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LA will continue its decline due to drought, low wages, high COL, sinking economy, and Chicago will overtake it as the 2nd city, I also see a day not too far in to the future when Bay Area becomes the premier city of California.
Is this a post from The Onion?
LA has the largest annual numeric population growth of any metro in the U.S. This has basically been true non-stop for the past century.
How can the metro that is always #1 in growth "in decline"?
LA will continue its decline due to drought, low wages, high COL, sinking economy, and Chicago will overtake it as the 2nd city, I also see a day not too far in to the future when Bay Area becomes the premier city of California.
Ha Ha Ha. Chicago will never overtake LA with population, GDP, influence, etc. It's too late. That ship sailed in the 60s and is not returning. Also, LA is not declining. If anything its on the cusp of a boom with the downtown and Hollywood experiencing much new construction, plans moving forward for a 1B+ NFL stadium, LAX renovations, major museum additions/remakes, many inner neighborhoods gentrifying. Plus LA is number one or two in the US right now for construction of new Metro lines which will help with traffic. Its the largest center of mfg in the US and has one of the largest ports in the world. Many residents have pride in their city and want to see it as one of the best in the world. This attitude was much less prevelant 20 to 30 years when there were many naysayers and some were trying to break the city up. Thank our lucky stars that many of these people have left. Also, the Bay Area will never replace LA as the premier city in California. I live in the Bay Area and while it is in a tech boom it just doesn't have the numbers, room or desire to replace LA as California's largest most influential city.
If I were Chicago I wouldn't be concerning myself with overtaking LA as much as I would be concerned about being relegated to No. 4 in the country in terms of population and GDP in the next 20 to 30 years, as one or both of the Texas' largest metro areas and/or cities overtake Chicago. What's the population spread now between Houston and Chicago 500K? And Houston continues to boom and grow. Watch out!!
I just returned from visiting my family in LA, the place is a train wreck, dirty, expensive, traffic, homeless epidemic, monogamous culture of Mexicans etc. With the demographics becoming more and more Hispanic than what it already is I just don't see a bright future for the city.
I just returned from visiting my family in LA, the place is a train wreck, dirty, expensive, traffic, homeless epidemic, monogamous culture of Mexicans etc. With the demographics becoming more and more Hispanic than what it already is I just don't see a bright future for the city.
You are wrong about everything you wrote. Chicago has all the same problems LA has with even more crime. Not that I care I would never live in either city but you could have been more wrong if you tried.
What will hurt LA the most is the lack of public transit as the world switches from cars to public transit. LA is trying, but it's almost too little too late. Add the lack of water. Add the high cost of living combined with low and stagnant wages. If LA can figure out its housing crisis, build subways faster, get higher paying jobs, and fix the water system, it could be bigger than NYC one day. At this rate, I think the city's approaching its peak and will plateau. I doubt it will ever shrink like the Rust Belt cities, but I believe it will plateau one day.
Ha Ha Ha. Chicago will never overtake LA with population, GDP, influence, etc. It's too late. That ship sailed in the 60s and is not returning. Also, LA is not declining. If anything its on the cusp of a boom with the downtown and Hollywood experiencing much new construction, plans moving forward for a 1B+ NFL stadium, LAX renovations, major museum additions/remakes, many inner neighborhoods gentrifying. Plus LA is number one or two in the US right now for construction of new Metro lines which will help with traffic. Its the largest center of mfg in the US and has one of the largest ports in the world. Many residents have pride in their city and want to see it as one of the best in the world. This attitude was much less prevelant 20 to 30 years when there were many naysayers and some were trying to break the city up. Thank our lucky stars that many of these people have left. Also, the Bay Area will never replace LA as the premier city in California. I live in the Bay Area and while it is in a tech boom it just doesn't have the numbers, room or desire to replace LA as California's largest most influential city.
If I were Chicago I wouldn't be concerning myself with overtaking LA as much as I would be concerned about being relegated to No. 4 in the country in terms of population and GDP in the next 20 to 30 years, as one or both of the Texas' largest metro areas and/or cities overtake Chicago. What's the population spread now between Houston and Chicago 500K? And Houston continues to boom and grow. Watch out!!
Chicago isn't worried...and Chicago isn't the OP. Houston will spread out until it, someday, may catch Chicago, but that won't make it Chicago. You do have a water issue, though, and that needs to be dealt with.
Chicago isn't worried...and Chicago isn't the OP. Houston will spread out until it, someday, may catch Chicago, but that won't make it Chicago. You do have a water issue, though, and that needs to be dealt with.
Well it's not like Houston sits in a desert or anything or even a prairie hundreds of miles away from any large body of water.
I just returned from visiting my family in LA, the place is a train wreck, dirty, expensive, traffic, homeless epidemic, monogamous culture of Mexicans etc. With the demographics becoming more and more Hispanic than what it already is I just don't see a bright future for the city.
Extremely sprawling, full of traffic, no culture to speak of, full of fake people, poverty-ridden, low energy, awful nightlife, high cost of living, people are very cutthroat (crabs in a bucket mentality), etc.
Chicago by a country mile.
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