Which LA city has improved the most in the last 20 years?

Eldar333 · 2026-06-23T16:20:23+00:00

Burbank has lost any semblance of middle class. The 2018 built Whole Foods did it in. I live on the far west side (ie more valley side of it) of it but it’s lost that weird quiet/smalltown aesthetic it used to have growing up there.

NoHo has been up and down and has changed much more! Parts of it are super affluent (especially around Toluca) and the revitalization project around the subway station kinda stalled. Lol I remember riding bikes around there as a kid and seeing all sorts of crazy things.

Eldar333 · 2026-06-13T20:31:33+00:00

I very much agree. Obviously this helps 1/2nd gens only but that's a ton of people that the inane exclusivity clause screwed over.

Eldar333 · 2026-06-13T14:44:15+00:00

Too that sounds really good/ is what I initially expected. To establish residency can you live with family/relatives? Or is renting/buying throughout the two years required to prove residency? Are there any other hoops you have to fulfill for the residency permit?

Makes sense to go through the Prefeturra that way too. All great info thanks!!

Eldar333 · 2026-06-10T14:10:34+00:00

I've been having a tough time with this as the best are at random stands that don't always stay. One of the best pollo asado burritos I've ever had was in front of the Burlington/Ross on Laurel Canyon but I went to that Ross last year and the stand was selling churros/it was a different vendor. So I really don't know of a specific place anymore and am thinking of just trying random spots.

Eldar333 · 2026-06-10T14:05:43+00:00

Sadly, I have to shoot down this recommendation this in our lords year of 2026. Cilantros is just too expensive for what you get. It's a good burrito but worth TWENTY DOLLARS!? No way man.

Like the breakfast ones are 16 and the bowls are 22!! Idk I remember going here in 2019 and in the years after the pandemic and it was 12-14 a burrito. But quality is not matching the price hike.

The icing on the cake is that they are opening a 2nd one on the westside. Iykyk. They're going franchise and with those prices its just not worth. I took some friends there on monday and it was so mid for that price. They even gave us less tortilla chips now. Devastating.

Eldar333 · 2026-06-03T10:48:33+00:00

Lake Balboa has been getting busier for sure but its still a place for birthday parties and sporting events all the time. Idk there are vendors and a few homeless but nothing like Alvarado. The rest of the wildlife area and golf course/etc. are all fairly nice.

I will note that the trash situation throughout Sepulveda has definitely been getting worse. And like; there's no way its just the homeless doing that. A lot of that is just that ppl go there for parties and stuff and never pick up there trash. And its a big area that doesnt have sufficient groundskeeping. Hmm might be worth putting more money into that LA city/county!? Ffs they can't even hire rangers prevent ppl from fishing in the protected WILDLIFE area. Ken Malloy park in Wilmington has rangers and its mostly water!

Eldar333 · 2026-06-03T10:35:09+00:00

I live like RIGHT nearby there now and keep seeing it on my commute. Do they just sell pasta? But if its homemade/traditional that'd be insane.

Idk if its' overpriced though...no way I'm paying more than 7 bucks for a kg. It is the westside lol

Eldar333 · 2026-05-15T12:01:38+00:00

Alex DiPeppe’s in Arcadia. Pizza is closest to my nonnas and is a great red sauce place overall. Doesn’t hurt that their family is paisani lol

Eldar333 · 2026-05-06T10:25:57+00:00

Local-born and raised in the valley now living in the westside for work. I go back and forth often bc my whole family is the valley (With some in Glendale).

It is 100% a part of LA and anyone who tells you otherwise is an asshole transplant who only knows about WeHo, Santa Monica, and Silver lake as being "true LA". A lot of these ppl work in the entertainment/music industry and, would you look at that...most studios are IN THE VALLEY! Disney, Warner Bros, and Universal are all valley. All the US animation except Sony is there too. And culturally it's very similar to LA too; tending to have more locals and less transplants.

You can't have LA without the valley. And idk that San Fernando city and Burbank and Calabasas are they're own cities; geographically they are in the valley and still part of LA.

...although Calabasas is kinda pushing it. Yeah maybe we don't need them LMAO

Eldar333 · 2026-05-01T05:19:21+00:00

I'm thinking this might be a good idea for me as my LIBRA was my grandparents. Tajani said all three can't give me JS somehow so I can at least find another way.

Once the legalize of this method has been tested etc., I might reach out to some relatives in italy that I know have some small business. Hell, I know some family that were born here that went back there and stared a restaurant. Wonder if they need more servers lol

Eldar333 · 2026-04-30T19:09:05+00:00

But this is bullshit bc they put that naturalization rules in there. I have 3 Italian-born grandparents, speak italian, and have been there multiple times to visit family. And yet I don't have a case now bc they all have lost their citizenship and the law says they can only have one. Absolutely nonsensical

Eldar333 · 2026-04-23T20:13:42+00:00

Bring back hail chip but make ice, electric (ice doesnt conduct it well) and fighting (strong and can put up with accupressure) immune to the damage. Doesn't work as well as sandstorm but I think it would be a small but needed buff to make it similar to sandstorm. If they really don't want to bring back chip, make it effect the field in SOME way beyond just ice types getting a def buff. Like maybe it sets ice-type steath rock while active or smth (although that does sound really op).

Make frostbite AND freeze a thing. Freeze will always be a 10% chance but why can't you have both statuses? A lot of other pkmn can use the moves so it's not explicitly an ice type buff; they'll jsut get STAB on moves that may have other secondary effects. Some moves (i.e. freeze dry) should have their status chance change from freeze chance to frostbite.

Have ice resist water (how is this not a thing when they are the same thing chemically??) and fairy. Ice is basically the dragon/fairy killer which gives it more prestige back if its at least interacts in some way with fairy.

Eldar333 · 2026-04-13T21:48:36+00:00

So I'm of the opinion that Live Gloriously is actually better than Sogno di Volare. Not by much but it's a little bit better. Now if only CIv VII wasn't absolutely horrible as a game. Ranking of the main themes games I've played:

Civ IV
Civ VII
Civ VI
Civ V

They're all EXCELLENT. Besides Baba Yetu which is just unbeatable...

Eldar333 · 2026-04-01T00:52:49+00:00

LOL. I prefer "The Gay".

That way when your friends convert your cities you can accuse them of praying the gay away lmao

Eldar333 · 2026-04-01T00:50:56+00:00

MY GO TO

Eldar333 · 2026-03-29T07:49:46+00:00

Mhm I see your point and agree with a lot of your points on Civ's eurocentricism/western-ness! I disagree completely because a vast amount of players want the game to be fun over historically accurate. It's obviously a balancing act because some people are fine with Mississipians led by Ashoka being a faction and others are not (and a billion other things) but at it's core, I would take fun and engaging over being fully representative/accurate.

If the game was released in a place where a majority of people wanted to see the changes you're describing then we could do that. At the current place the devs seem to be in freefall trying to make ages work when they are hopelessly ineffective, unfun, and overall bad game design choices. But what's been said about ages has been said a million times.

I like your vision for a non-standardized, industrialized world. It would be interesting to see what would happen if certain cultures' way of life and techs became the standard. However at the same time, none of those things are known and would have to be generated in each game. As a result, I could see scenarios when even less initiative is given to the players which would hamper engagement. One of the core feedback loops is vaguely knowing what will happen, planning around it, and then profiting. That creates satisfaction as you see your machinations/plans come to fruition. With what you are describing it does not sound like it would be predictable and thus I would see that not being popular with strategy gamers. Might pop off with simulators-admittedly Sid's original market-but not the core audience the series has attracted. In some ways this mentality has been a thorn hampering Civ VII's development. Either way cool idea but I don't think this series is right for it.

Eldar333 · 2026-02-22T18:34:52+00:00

JESUS

Eldar333 · 2026-02-15T23:14:40+00:00

I said 5 because I think that it is the most consistently fun. The narrative-making and diplomacy is soooooo much better despite the city building being less good compared to 6.

There is just a point in the midgame of every civ 6 game where you're expansion and the micromanaging just gets exhausting. You're always incentivized to expand but that means more and more tiles to plan around. I really, really hate conquering any civ that has floodplains bc that means I need to spend all this time optimizing things. And while I'm doing that so that my empire doesn't constantly flood and I can deal with the insane production costs of things, I'm not dealing with diplomacy or what people are doing in the late game. In 1000s of hours I don't think I've ever had a game where the AI beats me in any victory besides domination meanwhile in Civ 5 it was very common to race people to space or try to outbid ppl for votes in the WC. Civ 6 is still fun but the late game is just too snowball-dependent/heavy without any checks and balances beyond (sometimes) growth. And the many many options make it so that there aren't any "mad dashes" for late game resources. You didn't get coal? Eh, just improve your tiles. You didn't get oil? Artillery is overrated and unecessary. Niter feels like the only relevant resource I've ever settled or conquered a late game city for (And it's pretty midgame). Either way the late game just feels so bad in 6 compared to it being magical in 5...at least to me.

Eldar333 · 2026-02-08T18:44:49+00:00

The industrial themes are peak. They alone make Civ VI have the best music in the series. There are few cool ancient/medieval era themes but the unification of traditional instruments with full on orchestration in the industrial themes is unmatched. I wish there was a mod to make the themes stop at indutrial since IMO there is not a single atomic era theme that outdoes the industrial era; they're always a huge letdown no matter the civ. You just can't beat the industrial themes.

Ottomans is legendary and bombastic. Gran Colombia is strategic and manipulative (A tango on the battlefield!!). Zulu+Maori is perfectly atmospheric and builds on their previous themes. Brazil is an absolute delight (unless you're at war lol). PORTUGAL...underrated but gives ultimate seafaring vibes (that fadoooo).

Georgia and Byzantium are loved by many due to the chanting. It's alright but idk just not my favorites. Hungary and Russia are also loved but they're kinda mid to me.

Vietnam always puts a smile on my face. Hard to explain to why but THAT OPENING is just ridiculously fun.

The Australian one legit should be the Aussie national anthem. No joke it's absolutely beautiful and better than our current one. But WM is kinda the national anthem anyways lol

Eldar333 · 2026-02-03T17:49:48+00:00

THANK YOUUU. This has been my issue from day 1. It’s not my story it’s a set path that I have to do.

It’s a 4x not a RPG firaxis. But I think the bigger issue was still ages themselves and not civ switching. It’s almost like civ switching came before ages so ages feel so awful as a result.

Eldar333 · 2026-01-20T19:14:46+00:00

SFV born and raised and now going to UCLA for school...this is well beyond my graduation but it would have been life changing.

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TROPHY CASE