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Los Angeles Plays itself

Posted: Sat May 28, 2011 7:35 pm
by mezi
was once a city is now an endless horizontal sprawl of strip malls and freeways.

"They dont throw their garbage away, they turn them into tv shows"
I still love this seamless socal megalopolis despite everything.

Re: Los Angeles Plays itself

Posted: Sat May 28, 2011 8:43 pm
by knell
you can tell that's some old ass footage:

http://brighamyen.com/2011/05/27/the-ch ... wntown-la/

Re: Los Angeles Plays itself

Posted: Sat May 28, 2011 10:12 pm
by mezi
yeah its easy to forget downtown la was once a thriving public space but thanks to general motors buying up all the street cars, and cynical suburban developers which helped suck the life out of the urban core. Almost the exact same thing happened in San Diego, public transport is a disaster, in that you can't live without a car.

Re: Los Angeles Plays itself

Posted: Sat May 28, 2011 10:14 pm
by knell
umm that article is about downtown revitalization, it's actually a really awesome place to hangout these days. did you even read it?

Re: Los Angeles Plays itself

Posted: Sat May 28, 2011 11:16 pm
by mezi
no tl;dr, attention span only for video, but yeah i'll give it a read.