Yes and no. Yes because downtown really needs a lift up and it sure looks like it really is building up. But i'm concerned about how that will impact families that live in downtown. With this new construction many more projects are soon to come. Probably malls, and condominiums. The problem with that is where are they going to build them? Are they going to build them in places that currently house families, and where people own their small business, and where many immigrants work?
Yeah.... I think of downtown as 5th and hill street right by the redline going towards broadway. Yes its going to be beautiful down there but what about the homeless people? Where are they going to go?
The homeless are being pushed into the surrounding areas of Downtown: Lincoln Heights, Boyle Heights, etc. This is going to cause problems for people residing in these areas. Not only will the influx of poverty continue to rise but soon these areas too will be part of the Downtown monopolization to expand and become the new "New York". Before they continue constructing, they should fix the problems. People will lose their homes and cultural/historical areas will disappear before our very eyes. Yes, Downtown will look beautiful again but at what cost?
Its nice to see but it has come at a very high price. Financially it has made a certain few stinking rich, but it has pushed poor families out of Los Angeles in general. All those fancy sights to behold have raised prices of all types of stores, apartments, and parking. I grow up in downtown and i have seen how the demographics have changed not only for that particular area but in Echo Park, Silver Lake, Wilshire District, and parts of South Central LA. The poor are now being pushed outward from its center to the valley, san bernadino, victorville, lancster, and santa ana. Forcing families to look for homes far from their places of work. Those with money are being drawn in closer and closer, while those with little resources are being pushed further and further.
Yes and no as well. When i was a child, I was so scared of downtown. Now, not really. Transients on skid row are not going anywhere, not as long as the shelters by San Pedro St. are around. Some will probably move more towards boyle heigths & south L.A., which will make these poor neighborhoods look even worse. But where else can these people go? I would love to just see them disappear. I dont mean to be mean, but i hate looking around my neighborhood and always seeing transients pushing their stupid carts, asking for five dollars, then seeing them overdosed and a firefighter assisting them. Yes, i feel bad for them because their mostly all crackheads, but come on! Even the poorest of this nation are not as poor as other third world countries! As for the construction in downtown, yes it looks much nicer (only in some parts!), but what about traffic? As if the 110 and 101 aren't already packed from rear to end! And the lofts are so expensive, only doctors, lawyers, etc. can afford them!
Yes and no.
ReplyDeleteYes because downtown really needs a lift up and it sure looks like it really is building up.
But i'm concerned about how that will impact families that live in downtown.
With this new construction many more projects are soon to come. Probably malls, and condominiums. The problem with that is where are they going to build them?
Are they going to build them in places that currently house families, and where people own their small business, and where many immigrants work?
Yeah.... I think of downtown as
ReplyDelete5th and hill street right by the redline going towards broadway. Yes its going to be beautiful down there but what about the homeless people? Where are they going to go?
The homeless are being pushed into the surrounding areas of Downtown: Lincoln Heights, Boyle Heights, etc. This is going to cause problems for people residing in these areas. Not only will the influx of poverty continue to rise but soon these areas too will be part of the Downtown monopolization to expand and become the new "New York". Before they continue constructing, they should fix the problems. People will lose their homes and cultural/historical areas will disappear before our very eyes. Yes, Downtown will look beautiful again but at what cost?
ReplyDeleteIts nice to see but it has come at a very high price. Financially it has made a certain few stinking rich, but it has pushed poor families out of Los Angeles in general. All those fancy sights to behold have raised prices of all types of stores, apartments, and parking. I grow up in downtown and i have seen how the demographics have changed not only for that particular area but in Echo Park, Silver Lake, Wilshire District, and parts of South Central LA. The poor are now being pushed outward from its center to the valley, san bernadino, victorville, lancster, and santa ana. Forcing families to look for homes far from their places of work. Those with money are being drawn in closer and closer, while those with little resources are being pushed further and further.
ReplyDeleteYes and no as well. When i was a child, I was so scared of downtown. Now, not really. Transients on skid row are not going anywhere, not as long as the shelters by San Pedro St. are around. Some will probably move more towards boyle heigths & south L.A., which will make these poor neighborhoods look even worse. But where else can these people go? I would love to just see them disappear. I dont mean to be mean, but i hate looking around my neighborhood and always seeing transients pushing their stupid carts, asking for five dollars, then seeing them overdosed and a firefighter assisting them. Yes, i feel bad for them because their mostly all crackheads, but come on! Even the poorest of this nation are not as poor as other third world countries!
ReplyDeleteAs for the construction in downtown, yes it looks much nicer (only in some parts!), but what about traffic? As if the 110 and 101 aren't already packed from rear to end! And the lofts are so expensive, only doctors, lawyers, etc. can afford them!