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Originally Posted by LA21st
Or maybe LA and LA county is undercounted. It never challenges the Census like NYC does. And maybe many people moved back after covid was over.
It feels like traffic is worse than 2019 at the moment. It's crazy. Same for buses and trains. Just more people.
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Originally Posted by LosAngelesSportsFan
It really does. Also, I've always hated how our political leaders never challenged the census. We're leaving so much money on the table every year because we have morons in charge
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Or it could be both. besides LA/LA County isn't alone in the undercounting thing.
and like I said, traffic can be worse if families of 4+ are being replaced by singles and DINKs. there aren't enough people to replace the family 1:1, but the car ratio is likely higher with the singles/DINKs. I know people who bought homes from families during the latest housing buy up and they don't have kids but have two cars. bring in a roommate and that's 3 cars to a house that use to only have 2 max, even though there are 3 people living in the house vs the 4-5+ before. thus the domestic out-migration but feelings of more traffic at times.
LA (and coastal CA in general) attracts more people, specifically domestically, that move out here and dont want kids or do very late. out of our friend circle we are the only ones with kids even though there are several married couples, yet in my old friend circle back home there's several couples with kids.
all we have right now is the census data to go off of, so that's what I'm using to be consistent across the board