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You're looking at the wrong side of the chart. Look at the right side where it says "Commuters" and not "Total Adults." That figure for L.A. is 12 percent, not 25 percent. Los Angeles County obviously does not have 7.5 million bus riders.
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If that first breakdown is for LA, I don't believe those numbers. No way in hell more than half of LA bus riders have incomes of 75k+. That's not realistic.
Keep in mind that the overall population of LA households won't have that proportion of 75k+ incomes. It's basically saying that LA bus riders are richer than the average Angelino, which doesn't pass the smell test.
This is just nuts. Unless you're talking about the LA's "region," the city of LA-- downtown -- seems like a mid-sized city, and absolutely no bigger. The region, yes, is large and incredibly spread out and sprawling, so it is massive but if you're talking downtown, it's not at all impressive in any imagineable sense. For a city with it's population size, the city/core is underwhelming at best.
Also, it's incredibly apparent that you have never been to Chicago otherwise you'd (hopefully) censor comments like the one above.
I don't see what's so nuts about thinking a much larger city "feels" bigger than a much smaller one. Seems pretty normal to me actually.
LA is just a weird city. When Metro or MARTA first opened up in D.C. and Atlanta, the people just took it or didn't. It's hardly a matter of discussion. In LA you'll have the wiz kids telling all their friends they rode the train for the first time and that they should try it too. It's like going to Disney World and tweeting about it. It's not meant to be a conversation starter but it's still a powerful marketing tool, word of mouth.
I don't know...among my age group, its just another thing now. And I grew up here.
Again, my generation was the first generation to actually grow up with PT in LA in the modern era (those under 25), and its not like I grew up in a PT dense part of LA.
Hell, some days whenever I had days off from school, my friends and I used to go take the red and blue lines to Long Beach and spend the day at the beach or at the aquarium.
I don't know ANYONE who's ever updated their FB or tweeted they took the train and I'd say around 50-60% of my FB friends are from LA.
Btw, Google shows that the commute from Northridge to DTLA is 1 hour, 10 minutes by car (shortest route) in current traffic and 1 hour, 46 minutes by transit (shortest route). That's not even factoring in that you have to get to the bus stop and wait on it. I'd rather drive than sit on a train and bus for damn near two hours.
There is a difference between posting that on your FACEBOOK and TWITTER (which is what the poster said).
No that's not what I said exactly. I made an analogy about Disney World to Twitter not transit in LA. I did mean to say that people in LA do talk about things that people in other cities wouldn't talk about. Not saying you or anyone you know partake in that but LA is a talkers town. People there find a reason to talk about everything.
Btw, Google shows that the commute from Northridge to DTLA is 1 hour, 10 minutes by car (shortest route) in current traffic and 1 hour, 46 minutes by transit (shortest route). That's not even factoring in that you have to get to the bus stop and wait on it. I'd rather drive than sit on a train and bus for damn near two hours.
LOL Proof?
Let me know about my daily commute since you're an expert on it I leave my house 7:15 and get off at 7th and Metro at 8:20..and that's if I decide to take the bus from my house.
If I drive to the Orange Line, I'd shave around 10 minutes off.
I would make a video about it and time elapse it, but you'd get all butthurt about it too, so whats the point. You're the expert here.
In short, no matter what I say would ever change your mind because you're pretty set in your way of thinking about a place that has little or no bearing on you.
Stay obsessed, my friend.
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No that's not what I said exactly. I made an analogy about Disney World to Twitter not transit in LA. I did mean to say that people in LA do talk about things that people in other cities wouldn't.
And in my whole lifetime being here, I rarely hear people talk about the metro. I posted something on CD because CD is a City Enthusiast site. My personal facebook is NOT populated with urban enthusiasts.
You think that people are obsessed in real life about PT, city amenities, and the like in real life as they are on CD?
I hear more about people talking about the Dodgers, Lakers, and even my boss' kid more than I hear about PT, which comes around 9231st in things to talk about in any city.
You should make a video. I simply used Google to see what the commute was like. In nearly all cities, including NYC, it is invariably faster to commute by car than transit. But most people on the East Coast will not commute by car because the parking is too expensive.
Not really during rush hour. Compare google car times (with traffic) for public transit commute times. And many times, even if transit is slower, it's not by much.
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I leave my house 7:15 and get off at 7th and Metro at 8:20..and that's if I decide to take the bus from my house.
