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Originally Posted by BrighamYen
Downtown LA has been neglected for decades upon decades and now that it finally is getting even SOME attention and love (much needed TLC), another annoying suburbanite comes on this forum to contest the "inequities!"  Yes there are "400 other square miles" of LA filled with bland suburbs, bland strip malls, and even more bland freeways that we should totally invest in!!!  Let's just continue to ignore the most substantial part of the City of LA where the history is the richest and the built environment is the most urban and potentially the most environmentally green because it's the most walkable and least dependent on oil-dependent automobiles!! Let's focus on "drought tolerant" landscaping so we can save water and be green, but let's continue to support the bland suburban existence that squanders oil like there's no tomorrow! 
I agree with LAofAnaheim that we must continue to support the continued revitalization of Downtown LA.
This is the most ridiculous assertion I've ever seen before on here: "downtown L.A. =/= the city of Los Angeles."
Downtown LA only happens to be the center of culture, commerce, transportation, govt, and now more and more entertainment for the City of Los Angeles, but yet it's NOT the City of LA! LMAO |
I'd also point out that almost nearly city outside the USA follows this same pattern of the
most investment and wealthiest residents living at the center, with progressively less investment and less wealth as you move outwards.
The US took a different path starting in the 1940s, disinvesting in city centers and encouraging the wealthy and middle class to move out to the suburbs- the so-called "donut" model.
The whole phenomenon of American gentrification is really just a correction away from the unsustainable donut back to the natural "wealth-at-the-center" model that you see in other countries. As Brigham correctly pointed out, Downtown LA (and other downtowns) have been neglected for decades upon decades. Downtown should receive a higher proportion of investment by the city than any other neighborhood, and rightly so. I hope that continues for decades to come.
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