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Originally Posted by LA21st
Right.
If that's their opinion, that's fine. But don't take a FEW snapshots and say this is what it is. That's bs and other cities posters HAVE and will take the same issues with the same thing.
I remember Houston posters upset about downtown pics of downtown Houston parking lots for God's sakes. So this is not a LA thing.
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How did LA ever survive without you? The part of central LA west of the 110, north of the 10, south of Santa Monica (really Sunset), and east of Western is largely dumpy, in my opinion.
Compared to central neighborhoods in the 'favored direction' out from downtown in other peer cities (i.e. north for Chicago, NW for DC, basically all of NE San Francisco), this part of LA falls way flat. Compared to some of the Asian cities that look like they're from the future, it falls way flat.
I don't really care if some internet stranger thinks I'm uncultured for finding the sale of...bootleg? stolen? laundry detergent and shit on the sidewalk unbecoming of a first-world, aspiring alpha city. Sorry, but sidewalks cluttered up with tents and trash is not something I find aesthetically pleasing. I don't find fast food restaurants (with drive thrus) and crappy single story retail outlets with half their merchandise displayed on the sidewalk appealing urban amenities. Perhaps we just have different standards.
This conversation is ultimately extremely dumb. I was responding to someone who said that a Korean friend remarked that s/he found LA's Ktown and surrounding areas to be dumpy. I merely agreed and that was going to be that until LA's very own Jesus Christ swooped in and saved the day. Thank god for you, LA21st