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Originally Posted by rsbear
That's bullshit. The underpases have wide sidewalks and I used traverse them to walk to the grocery store and my favorite burger joint, amongst other places. I always drive to them now because the underpases are now disgusting and dirty and the homeless milling about under them can be hostile. The changes in the past 5 years in my local area of LA have had a negative impact on my life.
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It's not bullshit. Let me know of one neighborhood pedestrian area that has a freeway running through it. I'll wait. I don't even remember this happening in Chicago. Maybe in NYC, but that's just because of crazy density.
Most people are not walking under freeway passes. They're almost like barriers. It's probably the reason why the homeless set up there, lack of foot traffic and won't be bothered.
You might've, but don't try to say it's something common here. I walked under the 405 (Ventura, the busiest street) in Sherman Oaks to my job for 3 years, and I remember like 10 people doing the same in all that time. And Sherman Oaks/Encino is one of the better connected areas with the freeway seperating them.