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Originally Posted by brudy
Very well said. I agree about downtown's "self-esteem", particularly in the eyes of old-timers, where anything other than a parking lot or a one-story taco stand is an improvement and from the outside where the perception is that it is so crappy now they should be happy with anything. We should be courting development that's comparable to other great cities, not what's already here.
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brudy, since you live in dt, I defer to forumers like you, or anyone else who spends lots of time there. But I'm not so sure about other ppl, including me, who view dtla from a distance, who think of it in overly theoretical terms, & act like armchair urbanists about what the hood needs or doesn't need.
I notice that when I haven't been in dt for quite awhile, I find myself becoming rather forgiving of its weaknesses....of its
qualities....& start to romanticize its good points. But then I'll drop by the hood for a direct visit &.... KERPLUNK!....I'll suddenly feel like someone has just bopped me on the head.....meaning the amt of
blight & grit & areas in sore need of new devlpt becomes overwhelmingly obvious all over again.
That's why certainly in my case I say that a person has to really be in the hood on a frequent basis....if not 24/7 or full time than at least on more than a few occasions each yr....to get the full effect....the stereo surround sound....of what is good....or bad....about dt.
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