Does Los Angeles have a dead downtown?

https://www.latimes.com/business/story/2026-06-13/los-angeles-has-one-of-deadest-downtowns-in-world-according-to-new-survey

 https://www.reddit.com/r/LosAngeles/comments/1u7widz/la_has_one_of_the_deadest_downtowns_in_the_world/  

https://ktla.com/news/local-news/los-angeles-has-one-of-deadest-downtowns-in-world/

https://www.reddit.com/r/LosAngeles/comments/176b9f3/what_are_your_opinions_about_downtown_los_angeles/ 

https://www.reddit.com/r/LosAngeles/comments/17gisbe/where_was_this_skyline_of_downtown_los_angeles/ Everything is kept so small in provincial Vancouver, even the mountains just north of Vancouver are shorter than the ones in LA. 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_Shore_(Greater_Vancouver)  

https://jf-databits.blogspot.com/search?q=Los+Angeles

https://jf-databits.blogspot.com/search?q=Vancouver