>>2549691
The reason the suburbs look like car centric shitholes is because they’re designed to be that way. The rich people live out in the hills to get away from the homeless and crime of the city. Then they drive downtown (or more likely are driven downtown) at night for parties and gaudy restaurants that cater to new money people and rich tourists.
If you’re a normal person there’s literally no reason to live in LA. Everything is catered to the rich. On a normal person’s budget you’ll be eating at the same places and doing the same things that you’d get in any other American city a quarter the size of Los Angeles, only everything is going to cost at least twice as much. Except your rent, that’s going to be four times as much.
The image that LA has as this glamorous city where people come to “make it” also attracts the worst people imaginable. There are so many wannabe influencers, models, startup bros, podcasters, etc. moving to LA. They’re the type of people who unironically believe in that “your network is your net worth” grinder mentality. They’ve ruined LA and now they’re ruining Austin and Dallas as well.
