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The OP’s original question was “outside of Southern California what city is most like Los Angeles?” Some people are commenting San Diego. Duh.
Of course every city will have similarities and differences.
The answer is "none" and it sounds to me like OP is actually aware of that. It seems to me like OP is more or less challenging people to find one that's like L.A.. I don't think anyone's succeeded yet.
Other California cities would obviously fit the bill best because there's definitely a CA culture and vibe, but it'd still be disingenuous to claim the Bay Area is like L.A.. However, I'd think it's more similar than Houston.
I think there's certainly a wishful thinking type element where people try to make Texas cities seem more similar to more established and more highly regarded cities elsewhere. Those Texas cities have grown a ton in the last two decades but their profile hasn't grown with them. People still think of Houston as a backwater for instance.
I'm familiar with both. Veritas isn't wrong. They may have similarities but they are very different.
Even then, the similarities are from different decades.
LA's layout is much tighter now. Maybe go back 50 years, you will see more similarities.
Didn't Houston inherit the title from LA as the biggest city without single purpose zoning?
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Originally Posted by Veritas Vincit
People still think of Houston as a backwater for instance.
A large percentage of posts are unable to grasp that similarities have degrees. All US cities that have paved roads and have constructed buildings since 1960 have at least some similarities and this question is asking which cities outside of Southern California have the most of them. The question is not asking which city is identical, just most similar.
That said the OP is full of misconceptions. LA in fact has many of the densest areas outside of NYC and has arguably the highest density in 50 square miles of any city aside from NYC. But if you ignore that bit, I agree that Houston is similar. Maybe not the most similar but it gets consideration from me.
Even then, the similarities are from different decades.
LA's layout is much tighter now. Maybe go back 50 years, you will see more similarities.
Didn't Houston inherit the title from LA as the biggest city without single purpose zoning?
Who are those people?
You've brought up zoning a couple of times and I think that you're operating under a misconception. LA in fact has very strict zoning.
You've brought up zoning a couple of times and I think that you're operating under a misconception. LA in fact has very strict zoning.
You must be mistaken. The post you quoted was the first in this thread so it was the first I have brought up zoning.
Read what I said Houston inherited the title of biggest city without single purpose zoning from LA.
Reading is fundamental. What did that statement mean?
It means LA no longer had the title so it has single purpose zoning NOW
Emphasis on SINGLE PURPOSE ZONING.
LA was really in the game for restrictive zoning, but please pay attention to the specific qualifiers I use. It changes meaning greatly
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