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always thought the reason is LA is prone to earthquakes
by lovebes 6y ago
always thought the reason is LA is prone to earthquakes
- toasterlovin 6y agoNo, it’s because LA’s subway system is relatively new and, since subways are so expensive to build in the US, not very extensively built out. To be honest, it’s a miracle that LA has a subway system at all, given how irrelevant it is to most people in the city.
- mike50 6y agoI know NYC has extremely construction costs per mile but I've never heard that about Chicago, Washington DC or Philadelphia.
- barbecue_sauce 6y agoPhiladelphia hasn't really expanded its subway system since the 1950s as far as I can tell. Only a few renovations of certain stretches of track (much of which is actually elevated, not underground). Even then, its not a very extensive system; just a north<->south line and a northeast<->west line.
- bogomipz 6y agoThe Blue line opened 30 years ago in 1990 and the most recent line ,the Gold Line opened 17 years ago. The four other lines opened between those years. It's only new relative to say New York's subway or London's but it's not really new to Angelinos at this point.
- clairity 6y agobut construction hasn’t stopped. the expo line for instance opened in 2012 and was extended to santa monica in 2016. the purple line extension and the crenshaw line, to name a couple more, are highly anticipated and ongoing as well.
- joelhoffman 6y agoMexico City is too -- their subway is extensive, heavily used and well designed.