Welcome to City-Data.com Forum!
U.S. CitiesCity-Data Forum Index
Go Back   City-Data Forum > U.S. Forums > California > Los Angeles
 [Register]
Please register to participate in our discussions with 2 million other members - it's free and quick! Some forums can only be seen by registered members. After you create your account, you'll be able to customize options and access all our 15,000 new posts/day with fewer ads.
View detailed profile (Advanced) or search
site with Google Custom Search

Search Forums  (Advanced)
Reply Start New Thread
 
Old 04-28-2011, 02:12 PM
 
Location: Hollywood, CA
396 posts, read 904,357 times
Reputation: 331

Advertisements

Quote:
Originally Posted by Lifeshadower View Post

To answer OP: Coming from an LA native, no, most likely not. If you've ever been to LA, you'll realize why. There has been more people moving into downtown lately, and there has been construction of more high rises there, but LA is simply not built that way. It's an extremely decentralized place, with many competing business centers that are for the most part, not connected to each other in terms of structural density. A huge chunk of SoCal residents don't WANT a lifestyle like that. The preference is to have a house and expand out (explains places like the Inland Empire and the Antelope Valley very well) rather than people move in. There's a reason why every single neighborhood surrounding downtown Los Angeles is simply replacing population as opposed to adding population (Harvard-Westlake is slowly becoming an annexation of Koreatown, while the Salvadorian/Guatemalans move out to other areas of LA)
The only people going to the Inland Empire/Antelope Valley are those that can't afford to stay closer.

With the rise of gas prices, and LA building a usable public transit system, you're going to see the city start to compact and become more dense. You're going to see rapid Gentrification while the outlying areas like San Bernardino/Antelope Valleys continue to become wastelands. Even the Valley is going downhill and has been pretty much cut up from public transit due to that idiot Zev Yaroslavsky's crusade against Subway in the late 90s. It's no big surprise that the area of NoHo that has gentrified is the area next to the subway stop.

DTLA will continue to grow because it is the easiest part of the city to access.
Reply With Quote Quick reply to this message

 
Old 04-28-2011, 02:52 PM
 
Location: South Bay
7,226 posts, read 22,118,727 times
Reputation: 3626
downtown will continue to grow slowly, but it will be infill of the existing parking lots. there is enough space to build in downtown currently to avoid having to expand beyond downtown's current boundaries.
Reply With Quote Quick reply to this message
 
Old 04-28-2011, 08:22 PM
 
4,536 posts, read 10,590,220 times
Reputation: 4068
The above two answers are correct.

Theres also several historic buildings downtown that are still vacant, and some that are ripe for use other than their current use.

Even in this economic depression, there are still new business sprouting up.
Reply With Quote Quick reply to this message
 
Old 04-28-2011, 09:04 PM
 
23 posts, read 28,285 times
Reputation: 48
Does'nt need to, because it is not trying to live up to New York or Chicago. Its is a unique style unto itself.
Reply With Quote Quick reply to this message
 
Old 04-28-2011, 09:13 PM
 
Location: Earth
17,440 posts, read 28,493,601 times
Reputation: 7472
Quote:
Originally Posted by nowincal11 View Post
I was told that the whole purpose of the Woodland Hills highrises in the west corner of the Valley was to draw workers away from downtown LA to ease the traffic.
It had more to do with Warners being in financial trouble in the early '70s like the other studios. They sold their lot in the West Valley to build Warner Center. Similar to how Fox sold off much of their lot to build Century City in the mid '60s.
Reply With Quote Quick reply to this message
 
Old 04-29-2011, 09:57 AM
 
Location: Eastchester, Bronx, NY
1,085 posts, read 2,285,045 times
Reputation: 516
I've always said part of the charm of LA was the fact that it's decentralized.

Quote:
Originally Posted by Senshi View Post
The only people going to the Inland Empire/Antelope Valley are those that can't afford to stay closer.

With the rise of gas prices, and LA building a usable public transit system, you're going to see the city start to compact and become more dense. You're going to see rapid Gentrification while the outlying areas like San Bernardino/Antelope Valleys continue to become wastelands. Even the Valley is going downhill and has been pretty much cut up from public transit due to that idiot Zev Yaroslavsky's crusade against Subway in the late 90s. It's no big surprise that the area of NoHo that has gentrified is the area next to the subway stop.

DTLA will continue to grow because it is the easiest part of the city to access.
Well, thankfully, they're not sitting on their hands when it comes to improving the transit infrastructure: Expo opening later this year, Purple Line to Westwood (though it should go to Bundy but that's another discussion), Crenshaw Line from Expo to LAX, Downtown Regional Connector; etc.

And, yes, the Valley did get screwed over - the Orange Line should have been light rail. However, there might be a potential light rail line along Van Nuys Blvd. that will ultimately connect to Westwood - so keep an eye out.
Reply With Quote Quick reply to this message
 
Old 04-29-2011, 10:42 AM
 
Location: South Bay
7,226 posts, read 22,118,727 times
Reputation: 3626
Quote:
Originally Posted by K 22 View Post
And, yes, the Valley did get screwed over - the Orange Line should have been light rail. However, there might be a potential light rail line along Van Nuys Blvd. that will ultimately connect to Westwood - so keep an eye out.
the valley was never screwed over, the people of the valley didn't want a rail line so they got stuck with a bus line.
Reply With Quote Quick reply to this message
 
Old 04-29-2011, 11:02 AM
 
Location: Eastchester, Bronx, NY
1,085 posts, read 2,285,045 times
Reputation: 516
Quote:
Originally Posted by BRinSM View Post
the valley was never screwed over, the people of the valley didn't want a rail line so they got stuck with a bus line.
Wasn't it more the folks living on or near Chandler not wanting anything to do with rail?
Reply With Quote Quick reply to this message
 
Old 04-29-2011, 12:07 PM
 
Location: South Bay
7,226 posts, read 22,118,727 times
Reputation: 3626
Quote:
Originally Posted by K 22 View Post
Wasn't it more the folks living on or near Chandler not wanting anything to do with rail?
maybe, but if the valley wanted rail, they could have demanded rail. the area around chandler is tiny when compared to the entire southern portion of the valley that the orange line services.
Reply With Quote Quick reply to this message
 
Old 04-29-2011, 02:46 PM
 
1,800 posts, read 3,899,626 times
Reputation: 888
Someone else posted it was because of County Commissioner Zev Yaroslavsky. Why didn't he want a subway going through the mid Valley? I can't imagine all the residents were opposed to that plan.

They should also be building light rail underground from Woodland Hills to Universal City stop along Ventura. That is one of the most heavy volume streets in the city.
Reply With Quote Quick reply to this message
Please register to post and access all features of our very popular forum. It is free and quick. Over $68,000 in prizes has already been given out to active posters on our forum. Additional giveaways are planned.

Detailed information about all U.S. cities, counties, and zip codes on our site: City-data.com.


Reply
Please update this thread with any new information or opinions. This open thread is still read by thousands of people, so we encourage all additional points of view.

Quick Reply
Message:


Settings
X
Data:
Loading data...
Based on 2000-2020 data
Loading data...

123
Hide US histogram

Over $104,000 in prizes was already given out to active posters on our forum and additional giveaways are planned!

Go Back   City-Data Forum > U.S. Forums > California > Los Angeles

All times are GMT -6.

© 2005-2024, Advameg, Inc. · Please obey Forum Rules · Terms of Use and Privacy Policy · Bug Bounty

City-Data.com - Contact Us - Archive 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37 - Top