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Originally Posted by badrunner
LA isn't some walkable urban paradise where everyone is walking, biking and taking transit to work. But what you do see in LA in abundance are actual large crowds of people walking around and enjoying themselves in vibrant street scenes. It's not contiguous or peak urbanity, but there is just a massive amount of it. It's funny because this kind of thing is really noticeable by its absence when I visit other cities that are deemed more "walkable" than LA. |
This.
If you just go to Venice (4 walkable areas) -Santa Monica (4 areas) -Swatelle/UCLA-Beverly Hills (3 areas) alone you're gonna see alot of pedestrians. I bet Santa Monica/Venice on their own have way more pedestrians than many big city downtowns on the weekend.
I'd think only NYC has more of these places. I believe the Actionkid youtube channel guy said the same thing. He's a New yorker who vacationed in la and walked everywhere.