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No way, cities like SF and Chicago can easily match or even surpass LA's density.
LA's core density can match Chicago and San Francisco, then it pulls away because its denser over a larger area.
btw, I lived in Miami for a few months once and I know LA well and I'm not seeing enough similarities to why it would have over 60 votes on the poll...
No way, cities like SF and Chicago can easily match or even surpass LA's density.
LA in no way blows away these cities in density but like I said pound for pound It's still denser than both, the only part where both Chicago and SF beat LA in is in its inner 5 sq miles, after that LA catches up and pulls away, this has been brought up in many threads already.
Well if it only had the built environment to complement those density figures.....oh well
It's been beaten to death but the place LA is lacking most in built environment is the commercial corridors. Residential areas are extremely built-up. As you can see from NEI's link to that Koreatown aerial, Los Angeles can and has changed dramatically, very quickly. Right now the final frontier is those commercial corridors, which is where 90 percent of LA's new developments are taking place. La Brea, Hollywood Blvd, Wilshire Blvd, Sunset, all are seeing huge improvements on the street-level.
From an infill perspective, it seems like Houston is about where LA was in the 70s or 80s.
Now this, I can agree with this statement.
Houston is growing faster & has a better economy than LA did then though.
Milken is a Santa Monica, California based think tank & recently rated Houston as the 4th best performing major US city. Notice LA not even on the list!!!
It's been beaten to death but the place LA is lacking most in built environment is the commercial corridors. Residential areas are extremely built-up. As you can see from NEI's link to that Koreatown aerial, Los Angeles can and has changed dramatically, very quickly. Right now the final frontier is those commercial corridors, which is where 90 percent of LA's new developments are taking place. La Brea, Hollywood Blvd, Wilshire Blvd, Sunset, all are seeing huge improvements on the street-level.
I'm not saying it's not built up but it lacks a nice urban form that is found in more traditional, older cities.
A perfect example is all the dingbat apartments built in the 1960' and 1970's that replaced single family homes.
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