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Originally Posted by edluva
well, stop continuing this discussion then.
you obviously have different (eg. lower) standards, and need to get out of la to see what real urbanism is about.
7th and fig is just crappy. i half expect to see a vacant montgomery wards, payless shoes, and an orange julius in that pit (but until recently pleasantly surprised to see an outdated macy's). the rest of 7th is just spotty, perhaps only good for "canyon photo-op" and the extremely occasional dinner you'll only go to because your tightly knit group of high-school friends are having a reunion at wockano's. 
spring - spotty. couple restaurants here and there. see above.
main - spotty. couple restaurants here and there. see above.
overall - lack of cohesion. dtla is still a destination/event hood. get in, and get out. don't pretend it's suddenly become some established urban nabe just because it's gained some hipster-occupied lofts over the past decade. |
LOL...Wokano's? Really? There are probably 100 better restaurants in the vicinity- many of which have opened the past year alone. We can all cherry-pick examples. I mean...NYC sucks for restaurants because there's a Sbarro's in Times Square...right?
Then again, what do I know? I'm probably a philistine that wouldn't know good urbanism if it hit me in the face. After all, I've only visited 5 out of 7 of the continents so far and have only lived in backwaters like London, Philly, and DC before moving to LA.
Please Edluva, leave the convo to those of us that can refrain from making sweeping, false, generalizations about neighborhoods they clearly don't know anything about.