Reddit reviews Railtown: The Fight for the Los Angeles Metro Rail and the Future of the City
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If you want the whole story, read the book https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00FU997S2/
TL;DR multiple attempts to get local funding for a transit system in the 60s and 70s failed, so we missed out on the round of federal funds that built BART, WMATA, and MARTA. Before that, fare caps and increasing automobile traffic bankrupted the private operators, and due to poor maintenance, people saw the switch to buses as an improvement. Other big events while the current Red Line was under construction include the Ross Dress for Less explosion in 1985 (which caused tunneling west of Western to be banned) and the Hollywood Boulevard sinkhole in 1996ish that caused funding for new subways to be blocked.
Long answer: https://www.amazon.com/Railtown-Fight-Angeles-Metro-Future-ebook/dp/B00FU997S2
Short answer: We don't care and are willing to pay for it in terms of lost time and money.