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To: Elroy Jetson who wrote (41085)	9/9/2005 10:57:34 AM
From: John Vosilla	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 306849

Well said. I guess there is something to be said for having a bunch of smaller vibrant downtowns scattered throughout the metro area too. It does hurt the main city centre from ever coming close to reaching its true potential. Downtown LA will never be close to a downtown Chicago or Manhattan no matter how many people live in it's metro area.

To: Elroy Jetson who wrote (41085)	9/9/2005 4:22:00 PM
From: Live2Sail	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 306849

Similar to LA, SF has a lot of vibrant areas. I guess one would consider the financial district as downtown. There are plenty of fine restaurants there, but not that many people live there. It's weird, I think SF and Portland are perhaps the only two cities where the rush-hour traffic jams occur going out of the city as well as into the city. Maybe there are others, but I can't think of any. Somehow these cities have made it very desirable to live there. If you have ever seen the armada of busses coming into NYC on a weekday morning, it's pretty stunning. I don't know why anyone would drive their own car to work in NYC. At least SF has "casual carpool." The south seems underrepresented on this board. Does anyone have any experience with Memphis, St. Louis, Kansas City, or Nashville?