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Instead of dismissing with derogatory terms, you should try to actually get to know these. You’d realize that Santa Monica is very different from West Hollywood

Instead of dismissing with derogatory terms, you should try to actually get to know these. You’d realize that Santa Monica is very different from West Hollywood, which is also different from Hollywood, K-town, etc. Even in the valleys, Sherman Oaks is very different from Agoura. OC would take years to really get to know as well. When you look at areal/satellite imagery, Santa Barbara to San Diego is basically connected by different towns and neighborhoods, with very little breaks. Yet, no one will say that it’s all the same or somehow homogeneous. The scale in itself is breathtaking from the plane.

eganist 4y ago
> Instead of dismissing with derogatory terms, you should try to actually get to know these. Instead of dismissing an objective truth as derogatory, you should get to know the word. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Urban_sprawl https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Urban_sprawl Los Angeles is the most infamous example, and you can look at its evolution here: https://la.curbed.com/2014/4/3/10121264/los-angeles-sprawl-history-map-animation https://la.curbed.com/2014/4/3/10121264/los-angeles-sprawl-h... Sprawl isn't a derogatory term, it's a descriptive one. Likewise just because enclaves have a unique character and governance doesn't mean they're not the outcome of sprawl. Please don't find yourself so easily offended. (I've got almost three years of experience in the LA area largely in a box comprised of Encino, Venice, DTLA, and Burbank, if it adds any credibility to the point. Certainly not a lifetime resident but enough to have my way memorized pretty much everywhere and know why my favorite little place is Sawtelle. Everything in that box is unique, but nevertheless... it's still sprawl) Hope this helps.
- sologoub 4y ago
  If you look up the term “infamous”, you’ll quickly see it’s not a positive one. Neither is urban sprawl. Factual terms can have positive, neutral or negative connotations. The ones used happen to be negative. If you are still in LA, try exploring more than your commute and routine life afford. You’ll be surprised. While not as much Victorian-era architecture has survived as in say San Francisco, there are many interesting pockets to see and neighborhoods to understand. Many generations of immigrants left their marks, with neighborhoods passing from one group to the next, yet their traces remain (such as ethnically specific churches/houses of worship or other long-lived institutions). And if it’s not for you in the end, that’s great too - not everyone enjoys every part of the world. Explore and find what you like best.
  - eganist 4y ago
    Please don't be so easily offended at factual terms used in an objective context (such as sprawl). It's unbefitting, and the pedantry is exhausting. Goodnight.
  - Larrikin 4y ago
    Have you ever lived in a major city outside of LA? To not offend you, important things happen there, but it's not a large city globally (San Francisco is also an example of somewhere not that big but important)
nemo44x 4y ago
Many people, mainly misanthropes, won’t be happy until everyone lives in a soulless box in the sky and eat crickets for dinner after a day of standing on a crowded train. Every apartment block will at least come with a suicide room.

eganist 4y ago

> Instead of dismissing with derogatory terms, you should try to actually get to know these. Instead of dismissing an objective truth as derogatory, you should get to know the word. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Urban_sprawl https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Urban_sprawl Los Angeles is the most infamous example, and you can look at its evolution here: https://la.curbed.com/2014/4/3/10121264/los-angeles-sprawl-history-map-animation https://la.curbed.com/2014/4/3/10121264/los-angeles-sprawl-h... Sprawl isn't a derogatory term, it's a descriptive one. Likewise just because enclaves have a unique character and governance doesn't mean they're not the outcome of sprawl. Please don't find yourself so easily offended. (I've got almost three years of experience in the LA area largely in a box comprised of Encino, Venice, DTLA, and Burbank, if it adds any credibility to the point. Certainly not a lifetime resident but enough to have my way memorized pretty much everywhere and know why my favorite little place is Sawtelle. Everything in that box is unique, but nevertheless... it's still sprawl) Hope this helps.

sologoub 4y ago
If you look up the term “infamous”, you’ll quickly see it’s not a positive one. Neither is urban sprawl. Factual terms can have positive, neutral or negative connotations. The ones used happen to be negative. If you are still in LA, try exploring more than your commute and routine life afford. You’ll be surprised. While not as much Victorian-era architecture has survived as in say San Francisco, there are many interesting pockets to see and neighborhoods to understand. Many generations of immigrants left their marks, with neighborhoods passing from one group to the next, yet their traces remain (such as ethnically specific churches/houses of worship or other long-lived institutions). And if it’s not for you in the end, that’s great too - not everyone enjoys every part of the world. Explore and find what you like best.
- eganist 4y ago
  Please don't be so easily offended at factual terms used in an objective context (such as sprawl). It's unbefitting, and the pedantry is exhausting. Goodnight.
- Larrikin 4y ago
  Have you ever lived in a major city outside of LA? To not offend you, important things happen there, but it's not a large city globally (San Francisco is also an example of somewhere not that big but important)

nemo44x 4y ago

Many people, mainly misanthropes, won’t be happy until everyone lives in a soulless box in the sky and eat crickets for dinner after a day of standing on a crowded train. Every apartment block will at least come with a suicide room.