[9999]

I completely concur with you on her knowledge of Los Angeles, I think she is basing her entire opinion of the downtown corridor on a ten minute long drive.

The transformation of the Arts District has been truly incredible. Virtually unrecognizable from what it was 5 years ago. It's interesting how the original anchor location for that transformation, The Brewery, has been more or less ignored as development focused on the area just east of 2nd and Alameda. As restaurants like Wurstkuche, Zip, R23, and Church & State became popular, the housing developments around the area sprang up virtually overnight. It would be interesting to do a visualization of that based on liquor permit applications and construction permits, since I can't say for certain which happened first. Certainly the currently under construction aircraft carrier sized white condo complex on the edge of the river is in response to the restaurant/bar scene that has developed.

[kepano]

Thirded. I've lived around downtown LA for the past 5 years, at the Brewery and in the the same building as R23. It's been wild to see it change so fast. It's now one of the most walkable areas in the county. I feel lucky to have my rent locked in!

I'm not an LA native but I've grown to love it and hope to see more tech develop here.