r/geography 2d 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/McMuffinManz 2d ago

This does not look suburban. Many suburbs have plenty of trees and open spaces.

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u/bestnameofalltime 2d ago

Sure, nice suburbs have trees and open spaces, but that is not required to qualify as a suburb.

This is not a dense urban city core, and it's not rural farmland either, it's in between. what else do you call that?

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u/OceanWaveSunset 2d ago

Urban

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u/BigTomBombadil 1d ago

Yeah I misspoke initially, should have put “urban”. For whatever reason, was the first post I checked this morning, commented while I was barely awake.