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As you can see in the picture there are really only two large parking lots (one bottom left, ne middle center) and the rest is mid rise buildings packed in tightly.
I can see another large parking lot in this picture: the 110.
Many cities may have areas that are similar but nowhere Ive been in the US are anywhere near the scale of NY and LA when it comes to downtown wholesale.
Not SF, not Chicago, not Philly, not Boston, not DC, not anywhere. Its just WAY more critica mass in the megacities.
I love to be a homer as often as possible, but this is one area where LA just spanks the hell out of SF and everywhere else except NYC.
^^ having the largest port in the US and being the largest city in by far the largest agricultural state, LA does have a much more industrial/wholesale/warehousing presence in downtown than any other city I've been to.
No. No its not. Miami is far more urban than LA in the downtown area. LA is more like Dallas.
I disagree completely. LA has much more density and older buildings than Miami. Parts of Downtown LA pass for NYC and Chicago in movies and tv, you couldn't do that in Downtown Miami. At the street level I think Downtown LA is more urban and vibrant than Downtown Miami; there is nothing in Miami that has the look and feel of Broadway. Downtown Miami is much smaller as well.
Downtown LA is much more urban and vibrant than DT Houston or Dallas. Id say its more urban than Miami as well. Downtown LA has some really packed in areas and is much bigger than people think. Still pretty poor for the 2nd biggest city, but substantially more than most other US downtowns.
One thing that really differentiates Downtown LA from many other downtows is that much of it is still geared towards the working class and minorities. A trend over the last 10-15 years is that many cities have gentrified their downtown areas and made them more accessible for the wealthyL classes. This has generally not been the case in LA. But it does have some culturally rich, interesting ethnic enclaves - I just cant see tourists walking around downtown the way they would in places like San Francisco or Chicago, or even San Diego.
people should stop judging La's skyline based on its population... LA was a city that did not have to build "UP" because it has the space to build out. it is also prone to earthquakes..so it would be dman near stupid to pack the place with a bunch of skyscrapers. and even of LA did deside to build more skyscraper, people are just gonna b*tch about them being "characterless glass boxes".. so LA just wont get a break.
Houston and Los Angeles differ a lot on the street level in my opinion. Houston's historic core is much smaller and the skyscraper don't really have anything anchoring their bases and connecting them together.
Los Angeles has a very densely packed downtown. As you can see in the picture there are really only two large parking lots (one bottom left, ne middle center) and the rest is mid rise buildings packed in tightly.
Houston and Los Angeles differ a lot on the street level in my opinion. Houston's historic core is much smaller and the skyscraper don't really have anything anchoring their bases and connecting them together.
Los Angeles has a very densely packed downtown. As you can see in the picture there are really only two large parking lots (one bottom left, ne middle center) and the rest is mid rise buildings packed in tightly.
Skyline wise from a distance they look similar, but coo77's pics show the density of DT LA that Houston doesnt quite have. And again you'd have to see an aerial shot. DT Houston is really up and coming though.....
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DT Houston is really up and coming though.....
One day it'll have more infill around downtown and density than it does now but yeah that day isn't today.
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