In terms of overall quality of life do you see LA in 5 years being.. (Los Angeles: apartments, insurance)

[V8 Vega]

Originally Posted by ima30something

9.2 is impossible in LA. 8.1 is the max we can get.

Yeah but a Atomic Bomb from N Korea or Iraq.

[ryanst530]

If developers and politicians get their way, I think much less livable.

The only group of people holding LA/OC together are the NIMBY folks, who are standing up against the calls for MORE development. Sadly, it's not enough to stave off growth, and slowly we are seeing more development creep in. What California needs is more diversification... spread out the money, spend development funds on revitalizing neglected cities/areas rather than dumping them into areas that are already overpopulated and overdeveloped.

[CaliRestoration]

Originally Posted by ima30something

9.2 is impossible in LA. 8.1 is the max we can get.

So I guess the 9.2 in Alaska, and the 9.5 in Chile were just imaginary?

[Chicano3000X]

Originally Posted by V8 Vega

Yeah but a Atomic Bomb from N Korea or Iraq.

Iraq? Yeah, about that..

[Chicano3000X]

Originally Posted by ryanst530

If developers and politicians get their way, I think much less livable.

The only group of people holding LA/OC together are the NIMBY folks, who are standing up against the calls for MORE development. Sadly, it's not enough to stave off growth, and slowly we are seeing more development creep in. What California needs is more diversification... spread out the money, spend development funds on revitalizing neglected cities/areas rather than dumping them into areas that are already overpopulated and overdeveloped.

Development is what we needed. Stagnation is what killed us..

[jm1982]

Originally Posted by Chicano3000X

Development is what we needed. Stagnation is what killed us..

L.A is still the second biggest city in the country and that wasn’t the case not too long ago .

[Rocko20]

Never lived in LA, but I do plan to move there in a few years (sorry for contributing to the overpopulation). There's a lot of folks like myself who see the diversity of LA and the "things to do" and think it would be a great place to live.

Obviously reality dictates that cities are much more than a vacation or tourist attraction when you actually live there. And that most people will just prefer to live 30-60 minutes outside the city in the suburbs where life is more affordable and practical.

Most cities in general will be less livable in the future IMO. There's a saying that goes, "the only people who actually live inside the city are the really rich and the really poor."

[Nafster]

LA's quality of life has been going in the wrong direction like most of the biggest US cities for a while, but I think it's REALLY taken a bad turn the last three years or so. I think the quality of life in five years will be significantly worse than it is today.

The roads in Central and South LA have been criminally neglected and getting worse and worse, car insurance is getting more and more expensive, traffic continues to increase, taxes and fees jump and jump with more threatened by the day (where is this money going????), and of course, rents and prices of gas and food seem to be climbing. Saddest thing is that I can't believe how many more homeless people I've seen in my neighborhood and all over LA compared to two or three years ago. The income disparity has just exploded and the state seems determined to keep it that way with their building practices.

This is not just LA though, but most of the big US cities. I think LA is unique though in how fast and quickly it's liveability and quality of life for its middle-class residents have happened, and how there seems to be so little hope among people here for things getting any better any time soon.

I agree that the expanding of public transit at such great lengths and LA continuing to have such a variety of cutting-edge job opportunities are a silver lining, but god - salaries are stagnant for almost everyone. I don't think LA is a very business-friendly city right now because of taxes, so I worry in five years there might be a decline of some kind.

I think we need a new mayor.

[Sollaces]

The main things going for LA are the beaches, the movie industry, and the weather.

Well, you can find two out of three elsewhere.

I was raised in the LA area, moved away to college and this was back in the '70's. Back then food prices were higher than elsewhere, housing was higher, gasoline, the time it took to get from point A to point B. And the people aren't real friendly. I grew up in one neighborhood and I knew who lived in various homes but never talked to them.

I visited a few year ago. Instant sinus problems at the airport on landing. Yeah the smog just about killed me the whole visit. Awful. I can't see LA improving at all.

[Nafster]

Originally Posted by Sollaces

The main things going for LA are the beaches, the movie industry, and the weather.

Well, you can find two out of three elsewhere.

I was raised in the LA area, moved away to college and this was back in the '70's. Back then food prices were higher than elsewhere, housing was higher, gasoline, the time it took to get from point A to point B. And the people aren't real friendly. I grew up in one neighborhood and I knew who lived in various homes but never talked to them.

I visited a few year ago. Instant sinus problems at the airport on landing. Yeah the smog just about killed me the whole visit. Awful. I can't see LA improving at all.

Not in the US you can't!

Who can compete against LA's beaches for beauty and variety other than San Diego, which isn't much less expensive than LA?

And the weather in LA is definitely unique in the US.