Farmer's Field is running into obstacles right now, giving SD time to work on their East Village stadium plan. People are worried the Chargers will bolt to LA, but at least not for another year.
Phoenix is basically making a much small version of LA Live right now with the LED boards and CS office/hotel and USAC.
Vicelord John: By some calculations, LA is the densest urban area in America, exceeding NYC metro.
PhxSunsFan: Why hate on LA? I would think that Phoenix would be honored to be mentioned alongside a world-class city. I didn't expect false stereotypes of LA from a SSP member. As for traffic, yeah it's heavy and can be bad, but I consistently make it to Marina del Rey in under 2 hours from San Diego. LA smog is usually attributed to water vapor from the Pacific, Hollywood has done a great job portraying this as it ads to the effect and visual appeal of many films. Many LA air monitoring stations are consistently lower than Phoenix and Houston.
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transpo...in_Los_Angeles
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Despite the congestion in the city, the mean travel time for commuters in Los Angeles is shorter than other major cities, including New York City, Philadelphia and Chicago. Los Angeles' mean travel time for work commutes in 2006 was 29.2 minutes, similar to those of San Francisco and Washington, DC
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Yet LA is much larger than SF and DC metros.
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Despite the assertion of the popular song that "nobody walks in L.A.", 3.4% of Los Angeles residents commute to work by walking
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Ranked by daily ridership, the Los Angeles subway ranked as the ninth-busiest rapid transit system in the United States. Ranked by passengers per route mile, however, the system ranks sixth, transporting 8,846 passengers per route mile,[32] more than San Francisco's Bay Area Rapid Transit or the Chicago 'L'.
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LA is actively working on the "subway to the sea" and the expo line LRT to Culver City is about to open with the 2nd phase meeting at the SM subway.
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Including other municipal bus operators, Los Angeles County averages 1.7 million bus boardings per weekday
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Nobody in LA uses mass transit...really?!