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I live in LA and have lived here my whole life.

We don't have high salaries. We have low salaries here overall. LA is a big blue collar city based off manufacturing industry for the former juggernaut Aerospace and the ports.

In fact when salaries and RE prices are factored in then LA becomes the most unaffordable city in America. Unlike SF or NYC where high RE prices are negated by high incomes, that is not the case here.

Also while LA folks likely do move to OR, most Los Angelenos both statistically and in real life move to Phoenix, Vegas, ABQ, Central Valley in CA (I.E. Bakersfield, Visalia, Fresno, etc).

The #1 place LA people move are the exurbs in the Inland Empire.

NorCal folks move to the PNW or Austin and Denver more than SoCal folks.

Per capita income, 2013 (most recent info):

1. San Jose-San Francisco-Oakland, CA: $63,194
2. New York metro: $58,986
3. Washington DC metro$57,785
4 Boston metro: $56,236
5. Seattle metro: $52,825
6. Houston metro: $51,459
7. San Diego: $51,384
8. Philadelphia: $50,754
9. Denver metro $50,705
10. Minneapolis-St. Paul: $50,057
11. Chicago metro: $48,645
12. Dallas-Fort Worth: $46,489
13. Miami-Fort Lauderdale $45,043
14. Los Angeles metro: $44,844
15. Cleveland metro$43,321
16. Detroit metro : $41,930
17. Portland metro $41,750
18. Atlanta metro $40,452
19. Phoenix metro $38,745

Credit source Bureau of Economic Analysis US Govt data


http://www.bea.gov/iTable/iTable.cf...-1&7031=7&7040=-1&7083=levels&7029=20&7090=70
 
BlazerCaravan said:
It's funny; they apparently really focused on the Hollywood stuff in the first meeting and he was unimpressed. So they're trying again with a basketball-focused meeting, which should be even more unimpressive.
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LOL

So true.
 
BlasterSX said:
I live in LA and have lived here my whole life.

We don't have high salaries. We have low salaries here overall. LA is a big blue collar city based off manufacturing industry for the former juggernaut Aerospace and the ports.

In fact when salaries and RE prices are factored in then LA becomes the most unaffordable city in America. Unlike SF or NYC where high RE prices are negated by high incomes, that is not the case here.

Also while LA folks likely do move to OR, most Los Angelenos both statistically and in real life move to Phoenix, Vegas, ABQ, Central Valley in CA (I.E. Bakersfield, Visalia, Fresno, etc).

The #1 place LA people move are the exurbs in the Inland Empire.

NorCal folks move to the PNW or Austin and Denver more than SoCal folks.

Per capita income, 2013 (most recent info):

1. San Jose-San Francisco-Oakland, CA: $63,194
2. New York metro: $58,986
3. Washington DC metro$57,785
4 Boston metro: $56,236
5. Seattle metro: $52,825
6. Houston metro: $51,459
7. San Diego: $51,384
8. Philadelphia: $50,754
9. Denver metro $50,705
10. Minneapolis-St. Paul: $50,057
11. Chicago metro: $48,645
12. Dallas-Fort Worth: $46,489
13. Miami-Fort Lauderdale $45,043
14. Los Angeles metro: $44,844
15. Cleveland metro$43,321
16. Detroit metro : $41,930
17. Portland metro $41,750
18. Atlanta metro $40,452
19. Phoenix metro $38,745

Credit source Bureau of Economic Analysis US Govt data


http://www.bea.gov/iTable/iTable.cf...-1&7031=7&7040=-1&7083=levels&7029=20&7090=70
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Sly lied to us...the trash was just parked outside the front door in the wind, he didn't put it in the bin...ok Blazer fans...on the count of 3 ignore this guy..let's show some solidarity here..1..2..click
 
New thread idea:

Is LaMarcus Aldridge an attention whore?

Discuss. ;)
 
riverman said:
Sly lied to us...the trash was just parked outside the front door in the wind, he didn't put it in the bin...ok Blazer fans...on the count of 3 ignore this guy..let's show some solidarity here..1..2..click
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I think Sly was just announcing that he literally took out the trash in his home. Perhaps he doesn't do that often, so he felt like telling all of us.
 
BlazerCaravan said:
It's funny; they apparently really focused on the Hollywood stuff in the first meeting and he was unimpressed. So they're trying again with a basketball-focused meeting, which should be even more unimpressive.
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It's going to be really funny when they slide the Manila folder across the table only for LA to open it and realize it's empty.

"Yeah we are still working on that whole basketball thing"
 
Why is Aldridge meeting with Riley? They have no cap space. It would have to be a sign and trade for Chris Bosh.
 
Fonzthecpt1 said:
It's going to be really funny when they slide the Manila folder across the table only for LA to open it and realize it's empty.

"Yeah we are still working on that whole basketball thing"
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Byron Scott will show up exhausted from cramming on analytics all night after Kobe slapped him around for a few hours
 
BlasterSX said:
Yes tiny and useless Damian Lillard.

What has he ever accomplished? MVP? Championships? Led his team to the Finals?

He's a POS at defense, watching the lad play defense nearly makes my eyes bleed. He's streaky at best at offense, waits for 4th quarters to really turn his game on when it's to late sometimes.

I know the Lakers suck right now. I'm not a delusional fan, and all Jeanie Buss is good for is blow, we likely will have a dark age for another 3 years but it joys my heart to see you right there with us at the bottom.

But at the end of the day, we turn the TV off and go for a hike on a 72 degree day at Toponga or go to the beach, have fun at the bars in Santa Monica.

When you turn off the TV you don't have much, other than food trucks and third rate cheap strip clubs and dive bars. LMA and these backwater/flawed Blazers is all you folks in PDX really have going for you in terms of entertainment.

LMA leaves, you're irrelevant again. You have no other sports to be relevant in again.
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He's been in the league 3 years you dope. How can you use tons he's done in the league to say he's lesser than a rookie who never even played yet? You fall into the class of typical Lakers fans, who hate on this city even though you have never been here enough to know all that's here. At least we have clean air to breath. Step out this forum and back to under the bridge of which you came. At least you might get some clean air under there, shielded from all that LA smog.
 
There's yet another wrinkle, too, the agent for Portland Trailblazers point guard Damian Lillard, Aaron Goodwin, told USA TODAY Sports that his client is planning an impromptu visit to Los Angeles to try and convince his former teammate to stay. Lillard, who finalized a five-year extension worth between $125 and $129 million on Thursday, just returned from a promotional trip in Paris. The relationship between those two players has been a focal point of Aldridge's possible departure from Portland.

http://www.usatoday.com/story/sport...rcus-aldridge-lakers-second-meeting/29636281/
 
Dame is doing his leadership duties.

But he shouldn't waste his breath on someone that ungrateful
 
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