I think when ppl in these communities talk about overdevelopment and a neighborhood's character, it's more a discussion about gentrification and displacing the working ppl that have been there for decades. overdevelopment usually means ppl with more money pushing out the ppl with less.
Yes, Venice is expensive bc all the ppl with money displaced the working ppl without. this neighborhood wasn't always like this and there are of ton of ppl here still under rent control that like the old character. there are other pockets of LA undergoing the same dynamics at play here.
I have a friend whose landlord made his life a living hell trying to get him out of his rent control apartment that he lived in a 15 yrs. the harrasment started when the old owner died and someone else bought the property to do exactly what your initial post was about. Eventually he had to move.
Hole in One used to sell my boy Jeremiah 40s in high school! Those were some great memories, saving our lunch money and not eating lunch to buy 40s after school and drink them at his house bc his dad didn’t care.
It's the most baffling thing. I'm looking at places in and around Irvine now. Utterly charmless, insanely expensive. At least back East it's merely insanely expensive.
1. Anything that de-emphasizes car culture
2. Anything that allows more of “those people” to move in
3. Any development in which the developer might make even a sliver of profit
I agree. The last one is just a pretext for the first two things though. So are the fake concerns about schools, water, most environmental concerns and all neighborhood character concerns.
I just spent a week in Zihuatanejo MX. It is no anti car place. But guess where all the money is made… in the old part of town where cars can’t fit. Also there is a van and bus system that 85% of people use except the really wimpy white people. $.13 Mx and you can get anywhere. Cars ruin cities.
Thats good! More is never a bad thing. Private car ownership is out dated tech though. We can do better for the health of ppl (fumes, micro plastics from car tyres) and planet (hugely resource hungry) and honestly - super inefficient and costly for households.
Unfortunately the Lincoln corridor is where Santa Monica wants to put most of its new housing. You’re absolutely right that even these developments are opposed by their neighbors, but it is a terrible highway to live on and the promised street improvements are coming in at a snails pace
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Me back home: What if we had bike lanes replace 2 lanes in this 8-lane stroad?
Response: WHAT ABOUT THE FIRE TRUCCKSSSS!!? HOW DARE YOU TAKE OUR CARS AWAY!!!! WHY DO YOU HATE AMERICA!!!?
Wired: Breezewood
https://la.curbed.com/maps/back-to-the-future-filming-locations
"In the 80s we'd go to the beach south of Venice and you'd have to wash (scrape?) the tar off your feet, from walking in the sand."
https://www.reddit.com/r/Damnthatsinteresting/comments/12u2uxh/venice_beach_in_the_1920s1930s/
2. Anything that allows more of “those people” to move in
3. Any development in which the developer might make even a sliver of profit
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/ckgd6glr6zdo