tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1569873997733580216.post3058172569340240369..comments2024-03-10T00:23:15.080-08:00Comments on Under the Alexandria: One Year DowntownLihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16362712838754074396noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1569873997733580216.post-27175247849041094932009-05-15T09:15:00.000-07:002009-05-15T09:15:00.000-07:00Judi, I just found out that another Downtown famil...Judi, I just found out that another Downtown family has bailed and is also in Elysian Valley. Maybe we should create a Downtown refugee community in EV :^)<br /><br />I'm going to start looking at listings for EV. It would be fantastic to live that close to Downtown since I work in City West. Do you know anything about the local public school?Lihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16362712838754074396noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1569873997733580216.post-21880426733516952632009-05-14T21:05:00.000-07:002009-05-14T21:05:00.000-07:00Hey Li - check out Elysian Valley and we can be ne...Hey Li - check out Elysian Valley and we can be neighbors! Totally the land that time forgot and soooooo not expensive and hipsterish. :) <br /><br />You hit the nail on the head about living here with a kid. I think the park thing is honestly the thing that is causing our leaving. It's ridiculous! TPTB definitely need to realize that this downtown has families and they deserve something. I've grown tired of the whole "why would you raise children here?" thought process that I see from TPTB and the commenters at BlogDowntown.<br /><br />So we will be leaving downtown in about 2-3 weeks and it's bittersweet. The baby is well known in the area and we take walks every night to people watch and enjoy the neighborhood, but I'm tired of feeling like we are non-existent and shouldn't have a say.Judi Lovehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15302252460846652244noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1569873997733580216.post-25291224569125216132009-05-14T09:06:00.000-07:002009-05-14T09:06:00.000-07:00I had to bow out of the conversation because I was...I had to bow out of the conversation because I was getting too frustrated. I saw your post on retail in Downtown and I was thinking, how much inconvenience are people supposed to tolerate in order to live down here. I really love a lot of aspects of downtown, but my love is not so all encompassing that I'm willing to put up with anything to live here.Lihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16362712838754074396noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1569873997733580216.post-38100139294181823042009-05-14T07:50:00.000-07:002009-05-14T07:50:00.000-07:00Your "re-post" over at Blogdowntown and the subseq...Your "re-post" over at Blogdowntown and the subsequent comments were a topic of conversation in our place last night.<br /><br />We talked about the development of downtown and how the city, along with developers, have dropped the ball with amenities/services as the influx of residents continues.<br /><br />More importantly neither of us can understand the argument of "... if you don't like it, leave downtown ... go back to the suburbs ...". In addition to being a childish argument it's baseless. I don't want to leave downtown but expressing an opinion about the shortcomings shouldn't signal others that I need to be shipped out.Brianhttp://cartersblog.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1569873997733580216.post-70848103437638580602009-05-13T15:02:00.000-07:002009-05-13T15:02:00.000-07:00I love New York--I grew up in the Bronx and lived ...I love New York--I grew up in the Bronx and lived in Park Slope and the East Village before moving to LA. But raising kids in New York is really difficult and insanely expensive. Plus my husband is a pretty hardcore Angeleno and I don't think he'd do well crammed into a tiny NYC apartment.Lihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16362712838754074396noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1569873997733580216.post-91207968552677600722009-05-13T14:03:00.000-07:002009-05-13T14:03:00.000-07:00Why not NYC? I lived in DTLA for several years wai...Why not NYC? I lived in DTLA for several years waiting for it to become like a real city. Never happened. Moved to Brooklyn blind. Found better jobs, much nicer and less expensive apt, ditched the car ... life is far better than LA.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1569873997733580216.post-89969870947617795092009-05-13T08:57:00.000-07:002009-05-13T08:57:00.000-07:00Brian and EC, you should see the comments in Blogd...Brian and EC, you should see the comments in Blogdowntown (they wrote a post on my post). Some people are such downtown boosters they can't understand why people aren't willing to put up with any inconvenience to live here.Lihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16362712838754074396noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1569873997733580216.post-38159989838969783432009-05-11T17:10:00.000-07:002009-05-11T17:10:00.000-07:00Brilliant post Li!
This conversation takes place ...Brilliant post Li!<br /><br />This conversation takes place all the time in our home - what direction is downtown moving towards? Who do developers think are moving here, all singles with no kids? When is retail going to support the dramatic shift in occupied units?<br /><br />It's a theme we discuss constantly and I can certainly understand the angst of leaving downtown but the reality of it all.Brianhttp://cartersblog.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1569873997733580216.post-59780787104020476262009-05-11T07:40:00.000-07:002009-05-11T07:40:00.000-07:00You are so right about the downtown boosters being...You are so right about the downtown boosters being unrealistic. Is downtown better than it used to be? Definitely. Is it going to continue to improve? I think so. But there are a lot of basic services that are lacking. And you can't have a neighborhood based solely on partying singles. In the long term, the PTB are going to have to address the park and school situation if they want to have a stable community. <br /><br />I think we're going to end up in Eagle Rock. I like it because it's a short commute to downtown and it's not pretentious (not Silverlake, though some people tried to turn it into hipster heaven). The schools are also very good and the houses are within our price range. But I am really, really going to miss being in a walkable neighborhood.Lihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16362712838754074396noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1569873997733580216.post-47925859921792661962009-05-10T22:19:00.000-07:002009-05-10T22:19:00.000-07:00Do you know where you might land once you leave do...Do you know where you might land once you leave downtown? These are the kind of issues that really need some in depth analysis, cuz it seems like too many of the downtown boosters tend to overlook any of these practical issues, instead focusing on some new restaurant opening as a some sort of proof that El Centro is coming into it's own. I think the heavy handed fantasy that gets pumped is far from the reality.<br /><br />Good luck to you, nonetheless. Wherever you end up.EL CHAVO!http://www.chanfles.com/blognoreply@blogger.com