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Originally Posted by ocman_
It's a mutual relationship that props up all of LA county. Any time the LA City council comes up with a massively stupid idea, or the public passes idiocy like measure ULA, I thank god other cities in LA County aren't affected by it so at least their economies can thrive.
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SoCal is blessed by the fact LA City only makes up 40% of LA County's population, and < 25% of the broader metro area. Any idiotic laws passed in LA City (Measure ULA, gross receipts tax discouraging business) don't affect the other cities across SoCal. The lack of ULA in all of the region's cities sans LA and Santa Monica, and friendly business environment in places like OC and South Bay for aerospace and advanced manufacturing, allows the region to still thrive even in spite of idiotic LA city laws. It even provides a floor for how low LA proper can go since it can always become a bedroom community while businesses/development concentrate in the rest of the county and region and see indirect economic benefits.
If LA city were closer to NYC in scale (city proper makes up a majority of NYC metro) it would be much more problematic for the region at large.
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