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Originally Posted by Quixote
LA’s urban core is DT to Santa Monica, north of the 10 and south of the mountains—our “Manhattan.” There’s a clear difference in built form, activity, amenities, and appeal that distinguish it from the rest of the metro area (and the traffic to, from, and within proves it). And in terms of geographic area, it’s relatively compact, so LA’s not that spread out if you view the area in question as a singular entity instead of a collection of nodes separated by a bunch of nothing. But I’ll concede that the lack of transit and contiguity supports the latter view, although this will change over time.
“Low density” is also relative. Is 10,000/square mile low density? Because that’s what the detached SFH nabes average at the very least.
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Ya low-density as an absolute term was probably the wrong way to describe it. LA's core SFH neughbourhoods are much denser than most. My point was more that in most cities, once you got far enough away from Downtown that you were driving through miles of this:
You wouldn't expect to find a highly desirable urban neighbourhood beyond it.