Originally posted by
tommaso
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I don't know a single person in the well to do sections of the West Side of L.A. who would even remotely consider the possibility of living in the filth of the urban sections of L.A. that us skyscraper enthusiasts appreciate. I am not advocating that every resident of Brentwood or Pacific Palisades consider uprooting and moving to DTLA or Hollywood. But, there is a clearly defined division in cultural and housing tastes that separates the well to do residents of the affluent areas of the Westside and their well scrubbed cousins in the DTLA/Hollywood urban core. These residents of the Westside and particularly in the communities located North of Wilshire, they do not want to be bothered with urban issues and they would abhor having to deal with the smell and noise that are typically associated with living in an urban landscape.
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I wouldn't be so sure. When I lived in LA, a number of people I knew located to the West side because they could get their urban fix in Santa Monica or Venice. A renewal of DTLA provides an alternative that is far more real than Venice or SM......esp as the various districts like the Bank District and the Arts District expand and merge with each other.
In addition, I think DTLA is going to see a huge growth in its resident population for no other reason that its behind so many other big cities like Chicago or SF or NYC in this dept. I believe there is pent up demand that is just now starting to get tapped. I predicted it but few people in LA believed me when I lived that.
Very nice to see I am not totally crazy.
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