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Originally Posted by RuFFy
I'm no expert by any means, but I believe more and more people are opening up to the possibility of living car free. After having lived in NY (this is not a comparison) I'd LOVE nothing more than to live car free, permanently. I believe more people are going to be willing to give up yards and the typical suburban California stuff in favor of walkable neighborhoods and that downtowns growth trend will continue. Now, I don't believe this specifically will create more skyscrapers, but I believe cleaned up neighborhoods might open the eyes of those who don't really look downtown to the possibility. What I believe will lead to more skyscrapers is the transportation system meeting in downtown. It's in a company's best interest to locate itself in a place accessible to a larger populace, and hopefully a more educated one as well. Now, I'm not saying downtown is the only place positioned to take advantage of this access, but it is increasing more and more. I imagine as people start to move toward the central city, perhaps some businesses will follow them.
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60% of LA's residents live in apartments or other, multifamily units. Not that apartment living is synonymous with "urbanity," though. The real number is actually alot higher, as many people live in de-facto multifamily layouts (e.g, immigrants in Boyle Heights or Pico-Union living in divided up SFH's).
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