To the editor: Jenny Jarvie’s article raised vital points a few declining inhabitants in Los Angeles County (“People leaving Los Angeles in growing numbers, and it could ‘haunt us for decades,’” April 9). Then again, no consideration was given to the advantages of a steady and even short-term inhabitants decline.
Los Angeles County, the most populated county in America, is greater than sufficiently crowded sufficient now to affect housing costs, air high quality, demand for native companies and site visitors, all of that are probably among the many most unfavorable ranges within the nation.
A pause in native progress could enable for the stabilization of a high quality of life that appears to be eroding, plus enable for housing building to meet up with housing wants. Moreover, varied public transportation initiatives want respiration room to be accomplished. They provide the prospect of stabilizing and even decreasing avenue and freeway site visitors.
Since it’s obvious that the Los Angeles metropolitan space is already crowded, let’s not want for extra of the identical. As a retired financial growth guide, I imagine that taking a break from inhabitants progress would provide advantages which were ignored. And don’t fear: With the nice Southern California climate, any lower in migration right here will probably be short-term.
Gary Wartik, Palm Desert
