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View Poll Results: What city is most like Los Angeles?
Austin 12 3.88%
Denver 18 5.83%
Raleigh 5 1.62%
Atlanta 69 22.33%
Washington DC 6 1.94%
Charlotte 5 1.62%
El Paso 17 5.50%
San Antonio 19 6.15%
Colorado Springs 7 2.27%
Miami 151 48.87%
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Old 02-11-2013, 08:50 PM
 
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you could have picked a different direction from Atlanta and LA and reversed your post... lol @ you picking bankhead of all places.
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you could have picked a different direction from Atlanta and LA and reversed your post... lol @ you picking bankhead of all places.
Unlikely, Atlanta is much less dense all over. Density isn't everything, and some places, such as Seattle, feel better than one might expect from their density. But the density difference between Atlanta and Los Angeles is about as far apart as one might get for newer American cities, polar opposites. By contrast, the Bay Area by profile is almost an exact match, though IMO the core (mainly much of San Francisco) is laid out rather differently.

We Alone on Earth: A Portrait of the City as a Squiggly Line

I made similar graphs using that link as an inspiration. Note commentators were interested in non-US cities, particularly English ones, I made them here:

https://www.city-data.com/forum/urban...risons-16.html (see the graphs at the end of the page)
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Old 02-11-2013, 09:00 PM
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Location: Fort Worth
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... where's Houston on this list?

Because that's the FIRST place I think of.
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Old 02-11-2013, 09:36 PM
 
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Phoenix. Too bad not on the list.
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Old 02-11-2013, 10:19 PM
 
Location: Pasadena, CA
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you could have picked a different direction from Atlanta and LA and reversed your post... lol @ you picking bankhead of all places.
What's so bad about Bankhead?
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Old 02-11-2013, 10:37 PM
 
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What's so bad about Bankhead?
abandonened areas, former home of techwood projects, it's the hood, lts of abandoned buildings and demolitioned projects, one of the most dangerous areas historically, if not still in atlanta. it's basically like posting l.a. and showing some sketch street in compton.
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Old 02-11-2013, 11:10 PM
 
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abandonened areas, former home of techwood projects, it's the hood, lts of abandoned buildings and demolitioned projects, one of the most dangerous areas historically, if not still in atlanta. it's basically like posting l.a. and showing some sketch street in compton.
It's only about 2-3 miles from the core, while Compton is over 10 miles away from the core.

I think a closer analog would be either Historic South Central (Google Maps - Google Maps), West Adams (Google Maps - Google Maps), Pico Union / Latino-Byzantine Quarter (Google Maps - Google Maps) or Boyle Heights (Google Maps - Google Maps) or something similar.

All of which seem significantly more built-up than similar inner neighborhoods of Atlanta.
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Old 02-11-2013, 11:12 PM
 
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What's so bad about Bankhead?
Bankhead is not thought of as really urban area in Atlanta just rough. so of all places.

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abandonened areas, former home of techwood projects, it's the hood, lts of abandoned buildings and demolitioned projects, one of the most dangerous areas historically, if not still in atlanta. it's basically like posting l.a. and showing some sketch street in compton.
Seriously though......... And compare some sketch street in compton to the Buckhead CBD. It's just random. No Atlanta isn't as urban as LA but what the heck?

Anyways LA is the second largest city in the county duh is larger and denser than Atlanta. I starting to wounder do posters know what analogies are?

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This is a broad topic

Geography
History
Archiecture
Culture
Industry
Urban layout
and etc.

Maybe Atlanta consider materialism and being a media hubs, But Houston's layout, and Miami's vibe.
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Old 02-11-2013, 11:38 PM
 
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It's only about 2-3 miles from the core, while Compton is over 10 miles away from the core.

I think a closer analog would be either Historic South Central (Google Maps - Google Maps), West Adams (Google Maps - Google Maps), Pico Union / Latino-Byzantine Quarter (Google Maps - Google Maps) or Boyle Heights (Google Maps - Google Maps) or something similar.

All of which seem significantly more built-up than similar inner neighborhoods of Atlanta.
LA is denser we know that it's pointless trying to prove it is. And that means nothing Atlanta has less and more dense area though and about Bankhead is still random. Some cities have weaker and stronger sides.

Also those LA areas don't seem more built up to similar inner neighborhoods of Atlanta, they seem about the same except Atlanta is green. Again LA is more urban but those are the wrong neighborhoods.
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Old 02-12-2013, 02:37 AM
 
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Super Bowl, big whoop-de-do. What else has Houston hosted that's significant?

LA hosted a Super Bowl 20 years ago, not 40+ years.

How many Super Bowls have Houston hosted? 2.
*Los Angeles - 7 times, including the very first Super Bowl.

When was the last time Houston hosted a NFL Pro Bowl? Never. Sad.
*Los Angeles - 23 times, including the first 22 Pro Bowls.

When was the last time Houston hosted the Summer Olympics? Never. Sad.
*Los Angeles - 2 times.

How many FIFA World Cup games in 1994 did Houston host? 0. Sad.
*Los Angeles - 8, including the Semi-Finals and the Final.

When was the last time Houston hosted the World Baseball Classic? Never. Sad.
*Los Angeles - 1, including the Final.

When was the last time Houston hosted the X Games? Never. Sad.
*Los Angeles - 10.

What college bowl game does Houston host? The Meineke Car Car Bowl (fka Texas Bowl). Sad.
*Los Angeles - The Rose Bowl. Enough said.
What else has Houston hosted? Let's see.

Houston has a hosted G-7 World Economic Summit. Los Angeles - 0

Houston has hosted the "largest outdoor concert" by Jean Michael Jarre during Rendezvous-Houston in 1986. Anything of this sort or magnitudue in L.A? - 0
.: Jean Michel Jarre Official Website :: Live-o-graphy :: Houston - A City In Concert - 1986 :.


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rendez-vous_Houston



HOUSTON is hosting the largest number of Prado (one of the greatest European museums) "grand paintings to a single show" ever in the USA. Los Angeles isn't getting them.
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/12/16/us...s-houston.html


By 2016, Houston will have hosted more NCAA Final Four Games than Los Angeles.



Ouch. Houston can certainly host some things more significant than mere sports.
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