The dumbest city map in America

[MrJethroha]

Yep, and thats why LA is so poorly planned and serviced in general. Basically all of LA County into OC and San Bernadino is a single contiguous metropolis run by dozens of little fiefdoms, each of which is governed by tiny city councils, and the county overall has the same tiny board of supervisors as every other county.

It should really have it's own form of government with every neighborhood having it's own local council like new york.

[GlitchCrunch]

Same thing with Las Vegas. What alot of people think that the "Strip" is Vegas, but in reality its actually part of an unincorporated town called "Paradise".

[arhanxd]

Why did i get this video recommended when la is literally burning like hell

[Asteroid]

Finally someone noticed…when I checked the LA city on Google Maps it turns out to be this broken, weird shape and I was shocked

[simondefonseca]

Same things exists in Mexico too. Large parts of the continuous sections of metropolitan areas, such as Monterrey or Guadalajara, are administratively of separated “cities”. It seems like that someone doesn’t want the entire urbanized area to be administered as one single city.

[zukeboyyeet]

Always thought this. Honestly the map shows the rampant inequality in the city. A gaping hole near downtown for Beverly Hills. They don’t want a single tax dollar to leave their circle.

[Onibushou]

Denver is kind of messed up too because they took a little stretch out to the airport, but that is wild.

[Devin-Meyer]

Wilmington and San Pedro used to be their own cities, but because of the port, they were absorbed by the city of LA over 100 years ago.

[ash_hull]

I love how Los Angeles city has that one road to connect the places! 😂

[paulgabel]

The biggest reason cities succeed from LA is about property tax and who gets it. Also some cities have drawn their borders to omit areas they don't want to be responsible for maintaining.

[flamethefurry]

Just look at literally any major city in texas lmao. City borders often make no sense in america

[Pulsars]

you know things are wild when two thirds of "LA" doesn't even wanna be considered LA

[TheNinjaDC]

Cincinnati OH has a similar weird layout.
The city proper makes up less than a 1/4 of the core metro with dozens of smaller cities filling the cracks.

[edanro]

You know what's even crazier than that?
That the Low Taper Fade meme is still MASSIVE

[rcsupply]

Well good news. Because of the fires maybe they can re draw some zones and make a better map. That's positive thinking!!

[joermnyc]

Los Angeles County is even more fun: Catalina Island is so far south, it’s off the coast of Orange County. Nope, it belongs to Los Angeles County.

[cb]

What makes it even funnier is if you from la, nobody counts the valley as la but Compton Carson Inglewood hawthorne and Long Beach is

[birez]

The San Fernando Valley is one of the most leftover parts of the city of Los Angeles because the needs for this basin vastly differs from the rest of Los Angeles proper. And the people that call the shots are the residents of Bel Air (who host all the major political fundraisers) that have done everything in their power to block a heavy rail line along the 405 which has one of the worst rates of congestions and turns into a parking lot during rush hour.

[gdaholic]

Every major city has weird stuff like that. Most of it is because when cities grow they offer surrounding areas to be annexed, but not everyone agrees.

[bradmyers]

It tells you those neighborhoods didn’t want to share taxes with the entirety of Los Angeles.