do fool a lot of people though with that little illusion, I'm not one of them.
Yea you're right don't listen to the rest of these guys this is what the grand majority of people not just in LA but the whole CSA live in
The only part of dt Houston that remind me of dt LA somewhat is Louisiana St in dt Houston and Fig in dt LA. Both streets are on the western edge of each dt. Both are one way heading north. Both have some of the major skyscrapers and hotel or hotels. That is it imo. Sometimes certain streets look like Philly to me or Newark. In no way shape or form does it remind me of dt Seattle and I lived there for years. Nor dt Atlanta! Just my opinion.
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