Would L.A be better without the "entertainment" business here? (Los Angeles: 2013, vehicle registration)

[jm1982]

Ok so how do we drive the very wealthy out of here so that the 99% can afford it with their slave wages?

Anybody have any ideas?

[majoun]

Originally Posted by jm1982

Ok so how do we drive the very wealthy out of here so that the 99% can afford it with their slave wages?

Anybody have any ideas?

Repeal Prop 13 and the mortgage interest deduction.

[jm1982]

Haha Yeah repealing Prop 13 and I wonder how fast people would evacuate Brentwood/Bel Air and other areas.

[RaymondChandlerLives]

Originally Posted by jm1982

So only super expensive cities can be decent?

What about a city like Austin,TX ...tons of people from California moving there.

I am sure without the film industry L.A would still be relatively expensive anyways....but less expensive.

Are you seriously going to argue tht Austin offers even a fraction of what L.A. does? One metro region is home to 18 million people, the other 1.8 million. Seems pretty clear which city is the more popular of the two--the more expensive one.

[disgruntled la native]

Originally Posted by jm1982

Ok so how do we drive the very wealthy out of here so that the 99% can afford it with their slave wages?

Anybody have any ideas?

I don't think getting rid of the wealthy is somehow going to increase wages or start deflation

[bpeeps]

Originally Posted by Pedro2000

I don't think people understand economics or have a certain hostility toward the entertainment industry and the select few who are the wanna be actors and annoying arrogant individuals who sort of made it or did make it. It's a trickle down effect. If the entertainment industry suddenly closed up shop in Southern California (regular movies and porn) for whatever reason(cheaper elsewhere, taxes, benefits, laws, etc) there are tons and tons of people who work in those industries that are the typical blue collar hard workers or the white collar hard workers.

You know how many people work at Disney who are accountants, IT professionals, business people, etc? You know how many people who are just your regular camera men, electricians, plumbers, audio engineers etc in the industry? So those people lose jobs or are forced to move. Restaurants and condos and neighborhoods start to become more ghost towns as people who leave town or aren't working can't be customers. And what real estate developer is going to be building condos or office buildings or housing developments?

Thank you.

There's a lot more to the entertainment industry than wannabe actors, writers, and directors trying to make it. The rest of us forgotten behind-the-scene folk have pretty normal lives, can carry conversations past our favorite Game of Thrones television moment, don't gawk at celebrities and big name events like the Oscars, and are basically just normal people. Imagine that. The vocal minority paints a loud picture.

[Ingenere]

Originally Posted by majoun

the mortgage interest deduction.

dumb

[jm1982]

No, they aren't the same ... But a lot of people have been moving there, their population has increased and it is a no doubt a popular place to live. I haven't heard many people complain about it versus L.A.

If you are just using population ....then Austin is more populated than San Francisco

So I guess you could say that Austin is more popular than San Francisco?..

..And Detroit is more popular than Boston , Seattle or Washington D.C

http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0763098.html

Also note that Austin saw a 41% increase from 1990-2000...for L.A the increase was 6%..

I guess you could say Austin is getting more popular than L.A

[tonygeorgia]

You might get your wish soon as the runaway films continue in California

[HouseBeautiful]

LA would hardly exist, without the entertainment Industry!