Downtown L.A. is a real deal!

[jm1982]

Originally Posted by adr3naline

Not sure what you're trying to get at. I live in Hollywood and spend ~70hrs/week downtown.



A 1br ~750sqft in a decent building (let's say that means it has air conditioning and in-unit washer/dryer) is about $2600/mo, with virtually no frills. This price point doesn't seem too intense until you take into account the lack of parking, because whether you like it or not, LA is still car-centric and the Metro can only take you so many places. So if your significant other or roommate doesn't have a teleporter, they're going to pay $200+/mo to leave their car somewhere, which is very likely another block/structure.

Given DTLA's renaissance of livability is still years away from being the spectacle that so many articles make it out to be, I'd argue the DTLA rental market is overpriced by ~20%. Real Estate more like 25% (which makes sense considering speculation). I'm sure someone will disagree with me, but spending so much time downtown, even though I love it, I just don't see the value these prices demand. Not yet.

Yeah that's a practical consideration that some might not think of .

Downtown has improved in many ways no doubt , but it still feels like a work in progress and not really there yet . Skid row being right there causes a lot of problems . I could see for some single people but I don't imagine living right in downtown la would be too desirable for families that can afford current rents .
Of course la is a huge city and there are lots of single people with money more than willing to pay to live in downtown .

[BGS91762]

[quote=YoungTraveler2011;48016754]I had to drive to the middle of downtown during rush hour once.



That was your first mistake. I take Metrolink daily to DTLA and it's a

[BGS91762]

Originally Posted by ryanms3030

But DTLA is a cookie cutter big city downtown. The bottom line is DTLA still has 5% of what is going on in LA. If you live in NYC, Chicago, SF, London, Tokyo, Hong Kong etc then everything is concentrated in the city center. In LA you are missing 95% of what LA is if you don't leave downtown. LA is never going to be NYC

Have you ever been to London or Tokyo?? Both have multiple centers interconnected by transit. Neither has one concentrated area. Very muck like the LA mold.

[ryanms3030]

Originally Posted by BGS91762

Have you ever been to London or Tokyo?? Both have multiple centers interconnected by transit. Neither has one concentrated area. Very muck like the LA mold.

Yes. Both have different neighborhoods Shinjuku, Roppongi, Chelsea, Camden etc but they are much more closely concentrated and as you say have a subway system that makes it easy to get anywhere in 20-30 minutes. LA which is really LA County is about 4500 square miles with no reliable easy public transit connecting most of it

[BayAreaHillbilly]

"I, love
Livin' in the city!"

- Lee Ving

[Chicano3000X]

Originally Posted by SoCal25

This ^ all day long.

Old and new architecture, everything a walking distance away or a train hop away and skyscrapers>Boring suburbia..