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Old 12-03-2018, 10:59 AM
 
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If you took a poll here, the kinds of people struggling to survive in LA are probably not represented on CD forum at their IRL %.
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Old 12-03-2018, 05:12 PM
 
Location: So Ca
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Obviously most people don't hate living here looking at our over population. But people that are commuting in traffic on the 5 everyday instead of living in the hills enjoying the views are most likely struggling. I know my niece is who's on the 5 right now.
I commuted all through my 20s and 30s on the 10, the 405 and back and forth from the Westside to mid-Wilshire. (Not doing that kind of trek anymore, thankfully.) If we struggled then, we either didn't care, or we realized that everyone else was probably struggling, too.
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Old 12-04-2018, 10:38 PM
 
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Lol sorry can't see those views while sitting in traffic on the 5 passing south central Hollywood and skid row. Ya know what the majority of Anjelinos struggling to survive see everyday in this urban jungle. I never said 100% of LA is ugly buy what you pointed out can be in the 10%. You have to drive through a lot of ugly to get to a little pretty here
There are plenty of low income neighborhoods in LA which have their own unique beauty. I was raised one of them and have nothing but fond memories. My grandparents still live there and wouldn't think of living anywhere else. You'd probably consider their neighborhood ugly or scary, but nothing could be further from the truth.
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Old 12-04-2018, 11:40 PM
 
Location: Ca expat loving Idaho
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There are plenty of low income neighborhoods in LA which have their own unique beauty. I was raised one of them and have nothing but fond memories. My grandparents still live there and wouldn't think of living anywhere else. You'd probably consider their neighborhood ugly or scary, but nothing could be further from the truth.
What's the neighborhood? I'll give my opinion
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Old 12-05-2018, 02:39 AM
 
Location: Boulder Colorado
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What's the neighborhood? I'll give my opinion
I hope your assessment of those neighborhoods are more accurate than your opinion of Colorado that you claim to know after visiting only twice and challenging me who has lived here 22 years from Los Angeles...
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Old 12-05-2018, 09:22 AM
 
Location: Ca expat loving Idaho
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I hope your assessment of those neighborhoods are more accurate than your opinion of Colorado that you claim to know after visiting only twice and challenging me who has lived here 22 years from Los Angeles...
I was just stating what I saw in Colorado and I didn't even get up in the Rockies to Aspen etc. if ou love LA that much come on back. We need people that love the area and hopefully take care of it.
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Old 12-05-2018, 09:45 AM
 
Location: Boulder Colorado
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Again, you do not know what you're talking about..guess what.. if you are in Estes Park you are in the Rockies bro, you don't have to go all the way up to Aspen... Estes Park is at 7,522 ft elevation...lol

BTW..the Pines naturally occur above the "Tree Line" as you go up in elevation, not down in the plains area which is the Front Range..you may want to do some research what that means before you again make inaccurate statements...

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Old 12-05-2018, 03:29 PM
 
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Having lived in LA for almost 2 years, the realization is that most of this city looks very depressing.

Yes there are beaches, but most are crowded and flooded with tourists/druggies. And don't get me wrong, there are absolutely beautiful pockets, but step outside of those and things immediately start to look like a 3rd world country.

There is a lack of water aside from the beaches as you get inland, unless you want to drive 4 hours to Big Bear. Most of the landscape is dry and brown, including all the hiking trails and the mountains which all look the same due to the lack of greenery. Compared to much of the Bay Area, PNW, and San Diego, with tree-lined streets and bodies of water all around, LA would rank dead last. Why we still keep hearing that "LA is beautiful" and people posting pictures of a polluted and unspectacular skyline with a brown/barren backdrop is beyond me. Am I just totally missing the beauty here?
No. There is no beauty. Look at it when landing. It is what it is - ugly and boring.
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Old 12-05-2018, 03:37 PM
 
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He seriously needs to travel to Third World Countries to see the living conditions there.
But LA is NOT in the 3rd world country! And there vast areas of 3rd world that is beautiful and BETTER than LA.
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Old 12-05-2018, 08:59 PM
 
Location: Los Angeles, CA
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And don't get me wrong, there are absolutely beautiful pockets, but step outside of those and things immediately start to look like a 3rd world country.
I would agree that a lot of L.A looks rundown. It's not set up like many other cities. You have high-income areas scattered around the metro area with the beach areas having biggest concentration of money. In between the high-income areas, there are large stretches of low-income communities.

Many big cities in the east have a high-income core and the poor areas are further out, so it's more consistent.
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