Seems folks who downplay the Los Angeles as a big suburb seem to only ever experience the Valley or the West side (London: apartments, neighborhood)

[Youngcorporate]

Los Angeles is essentially one huge suburb. Most Angelenos don't even venture to DTLA, but as of late that is changing with all the developments going on. But still LA loves it single family homes, freeways, malls, and big box stores. It's a unique city with a variety of living options. We really have the best of both worlds.

[jm1982]

Originally Posted by Youngcorporate

Los Angeles is essentially one huge suburb. Most Angelenos don't even venture to DTLA, but as of late that is changing with all the developments going on. But still LA loves it single family homes, freeways, malls, and big box stores. It's a unique city with a variety of living options. We really have the best of both worlds.

True that is one nice part of it for sure, the 'best of both worlds' . If you want to be in higher density walkable areas you can go to Downtown or Hollywood. If you want lower density there are options if you want places that are really quiet and not many people around, there is that within a short drive too.

I'm guessing more and more people are visiting downtown L.A that don't work there or live there, if not all the businesses opening there on a regular basis will be in big trouble.

If you look on here for new businesses that have opened in L.A a lot of them are in DTLA or near DTLA . It will show you when they opened too (i.e 2 weeks ago,etc)

Yelp | Search Businesses In Los Angeles, CA

It's pretty amazing that hardly anything seems to be opening in the Westside compared to DTLA.

[munchitup]

Originally Posted by Youngcorporate

Los Angeles is essentially one huge suburb. Most Angelenos don't even venture to DTLA, but as of late that is changing with all the developments going on. But still LA loves it single family homes, freeways, malls, and big box stores. It's a unique city with a variety of living options. We really have the best of both worlds.

Did you know that the majority of Angelenos live in multi-family structures? These days it is a huge luxury to live in a single family home in Los Angeles. Even in the really bad neighborhoods they are pretty pricey.

[jm1982]

Originally Posted by munchitup

Did you know that the majority of Angelenos live in multi-family structures? These days it is a huge luxury to live in a single family home in Los Angeles. Even in the really bad neighborhoods they are pretty pricey.

Yeah that's true . It's pretty crazy that you can be in an area that is considered ghetto but the houses are over 400k.

There is also a lack of townhomes/condos in lot's of areas, which kind of sucks as if you want to buy something but can't afford a single family there isn't an option to purchase.

For example in Panorama City the median Single Family home is $449,000. But there are no condos/townhomes on the market. Of course Panorama City isn't most peoples dream neighborhood..but the point is that people are purchasing SFH at this price.

I think neighborhoods would be better if more people had ownership.

The options shouldn't just be rent a run down apartment building unit or buy a SFH for a huge sum of money like $450k and above.

[StreetLegal]

Originally Posted by Youngcorporate

Los Angeles is essentially one huge suburb. Most Angelenos don't even venture to DTLA, but as of late that is changing with all the developments going on. But still LA loves it single family homes, freeways, malls, and big box stores. It's a unique city with a variety of living options. We really have the best of both worlds.

That is a big time misconception. As was already pointed out, the majority of residents in LA live in multifamily units.

The chief economist at Trulia developed a measure for how urban or suburban major U.S. cities area. The findings are here:

How Suburban Are Big American Cities? | FiveThirtyEight

The Trulia analysis found that Los Angeles was 87 percent urban.

[jm1982]

Lot's of people must be using 1950s or 1960s data.

I hear they are building houses on former farm land in an area called the San Fernando Valley...is this true?

[Mr. Zero]

Originally Posted by StreetLegal

That is a big time misconception. As was already pointed out, the majority of residents in LA live in multifamily units.

The chief economist at Trulia developed a measure for how urban or suburban major U.S. cities area. The findings are here:

How Suburban Are Big American Cities? | FiveThirtyEight

The Trulia analysis found that Los Angeles was 87 percent urban.

Thanks for posting that study. It looks like the cutoff for urban vs suburban was an area with the density of Woodland Hills. I've never been there, but would someone who has been there comment on whether they would personally describe it as urban?

[munchitup]

Originally Posted by StreetLegal

That is a big time misconception. As was already pointed out, the majority of residents in LA live in multifamily units.

The chief economist at Trulia developed a measure for how urban or suburban major U.S. cities area. The findings are here:

How Suburban Are Big American Cities? | FiveThirtyEight

The Trulia analysis found that Los Angeles was 87 percent urban.

Huh - very interesting. Honestly I think that 87 percent urban seems pretty high. Chicago being 100 percent urban seems very high. Even NYC has a few semi-suburban areas. This is probably a product of them using zip codes instead of census tracts, which might give a more refined picture of these cities. Still a cool study and shows just how much more urban Los Angeles is than the cities it is always roped in with - Houston, Dallas, Atlanta, etc. I bet Miami also does better than those cities, as it has a sort of similar urban form.

[jm1982]

This is interesting for those that want to know the density of particular neighborhoods in L.A

Population Density Ranking - Mapping L.A. - Los Angeles Times

Koreatown is the most dense of all the L.A neighborhoods.

Catalina Island is the least dense.

[munchitup]

Originally Posted by jm1982

This is interesting for those that want to know the density of particular neighborhoods in L.A

Population Density Ranking - Mapping L.A. - Los Angeles Times

Koreatown is the most dense of all the L.A neighborhoods.

Catalina Island is the least dense.

it would be cool if they could break some of those cities down more. Santa Monica, Pasadena, Glendale all have a number of diverse neighborhoods in a range of densities.