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Old 10-17-2014, 04:11 PM
 
Location: Willowbend/Houston
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Sorry, but no. It's behind DC, the Bay Area, and Boston, and it feels smaller than those metro areas:

https://www.google.com/maps/@47.6258...imvuvTJkPQ!2e0
Youre talking CSA's.

Dallas is the 4th largest metro area. Its the 7th largest combined stistical area.
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Old 10-17-2014, 08:23 PM
 
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Los Angeles needs to invest walkable commercial strips, there are too many strip malls. San Fransisco has commercial strips in the hood that look better/more appealing than most of what Los Angeles has right now. I always felt that was one thing that held the city back....
This is pretty hilarious to hear this coming from someone from Houston lol.
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Old 10-17-2014, 11:59 PM
 
Location: Brooklyn
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Los Angeles needs to invest walkable commercial strips, there are too many strip malls. San Fransisco has commercial strips in the hood that look better/more appealing than most of what Los Angeles has right now. I always felt that was one thing that held the city back....
Los Angeles has plenty of walkable commercial strips.

Hollywood, West Hollywood, Beverly Hills, The Grove/Farmer's Market/Fairfax area, and the most walkable, Santa Monica (in my opinion) to name a few.

The neighborhoods are just sprawled out in different directions and far apart but are very walkable.

Compared to the sprawled, ugly mess of Houston, LA looks is more dense and walkable than New York.
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Old 10-19-2014, 06:39 AM
 
Location: San Antonio
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This is pretty hilarious to hear this coming from someone from Houston lol.
No more hilarious than hearing it from someone in Atlanta.
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Old 10-19-2014, 03:16 PM
 
Location: Who Cares, USA
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No more hilarious than hearing it from someone in Atlanta.
Ha!
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Old 10-19-2014, 06:46 PM
 
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No more hilarious than hearing it from someone in Atlanta.
That would have been good if I had been the one to criticize Los Angeles, but I didn't. L.A. is far more than urban than Houston and Atlanta.
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Old 10-20-2014, 12:26 AM
 
Location: Austin
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Agree to that.
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Old 10-20-2014, 06:26 AM
 
Location: San Antonio
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That would have been good if I had been the one to criticize Los Angeles, but I didn't. L.A. is far more than urban than Houston and Atlanta.
No but you've criticized plenty of other cities before. The point is that a person's place of residence has nothing to do with their attitudes towards urban development.
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Old 10-22-2014, 12:14 PM
 
Location: Dallas,Texas
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Austin is more comparable to Portland.


In any case, how is this thread serious? LA is the entertainment capital of the world, the nation's second biggest city, and the only place in the nation that goes head-to-head with NYC in terms of food, diversity, and the amount of things to do/cultural amenities. Dallas is a sprawling oil-industry-based city known for JR Ewing.
You need to watch this video


Dallas: Big Things Happen Here - YouTube
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Old 10-22-2014, 02:40 PM
 
Location: Pasadena, CA
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In the video it says that Dallas has the largest urban arts district, what exactly does that mean?

One thing I am also curious about is how long it took to get that freeway cap park built? LA has a couple planned (and a few existing cap parks in the metro area) around Hollywood and Downtown. They seem like they are a far-off, distant dream.
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