r/geography • u/villehhulkkonen • 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/deerskillet 1d ago

The public transport in LA is laughably bad outside of few select areas. A car is a requirement to live in the city, unlike NYC, Boston, SF, etc.

Not to mention most major European cities

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u/Limp-Adhesiveness453 1d ago

Damn I must have died along with probably half the people I worked with everyday when I was living there without a car! I didn't even know that!   Lmao you can just say no, it's okay to be wrong

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u/deerskillet 1d ago

Alright I'll admit "requirement" is a bit of a hyperbole, but don't act like driving isnt quicker than public transportation 90% of the time when traveling in LA, often by a factor of 2x or 3x even.

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u/Limp-Adhesiveness453 1d ago

And you're going to have to pay for parking on both ends which is extremely hard to find even though you think apparently everywhere is a parking lot. You're going to spend five times as much and get there slower. Like I said you haven't been there in the last 15 years. I'm sure in the 70s and the eighties it was horrible but they've been building trains and still are building more