Sorry, I’m not able to send this directly through SnapFace since your iPhone 6 doesn’t support neural chat. Old-fashioned text pixels will have to do. Remember the movie “Her”? That’s what Los Angeles is like in 2056. L.A. is the densest city in the U.S., with a population that’s about a third larger than it was in 2016. Taller buildings are everywhere, including New DTLA — a corridor of super-talls that runs the length of Wilshire all the way to Santa Monica.

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Because so many people walk and bike, our quality of life is dramatically better. People walk their children to school and stay more active in the community, which means education has improved and crime is down. Pretty much everything I need in my HaFoSiLa neighborhood is a pleasant one-mile walk away — a pleasant tree-lined walk since the city planted 2 million trees to commemorate the end of Mayor Eric Garcetti’s third term. ...