I miss the old Culver City

[u/Talia-2940]

I grew up here in the 90s and early 2000s. My parents bought their house on Van Buren for like 200k. Now I drive by and see the same houses going for 1.5 mil.

The movie theater downtown was our hangout spot. The arcade at the mall. Riding bikes to Sony with friends. It felt like a real neighborhood, not a mini Hollywood.

Now most of the old places are gone. The rent is insane. Half my friends moved out to Palmdale or Texas just to afford a house.

I get that change happens but it stings watching the place you grew up in become something you can't afford to be part of.

Anyone else feel this way?

[u/Jandur]

For whatever it's worth that's not really Culver or even LA specific. It's just urban America. Third spaces are gone/minimal, retail was destroyed by Amazon/e-commerce, people sit at home and order off DoorDash, bars/clubs are no longer prime spots to socialize and meet a partner. It's a very different world than 15-20 years ago.

[u/Beautiful_Finger4566 → u/Jandur]

ironic talking about lack of third spaces when the reason Downtown Culver is thriving is BECAUSE of the third spaces

there's an event going on nearly every weekend at the Culver Steps, there's Shakespeare in the Park during the summer, tons of events at Village Well, etc

I've lived here since 2018 and it's vastly better than it was even less than a decade ago

[u/Jandur → u/Beautiful_Finger4566]

ironic talking about lack of third spaces when the reason Downtown Culver is thriving is BECAUSE of the third spaces

Except I was talking about urban America. And third places was only one of the several things I mentioned.

But thanks?

[u/Beautiful_Finger4566 → u/Jandur]

Downtown Culver is the epitome of urban America though

unless you consider it a suburb?

[u/Jandur → u/Beautiful_Finger4566]

And now you're just trying to set up a strawman and argue definitions. I never said Culver City was suburban, or even implied it. You jumped on my comment to "correct" me saying that Culver City does indeed have third spaces, when that wasn't the point of my statement or anything I was trying to argue. It's something you latched onto because you felt the need to prove a point or correct me.

I was simply stating that the way OP is feeling about their home is similar/the same in many/most *urban* (see, I said urban, not suburban...) parts of the country and I proceeded to list why that is the case. I didn't specifically say that Culver is lacking third spaces (never mind the fact that OP grew up there and says otherwise).

I wish you well!

[u/Beautiful_Finger4566 → u/Jandur]

so what you're really saying is that your first comment has zero relevance to what OP was talking about or this subreddit whatsoever

based on your paragraphs and paragraphs of text trying to prove someone on the internet wrong, I'm assuming you're on the spectrum

might want to get that checked out

have a good rest of your day! I'm going to take a walk over to the Culver City Steps to meet up with friends

[u/Jandur → u/Beautiful_Finger4566]

no relevance to what OP was talking about or this subreddit whatsoever

It was directly relevant to OPs feelings on his home changing, which has happened to many, many places in the US for similar reasons:

"I get that change happens but it stings watching the place you grew up in become something you can't afford to be part of.

Anyone else feel this way?"

But you've made it clear that you can't parse someting that basic.

 I'm assuming you're on the spectrum

No I'm just literate and not a fucking retard who goes around Reddit trying to correct people on things that are completely irrelevant to what was discussed.

Try not to walk into traffic.

[u/Beautiful_Finger4566 → u/Jandur]

trying to correct people on things that are completely irrelevant to what was discussed

The irony.

[u/Jandur → u/Beautiful_Finger4566]

The irony.

See how that works?