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I wrote the following in another thread, but it seems to be just as relevant here:
"There are some posters on here who are notorious for comparing Houston to LA and trying to make it seem like they are almost exactly alike or that Houston is a smaller version of LA. Sure they have similarities, but Houston is not a mini LA.
The flip side of that coin is that I strongly dis-agree that LA is not in the Sunbelt. For all intents and purposes, LA IS the sunbelt. LA is the model city for which all major sunbelt cities were designed after. You can take almost any other major Sunbelt city and trace the development back to LA. For example(s):
LA + Lafayette, LA = Houston
LA + Wichita, KS = Dallas
LA + Macon, GA = Atlanta
LA + Redlands, CA = Phoenix
Thats not to say any one of these cities is a mini-LA, they arent. But LA is very much a part of the sunbelt. I grew up there, and Ill be the first to tell you the difference between living in suburban LA vs. suburban-Sunbelt arent much. LA has its own distinct culture, demographics, worldwide recognition, and density that Houston, Dallas, Atlanta, and Phoenix do not have. The simiarlities are in the sprawl which LA very much wrote the book on. LA was the first major city that suburbia overcame. It just followed suit with Houston, Dallas, Atlanta, Phoneix, and Vegas."
My point is there is a piece of LA in all these cities, but not one is a mini-LA.
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I wrote the following in another thread, but it seems to be just as relevant here:
"There are some posters on here who are notorious for comparing Houston to LA and trying to make it seem like they are almost exactly alike or that Houston is a smaller version of LA. Sure they have similarities, but Houston is not a mini LA.
The flip side of that coin is that I strongly dis-agree that LA is not in the Sunbelt. For all intents and purposes, LA IS the sunbelt. LA is the model city for which all major sunbelt cities were designed after. You can take almost any other major Sunbelt city and trace the development back to LA. For example(s):
LA + Lafayette, LA = Houston
LA + Wichita, KS = Dallas
LA + Macon, GA = Atlanta
LA + Redlands, CA = Phoenix
Thats not to say any one of these cities is a mini-LA, they arent. But LA is very much a part of the sunbelt. I grew up there, and Ill be the first to tell you the difference between living in suburban LA vs. suburban-Sunbelt arent much. LA has its own distinct culture, demographics, worldwide recognition, and density that Houston, Dallas, Atlanta, and Phoenix do not have. The simiarlities are in the sprawl which LA very much wrote the book on. LA was the first major city that suburbia overcame. It just followed suit with Houston, Dallas, Atlanta, Phoneix, and Vegas."
My point is there is a piece of LA in all these cities, but not one is a mini-LA.
This is a very reasonable and astute observation that will positively confuse and confound Matt to the point that he misinterprets it as support of his bizarre assertions about Houston.
Yes, I love those palm trees on the coast of Maine.
it freezes in Maine so palm trees wouldn't fare as well up there. They need warm coastal environments.
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