Don't they build any NEW houses! (Los Angeles, Riverside: rental, crime, safe neighborhoods)

[scoelen]

Keep AWAY the "new modern kind of houses where they build them all in a row and it's huge surburb-like area with green grass everywhere and all". "Green grass everywhere" is your 10x10 yard, no thanks. " normal life" what normal life for you, isn't normal me. Row houses are the dullness pit of America, no thought into it, living like robots, led like cattle. If that is the kind of lifestyle you want, go to IRVINE Orange County. It looks like your living in the "Truman Show"

You see some people dont want to be the same as the other person, and we dont have to, and we get along just fine.

Ever wonder why Developers dont live in the Row home suburbs. You go stir crazy living the same thing over and over and over.

[matt345]

As others have said, LA has no land left to build these mega housing developments that you see in Las Vegas, Dallas, etc. Because of the mountains and ocean, LA ran out of land a long time ago. And I have to say that I'm glad. One thing I really like about Los Angeles is that unlike other "sunbelt" cities, the housing stock here really has a lot of character with a very wide variety of styles. The neighborhoods are more walkable since the street are laid out in a grid with commercial development built directly adjacent to residential streets; unlike newer suburbs where you have individual subdivisions and huge strip malls, with no way of walking between the two.

[allenk893]

Originally Posted by matt345

As others have said, LA has no land left to build these mega housing developments that you see in Las Vegas, Dallas, etc. Because of the mountains and ocean, LA ran out of land a long time ago. And I have to say that I'm glad. One thing I really like about Los Angeles is that unlike other "sunbelt" cities, the housing stock here really has a lot of character with a very wide variety of styles. The neighborhoods are more walkable since the street are laid out in a grid with commercial development built directly adjacent to residential streets; unlike newer suburbs where you have individual subdivisions and huge strip malls, with no way of walking between the two.

More walkable? In what Beverly Hills? You seem to be leaving out the 'walkable' areas of the ghetto. I bet you wouldn't believe it was so 'walkable' if you lived in those areas no offense. But yeah I do love that Los Angeles has a lot of variety of houses. I don't like the fact they most are old however.

[allenk893]

Originally Posted by scoelen

Keep AWAY the "new modern kind of houses where they build them all in a row and it's huge surburb-like area with green grass everywhere and all". "Green grass everywhere" is your 10x10 yard, no thanks. " normal life" what normal life for you, isn't normal me. Row houses are the dullness pit of America, no thought into it, living like robots, led like cattle. If that is the kind of lifestyle you want, go to IRVINE Orange County. It looks like your living in the "Truman Show"

You see some people dont want to be the same as the other person, and we dont have to, and we get along just fine.

Ever wonder why Developers dont live in the Row home suburbs. You go stir crazy living the same thing over and over and over.

I think you over exaggerated just a tad bit with your unforgettable quote "Row houses are the dullness pit of America". If you haven't lived in one then you wouldn't know what it's like. Row houses are what you make them out to be. Just because they are usually in clean areas and lots of green scenery does not mean it's a completely quiet suburbia mess of i'll-call-the-cops-on-your-ass-if-you-make-noise kind of place. My neighborhood certainly isn't like that. People play loud music, have parties in the garage and on the front lawn with family, they take dogs out, and it's just a really good atmosphere. It's a very lively neighborhood. And it's safe. I don't understand why you also dissed the green grass thing. I think alot more green grass in Los Angeles would make it a more visually attractive city. I see nothing wrong with that at all. Sure you don't have to be like other cities but I was just wondering and I got the message.

And also I never said ALL of Los Angeles should have houses like that. I said why don't they build some areas of Los Angeles with that. Not areas where families would disturb you working around fancy Hollywood town. If they actually built some in places like the ghetto maybe it wouldn't be ghetto anymore. Middle class families who grew up in LA could actually afford to stay there. All you seem to care about is yourself. You've made it in LA. Congratulations. But for the millions of families that had to move away from their hometown, it's really sad. That was their home.

[allenk893]

Originally Posted by LivingLikeAGradStudent

There are still plenty of nice places for families, with and without kids, to rent in the actual L.A. parts of Los Angeles. New tract housing? Those developments are the ones suffering the most in the housing crisis, because the buyers barely could afford to buy them with the shaky lending practices. The bones on older places in L.A. are generally much better than KB-level houses with small yards.

Really? That's so interesting. But honestly, I don't believe their are any nice places for families that are struggling living in Middle Class. That's presumably why so many are leaving.

[matt345]

Originally Posted by allenk893

More walkable? In what Beverly Hills? You seem to be leaving out the 'walkable' areas of the ghetto. I bet you wouldn't believe it was so 'walkable' if you lived in those areas no offense. But yeah I do love that Los Angeles has a lot of variety of houses. I don't like the fact they most are old however.

How is this any different than any other city? Yes, Los Angeles has ghettos that aren't pleasant to walk around. But so does NYC, Chicago, DC, New Orleans, etc. What you just said about LA applies to almost every other major city out there.

[Sorcerer68]

Originally Posted by allenk893

I don't think it's that bad. I mean seriously, if you don't have kids and a wife then you wouldn't know what it's like. Now I don't live there, but LA seems to be a place where you have to be making good money to live comfortably in a seemingly good neighborhood where you won't have the possibility of getting shot walking down the street. Or your family members. You had to be making real good money for that. That's why I'm starting to wonder why shouldn't they make new housing projects? Some middle-class families would actually be able to settle down there. LA is a hometown to many families in America by the way. It's not just a city for single people looking to get lucky in Hollywood (lol like me). So I realize they shouldn't build them near downtown but LA is a big a** city. There's room somewhere for it! Somewhere presumbly safe.

What do new housing developments have to do with safe neighborhoods? NOTHING. Palmdale, Riverside....I could go on...have plenty of new homes. I live in a community with 70-80 year-old homes (average) and we have a clean, safe, gorgeous community. Anyone attempting to flatten anything and build these monstrosities would be run out of town. For anyone who really loves new homes, go to Las Vegas or the IE or Santa Clarita. Remember about affordability: real estate goes for what the market will bear.


FYI, I'm raising a 9 year-old. There's plenty for us to do with him here, plenty of families who live nearby, lots of kids and LAUSD (luckily) has done a great job with my special needs kid (Autism Spectrum Disorder).

[ConsideringLA]

Originally Posted by allenk893

More walkable? In what Beverly Hills? You seem to be leaving out the 'walkable' areas of the ghetto. I bet you wouldn't believe it was so 'walkable' if you lived in those areas no offense. But yeah I do love that Los Angeles has a lot of variety of houses. I don't like the fact they most are old however.

There are a ton of walkable, safe neighborhoods in LA, including the Valley which is mostly part of the city of LA.

It sounds like you're ignorant of the area... visit lalife.com to see a quick map of what is safe and what isn't.

Then visit walkscore.com to see if a given area is "walkable."

[puffle]

Allen, you might consider Virginia? Loudon Country, Reston Country, Fairfax County have all gone the way of planned communities in "safe" neighborhoods. Reston, Va. was actually the first planned community in the nation. Virginia still has one of the lowest unemployment rates in the country....under 3%! They have lovely planned communities you might like with everything from apartment living, Townhomes and single family dwellings. Much, much more for your money than in Los Angeles. I think Loudon County was one of the fastest growing counties in the nation last year. Maybe worth checking out if you don't find what you want in L.A.

[VillageLife]

The new developement in West Covina on Azusa ave where the new sportsplex is built,They are no the hills.