r/geography • u/villehhulkkonen • 1d ago

La is a wasted opportunity Discussion

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Imagine if Los Angeles was built like Barcelona. Dense 15 million people metropolis with great public transportation and walkability.

They wasted this perfect climate and perfect place for city by building a endless suburban sprawl.

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u/toxiccalienn 1d ago

Sadly like many other cities in the US, walk ability is an afterthought. I live in a moderately sized city (400k+) and walk ability is terrible half the streets don’t even have sidewalks

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u/nsjersey 1d ago

This should be a pinned post on the sub if people ask about LA

And this was done in 1990 & is still relevant today

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u/ThisStrawberry212 1d ago

I wonder why this video is blocked in Germany.

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u/Captain_Smartass_ 1d ago

It's a clip from a movie with Steve Martin

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u/_deep_thot42 1d ago

It’s from LA Story and it’s a fantastic satire

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u/ThisStrawberry212 1d ago

Ah must be blocked for copywrite of the movie or something. My german isn't great so I didn't understand what the message said fully.

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u/Kayakular 1d ago

welcome, when you got your passport stamped he didn't say anything about GEMA?

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u/ThisStrawberry212 1d ago

Mmm maybe. I can't remember anything he said.

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u/Kayakular 1d ago

lmao I'm just fucking around, GEMA is like the shit that blocks (or blocked, I haven't lived in Germany in a little while) all of the music videos on youtube. it was the ultimate cancer 2012-2015 or so

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u/Neckarstaedtler 1d ago

"This video contains content from Tele München Fernseh GmbH + Co. Produktionsgesellschaft VOD, who has blocked it in your country on copyright grounds"

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u/ThisStrawberry212 1d ago

Ah thankyou. Edit oh it literally says that too. I just didn't read it I guess.

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u/AxelFauley 1d ago edited 1d ago

Nice country you've got there. God forbid you watch a 30 seconds clip on YT from a 1990s movie.

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u/Raboyto2 1d ago edited 16h ago

They are ensuring the mentality does not spread

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u/DriedSquidd 1d ago

Don't worry. That mentality is already widely spread in Germany.

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u/Letsbesensibleplease 1d ago

It's LA Story, a superb and much underrated comedy with Steve Martin.

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u/SawinBunda 1d ago

It tells you why.

This video contains content from Tele München Fernseh GmbH + Co. Produktionsgesellschaft VOD, who has blocked it in your country on copyright grounds

They have the right for Germany and don't want it available for free. That's how copyright works. Different markets, different right holders.

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u/AxelFauley 1d ago edited 1d ago

God forbid you watch a 30 seconds clip on YT from a 1990s movie. Truly a nation of obedient folks, Germany.

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u/derda2345 1d ago

It even tells you why it is blocked. "Dieses Video enthält Inhalte von Tele München Fernseh GmbH + Co. Produktionsgesellschaft VOD. Dieser Partner hat das Video in deinem Land aus urheberrechtlichen Gründen gesperrt."

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u/ptk77 1d ago

Reminds me of the opening scene to the Gods Must Be Crazy (1980) when a lady drives down her driveway, just to get her mail.

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u/MaxGlutePress 1d ago

I love that movie so much. I'm gonna watch it again now that you reminded me of it

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u/An-Angel-Named-Billy 1d ago

Hey my dad does that

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u/FoodPrep 1d ago

I lived in a place like that. The driveway was a steep hill that was like 1/4 mile long. the mailbox was at the bottom of the hill, while the house was at the top.

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u/infinitezero8 1d ago

Not relevant or realistic to LA at all

There should be no way to pull forward as all the parking spots would be taken and a few dinguses would be double parked

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u/holytriplem 1d ago

I'm always amazed by the number of people who use "yOU CAN'T pARK aNYWHERE" as a reason not to go to a restaurant or something.

What they actually mean is, you can't park right in front of a restaurant, but instead have to park down a nearby residential street and walk about 2 minutes.

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u/Letsbesensibleplease 1d ago

"First stop is six blocks from here."

"Why don't we walk?"

"Walk? A walk in LA!"

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u/Raangz 1d ago

i need to watch this movie, lol. never seen it.

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u/nsjersey 20h ago

The robbery scene is just as funny

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u/NVJAC 1d ago

The LA band Missing Persons had a song in 1983 called "Walking in LA", where the gist was "Nobody walks in LA"

https://youtu.be/Rp37QWwdPqM?si=gFHMstdMIW-zBmPD

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u/SailsAcrossTheSea 1d ago

eh, waste of time. not specific to LA

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u/Fallen_Heroes_Tavern 1d ago

Holy shit. TIL I learned that "A Life Less Ordinary" is an homage to "LA Story"

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u/pandazerg 1d ago

A friend gave me am funny book about LA awhile back, all you need to know about the city.

Los Angeles is Hideous: Poems About An Ugly City by Andrew Heaton

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u/uknowthe1ph 1d ago

I thought this would be about how the automotive companies lobbied to make western cities car dependent but instead it was just a little joke that wasn’t very relevant

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u/Mecos_Bill 1d ago

They'll just say that you're jealous that you don't live there and how it's the best place to live in the US