I will say, Chicago burning down all those years ago was overall a really healthy thing for the long term modernization/planning of the city. LA could probably use the opportunity to try again too so silver lining and all that.
I'd love to think they'd do it better but you're right, they'd probably do it the same or even worse. They'd more likely make LA the first place in the country where all the roads are private toll roads that require subscriptions to a multitude of services to use
The railway, originally incorporated by Thaddeus S. C. Lowe as the Pasadena and Mt. Wilson Railroad Co.,[1] existed from 1893 until its official abandonment in 1938, and was the only scenic mountain, electric traction (overhead electric trolley) railroad ever built in the United States.
I suppose these are areas where everyone has home owners insurance. I'm remembering the Paradise fire and how a lot of people just became homeless and then the Chico police came and beat the shit out of them, because their tent city on the outskirts of town was affecting property values for the city council members who owned real estate in the area.
The parts of LA that burn down every year are typically wealthy suburbs. They'll never urbanize those neighborhoods. This current wave of fires is hitting a little further in than usual, though not enough to reboot the city meaningfully.
I will say, Chicago burning down all those years ago was overall a really healthy thing for the long term modernization/planning of the city. LA could probably use the opportunity to try again too so silver lining and all that.
They'd build it back exactly the same, with all the stupid single-family homes and car-centered infrastructure.
It'd be similar, but they'd try to design it to be as hostile to the homeless as possible.
I'd love to think they'd do it better but you're right, they'd probably do it the same or even worse. They'd more likely make LA the first place in the country where all the roads are private toll roads that require subscriptions to a multitude of services to use
Six months later, the toll company goes bust, their servers shut down, and the whole city is gridlocked
And then they'll blame the city for holding an event
The fire in Altadena is where this used to be:
I suppose these are areas where everyone has home owners insurance. I'm remembering the Paradise fire and how a lot of people just became homeless and then the Chico police came and beat the shit out of them, because their tent city on the outskirts of town was affecting property values for the city council members who owned real estate in the area.
Maybe insurance will start pulling out of Cali due to fires like it is in Florida due to hurricanes
They're already doing that. State Farm apparently canceled hundreds of policies in the area burning to the ground right now a few months ago.
https://www.newsweek.com/california-insurer-canceled-policies-months-before-los-angeles-wildfires-2011521
The parts of LA that burn down every year are typically wealthy suburbs. They'll never urbanize those neighborhoods. This current wave of fires is hitting a little further in than usual, though not enough to reboot the city meaningfully.
Altadena and the Palisades are not the areas that need to be redesigned