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Your not taking into consideration other parts of LA that are very dense that most visiters never see.
All of North East LA, The Harbor Area (San Pedro,Wilmington), East LA (Boyle & Lincoln Heights), The dense sections of the Valley (Warner Center, Van Nuys, Sherman Oaks).
LA is way denser the people give credit for cause most people don't see all of LA (Especially North East & East LA).
I am taking them into account, I've seen them with my own eyes. And again, they're very comparable to many parts of Oakland. You don't have to take my word for it though, you can see that yourself:
I can agree to this, but to say Oakland is slightly more urban is absurd to me because like I've said before Oakland reminds me more of northeast LA and Hollywood, when you throw in Central LA in the mix, its not even close.
You misread what I said.
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Originally Posted by Nineties Flava
In some respects Oakland is more urban (namely functionality of transit, more pedestrian-friendly, etc.)...
More pedestrian friendly is arguable but if you've ever been reliant on public transit in both cities you know the bolded is true (and again mainly due to Oakland being a much smaller city). However, Los Angeles is rapidly revamping their public transit so that may not be the case soon... BART is unlikely to expand its coverage in Oakland but AC Transit and the city are in the process of getting rapid bus lanes on the biggest thoroughfares (International and San Pablo) which would definitely be a positive.
And here ladies and gentlemen is the infamous Bay Area inferiority complex that is so prevalent in NorCal.
He's not from the Bay Area or Northern California so save that.
And more to the point, there's nothing to feel inferior about. If anything, our forum gets flooded by people from SoCal talking **** about Oakland - a city 9/10 they've never been to - all the time.
He's not from the Bay Area or Northern California so save that.
And more to the point, there's nothing to feel inferior about. If anything, our forum gets flooded by people from SoCal talking **** about Oakland - a city 9/10 they've never been to - all the time.
You and I both know there's a one way hatred in CA, and its always from North to South. For the most part if brought up, people in LA do not have anything negative to say about SF or NorCal in general, same with New York.
More pedestrian friendly is arguable but if you've ever been reliant on public transit in both cities you know the bolded is true (and again mainly due to Oakland being a much smaller city). However, Los Angeles is rapidly revamping their public transit so that may not be the case soon... BART is unlikely to expand its coverage in Oakland but AC Transit and the city are in the process of getting rapid bus lanes on the biggest thoroughfares (International and San Pablo) which would definitely be a positive.
LA is light years ahead of the whole Bay Area let alone Oakland when it comes to Bus Rapid Transit.
LA is light years ahead of the whole Bay Area let alone Oakland when it comes to Bus Rapid Transit.
You can say that, but it's not particularly functional when it takes over an hour and a half to get from the middle of Central LA to the middle of South LA on the bus and especially when its the only option for a huge number of people in both areas other than a car. That's not acceptable for a city as big as LA period; LA city hall thankfully seems to have gotten that memo and is working on expanding the metro system.
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