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Originally Posted by plutonicpanda
I guess it's all in perspective. I would be inclined to agree with you. I am constantly surprised how active and massive DTLA is and it's footprint of vibrancy is expanding rapidly. I do believe those who think DTLA is weak either don't take into account the nature of LA itself or haven't been there in awhile as I've only been here for 5 years but even in that time it is has grown a pretty good clip.
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There seems to be way more activity than five years ago. I think people would be surprised how busy the historic core areas are on a weekend, which is when I visit. More international newspapers are discovering downtown LA (Cape Town's newspaper this week was impressed, for example) as a destination on it's own. The NY Times is always discussing downtown's progress.
I think as Broadway continues it's gentrification, you'll see more attention .
Downtown will never fully representt LA's population, but to me, between downtown LA and Santa Monica does and it's pretty awesome.