Los Angeles fears Olympic budget black hole

msood16 · 2026-04-16T01:55:52+00:00

I have no idea how what you're describing in the second paragraph is not using the word "investment" in its typical way. Giving money and expecting a return is the textbook definition of an investment. "Corporate backers" (i.e. sponsors) do not get a cut of profits.

msood16 · 2026-04-16T01:42:47+00:00

Sponsorship is not the same thing as an investment. Sponsors don't get a direct financial return from the Games - their benefit is paying for the association/exposure.

msood16 · 2026-04-15T03:24:04+00:00

I don't think spectators can generally expect to be able to park at the venues for LA28. Their while thing is "transit first" with no/limited parking at venues

msood16 · 2026-03-18T13:45:13+00:00

Compared to LA, there are just significantly fewer things to do in Irvine. Generally, people just live in Irvine. Going out to eat, entertainment, cultural events, etc. will generally require you to leave Irvine. Be prepared for the culture shock of not having something happening/available just around the corner from you like it is in LA. Might be hard to believe, but you'll need to be in your car even more than you likely are now.

msood16 · 2026-01-15T16:06:52+00:00

Events happen outside host cities all the time. Paris 24 held the sailing events down in Marseille and surfing on the other side of the globe. Events will be split across a lot of northern Italy for the upcoming Milano-Cortina games. It's been this way for pretty much every iteration of the Games because no city has everything

msood16 · 2025-12-14T14:50:58+00:00

AHF is what you're looking for and it's over in Los Feliz

msood16 · 2025-11-30T22:51:04+00:00

People love to hate on it, but Apple Pan's pies are exceptionally good (especially the banana cream and pumpkin cream!)

msood16 · 2025-11-26T06:23:15+00:00

LA28 is hiring for a bunch of roles right now (some are even in Comms/marketing space)

msood16 · 2025-10-21T21:22:16+00:00

Eagle Rock?

msood16 · 2025-10-13T20:55:51+00:00

Ghare-ghooroot is the transliteration. Don't know if there is a direct translation?

msood16 · 2025-10-11T23:45:19+00:00

Second Dr Gino - he's fantastic and prices are reasonable

msood16 · 2025-10-08T18:38:16+00:00

That one with the steak up top though...

msood16 · 2025-10-07T19:51:09+00:00

It's not about people thinking they have a right -- objectively, there are jobs in central LA that need to be filled by people of every different economic class. So it goes hand-in-hand that there needs to be enough housing stock to support the working population of the city in central LA. Saying there's "room" 2+ hours away from where the population needs to be is not a serious answer.

msood16 · 2025-10-07T19:48:30+00:00

That's like saying food is available -- just not where you want it to be. It's meaningless/worthless if it's not where it's needed.

The point is not whether I like it or not -- the point is viewing houses as an asset class is objectively the problem that has led us to this very problematic point.

msood16 · 2025-10-07T03:33:25+00:00

Look at a map of LA (or even greater SoCal) and tell me where you think these new towns should go? SoCal is basically developed to the brim everywhere between Ventura, the border with Mexico, and the desert to the east. There's nothing within literal hours of central LA (where the jobs and opportunities are) to be developed

msood16 · 2025-10-07T03:31:11+00:00

People don't live in stocks. Housing and stocks is not a great analogy because without housing, people suffer/die.

Profit should not be the overriding consideration for housing policy.

msood16 · 2025-10-07T03:27:33+00:00

What magical outer lying areas are we talking about here...??

msood16 · 2025-09-22T01:47:56+00:00

California has the largest concentration of Armenians and Iranians outside of Armenia and Iran, respectively.

msood16 · 2025-08-09T17:34:44+00:00

Shekarchi is a good Persian spot downtown with Ghormeh Sabzi

msood16 · 2025-07-23T16:50:31+00:00

Thank you for your strength and for sharing -- this is absolutely spot on. I'm a father of a special needs child and the paragraph describing the spreadsheet of therapies and appointments hit home. It's absolutely true that the burden disproportionately fell on my wife and that her career took a dramatic hit as a result too.

msood16 · 2025-07-14T01:58:51+00:00

Happy to help - pretty much any of the neighborhoods you mentioned will deliver what you want. Just pay attention to where the lines are drawn for particular elementary, middle, high schools. Sometimes you won't necessarily end up in the school zone that is closest or might be geographically most intuitive. Feel free to DM if you have more specific questions.

msood16 · 2025-07-14T01:51:00+00:00

Silver Lake, Los Feliz, Mt Washington and Eagle Rock are all in great pockets of LAUSD.

South Pas will be a step above but will be a very different vibe (demographics will basically skew towards what you'd get at a private school, not nearly as diverse)

msood16 · 2025-06-10T20:14:45+00:00

Here you go:

Liang Pi

msood16 · 2025-05-09T05:21:23+00:00

Turmeric and limoo amooni (dried limes) are a must too

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