Why in the world is Los Angeles so looked down upon (London: moving, homeless)

[Senno]

Originally Posted by MB8abovetherim

Santa's Village.

Yeah, you nailed it I think. Thanks.

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[hipcat]

Here's a few reason's why that I've heard from friends and family from other parts of the US.

- It's too spread out
- The traffic congestion is the worst in the country
- Too many people don't speak English
- Many areas of this city feel like a foreign country
- Gang Problems
- Fake/Stuck Up people

Los Angeles to most people in US would feel like a massive culture shock because of its diversity and layout. LA is on par with NYC and Miami with being one of the few International cities of the US with a more dencentralized layout, as the major cultural centers in Los Angeles are spread out around the urban area, rather than centralized in Downtown.

There's very few cities in the US with the racial and cultural diversity that Los Angeles has. And that's why we Angelinos love to live here.

[Fontucky]

Originally Posted by hipcat

- Too many people don't speak English

Means: We're uncomfortable around Spanish speakers.

Originally Posted by hipcat

- Many areas of this city feel like a foreign country

Means: We're uncomfortable around Spanish speakers.

Originally Posted by hipcat

- Fake/Stuck Up people

Means: We've never actually been there, we just form our opinions from what we see on TV.

[Senno]

Originally Posted by Fontucky

Means: We're uncomfortable around Spanish speakers.

I've been being polite lately as well.

[tjarado]

Disclaimer: I was born and raised in NYC, worked and lived in Nassau County, and retired to the sixth borough (SoEastFla - Palm Beach County) a few years ago.
I have been to Nor-Cal a number of times and was awed at its beauty and culture..and everything.

BUT .. the couple of times I've been to LA I was overwhelmed by the spread-outedness of the place!
Can someone tell me where exactly IS THE CENTER of this town?
I have visited many world-class cities, and none requires you to have a vehicle and fight traffic that seems to never end!

So, altho LA has much to offer, it is a huge challenge for the casual visitor to negotiate.
Where to stay to see it all? How long should one stay and how much should it cost? And how to get around?

Tell me how YOU would suggest that a young couple or a family enjoy a visit to your fair 'city'?

[GatsbyGatz]

People just don't like the single-family-home sprawl of the San Fernando Valley, South LA, East LA, West LA, Central LA... basically anything not in Downtown, Koreatown, Wilshire Blvd, and a few other stretches of LA's boulevards. If you use a highlighter to highlight all the urban, walkable blocks on a LA map, your map will look like a dot in the center of DTLA with veins of urban streets, and a lot of un-highlighted blocks in between.

[infinitekid]

yet they keep streamin in

[TylerJAX]

I wouldn't say LA is looked down upon, but it is over-priced, over-crowded, shallow, lack of economic dynamism, and hard to get around.

[Anonymous725]

I'd raise kids in Los Angeles, well, the county at least. I can't see myself raising kids in other parts of the country. Some people find me real strange, but one of the reasons I like L.A. is because of:

- The Freeway Interchanges, which I find very unique.
- The Skyline (While I have terrible memories of DTLA, - It was my first experience in a Downtown area, and reminds me of my own personal history)


Now, I've met a fair share of great people in Los Angeles, in fact more than in any other city, even NYC and London. However I have met a lot of horrible people, of which most of the confrontations are outside of L.A. such as AZ, NM, NY and London.

[Bunjee]

Originally Posted by GatsbyGatz

People just don't like the single-family-home sprawl of the San Fernando Valley, South LA, East LA, West LA, Central LA... basically anything not in Downtown, Koreatown, Wilshire Blvd, and a few other stretches of LA's boulevards. If you use a highlighter to highlight all the urban, walkable blocks on a LA map, your map will look like a dot in the center of DTLA with veins of urban streets, and a lot of un-highlighted blocks in between.

Hmm. A study of the physical characteristics of housing | www.census.gov/prod/2013pubs/acsbr11-20.pdf | shows what I know from observation, that single family detached homes are no more prominent than most anywhere else. This study encompasses large areas, in fact (i.e. Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana), which actually dilutes the percentage of SFHs in Los Angeles proper.

Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana - 49.8%
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont - 49.5%
Chicago-Joliet-Naperville - 51.9%
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue - 59.4%

So what you're saying can't be it.