Has everything in LA gotten much worse over the past few years? (Los Angeles: houses, costs)

[owl6969]

Originally Posted by Babe_Ruth

Hells yes, Kings are a much more accomplished franchise now, than a decade ago. Clips are also improved. I remember LA sports in the era OP is starting from (early & mid 2000s). The Clippers were promoting the visiting teams when they would come to Staples. Instead of a shot of Brand or Piatkowski, the Clips' ad would show a star from the opponent's team to try and sell tickets..
And truth is, those Clipper squads were cool.. Elton Brand, Corey Maggette, Cherokee Parks, Eric Piatkowski.. I miss those cats.

But spectator sports aren't much of a consolation, if you feel your whole city is otherwise slipping.

You forgot Darius miles. They were real cool with him.

[CA4Now]

Originally Posted by 3shipguy

Please define what this culture is. Enlighten Angelenos so we can gain some perspective

cul·ture
ˈkəlCHər/

noun
1.the arts and other manifestations of human intellectual achievement regarded collectively.
"20th century popular culture"
synonyms: the arts, the humanities, intellectual achievement; literature, music, painting, philosophy, the performing arts
culture Definition in the Cambridge English Dictionary

[MItoBH]

Originally Posted by CA4Now

cul·ture
ˈkəlCHər/

noun
1.the arts and other manifestations of human intellectual achievement regarded collectively.
"20th century popular culture"
synonyms: the arts, the humanities, intellectual achievement; literature, music, painting, philosophy, the performing arts
culture Definition in the Cambridge English Dictionary

According to this definition, LA has oodles of ˈkəlCHər

[RaymondChandlerLives]

Originally Posted by WizardOfRadical

People who say LA has no culture are neurotic people who simply do not fit in. They usually are not fun people to be around no matter where they are .

Precisely.

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Originally Posted by PDF

You made a truly unsupportable and yes moronic statement...Los Angles has ZERO culture. And you added nothing to back up your claim. I provided two links which succinctly describe the culture of Los Angeles (from art to literature to architecture to name just a few of the many cultural contributions of LA). Does not matter if you were the first man on the moon...your statement has no merit.

Speaking of the Neil Armstrong, the Los Angeles region played a huge role getting him to the moon.

LA is pretty damn influential for a city with literally no culture.

[ryanms3030]

Originally Posted by Babe_Ruth

Hells yes, Kings are a much more accomplished franchise now, than a decade ago. Clips are also improved. I remember LA sports in the era OP is starting from (early & mid 2000s). The Clippers were promoting the visiting teams when they would come to Staples. Instead of a shot of Brand or Piatkowski, the Clips' ad would show a star from the opponent's team to try and sell tickets..
And truth is, those Clipper squads were cool.. Elton Brand, Corey Maggette, Cherokee Parks, Eric Piatkowski.. I miss those cats.

But spectator sports aren't much of a consolation, if you feel your whole city is otherwise slipping.

Quentin Richardson ftw

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UVmH6eJMFvI

[3shipguy]

Originally Posted by CA4Now

cul·ture
ˈkəlCHər/

noun
1.the arts and other manifestations of human intellectual achievement regarded collectively.
"20th century popular culture"
synonyms: the arts, the humanities, intellectual achievement; literature, music, painting, philosophy, the performing arts
culture Definition in the Cambridge English Dictionary

Then those who say LA has no culture lack the intellect to decipher so...

[ryanms3030]

[quote=Astral_Weeks;42046645]

Originally Posted by [B

PDF[/b];42040349]LA has zero culture. quote]


Since you are a country bumpkin from Tampa we understand that culture is a foreign concept to you.


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arts_a...of_Los_Angeles


http://www.highbrowmagazine.com/2685...-rich-boroughs

The Dali Museum is in St Pete and it's one of the best museums I've been to in the world

The Dali Museum, St. Petersburg, FL | Unparalleled collection of Salvador Dali art works

[RaymondChandlerLives]

Originally Posted by ryanms3030

The Dali Museum is in St Pete and it's one of the best museums I've been to in the world

The Dali Museum, St. Petersburg, FL | Unparalleled collection of Salvador Dali art works

Cute, but the LA region probably has more museums than all of Florida--it is easily the #2 city in the US for contemporary art.

[LuvSouthOC]

Originally Posted by jm1982

One issue with L.A is that there are a lot of people here from other places...places that they fled from..but even though they chose L.A as the place to live, they still don't really feel loyal to L.A .

The place they are from might be somewhere on the east coast or another country like Mexico or somewhere in Asia , Europe, Middle East,etc.

I think that this can lead to a lack of caring about issues with the city.
There might be a lot of people that think , "I'm here to make money and then i'll move back to X city or X country"

1000X this. It is as if many newcomers feel little if any attachment; just here for the buck.

[LuvSouthOC]

Originally Posted by Ubzar

Come to Montenegro, Spain, Italian and French coasts, Greek beach-cities. You will see the same culture, but actually MUCH MORE REAL CULTURE!

LA still has no soul. Just a giant American suburb under the sun, with some retail streets, famous fake-parks, big mansions on the hills, rapers, smokers, hippies, porno performers and millions of boring regular people.

Have you actually sought out culture in LA? I suspect you have not. If you had, you could not have reached this conclusion.

Did you go to the Getty, MOCA, LACMA, Norton Simmon, The Broad (to name just a few as there are countless museums in the greater LA area)?

Did you go see our missions in the area?

Did you see any botanical gardens?

Did you see any television shows or movies produced in LA?

Did you try any exciting world-class LA cuisine?

No, you obviously didn't.

Millions of boring people? Yes, one finds that in Europe too.