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Originally Posted by ThreeHundred
You should come to Chicago. The problems this city is facing puts LA inability to build a park to shame. Problems such as a very high murder rate (50 percent higher than Los Angeles), closing schools (50 schools were closed in May), rabid gang infestation, 100+ year old infrastructure (let me just say that Chicago's traffic is much worse than LA's), and a mayor that nobody likes (Chicago wises it had Eric Garcetti). I've been here since March which is long enough to say that Chicago's problems far outweigh those of LA. Not turning this into a city vs city debate but when you look at the overall scheme of things, LA's future is a much brighter one than a lot of cities. You yourself asked me despite LA's problems would I live here or Chicago and I said that I'd live in Los Angeles in a heartbeat.
LA is at a tipping point. It can go one way or it can go the other. Unlike a lot of major cities with over a million + people, LA has a lot of growing left to do. Sure we are frustrated with the wave of 7 story TCA wonderboxes popping up downtown. But I see LA as a ball of clay waiting to be molded. This city can go so many different directions. It's that that makes me excited for better or for worse about the future of LA.
(It should also be said that Chicagoans view those from Indiana the same way Angelinos view those from The OC. But change rich to hicks. Just sayin).
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This. Thank you ThreeHundred for some reasonablenss.
HunterK - grass is always greener on the other side, but don't forget to appreciate what is in your backyard.
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