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Originally Posted by Manhattan4Ever
And I'm a city guy,
Well theres the main point right there, if you're a city person and are used to places like New York City, Chicago, Boston, San Francisco, & Philadelphia then you really wont find anything in Los Angeles interesting. And that is saying solely if you want walkable neighborhoods through and through and getting around the city area on foot.
Architecturally it is not New York City or Chicago you wont find yourself living amongst a concrete jungle like those two cities for the most part. And that's fine it is a different kind of lifestyle and it excels at what it does which is main priority of outdoor recreational activities.
And you made your case, conclusion is if you're solely a person who wants to live in a far more cosmopolitan environment with a condensed infrastructure and a bustling "city life" than Los Angeles and anything else in the sunbelt is not for you, besides Miami.
Yeah it's true if you're an average guy in Los Angeles you wont be looking up and seeing this: (and I know this is the 4th time this week I've posted this- but honestly someone show me a better picture cause this one is great in so many different ways...)
Because that is something Los Angeles simply is not, it's just a different type of city. More spread out, slower paced, auto-centric, diverse landscape, mild weather, not centralized to a downtown area, & west coast culture with lots of Asian and Hispanic influence. Many people would find this attractive in its own right.
To each their own I guess.
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Originally Posted by NaturalUrbanBalence
New York City!
(Awesome danny who should change his city data user name back to Omshahi made some very good points about LA)
Hahaha quite possibly so. It just seemed to flow a lot smoother than my real name "Danny".
Well theres the main point right there, if you're a city person and are used to places like New York City, Chicago, Boston, San Francisco, & Philadelphia then you really wont find anything in Los Angeles interesting. And that is saying solely if you want walkable neighborhoods through and through and getting around the city area on foot.
Architecturally it is not New York City or Chicago you wont find yourself living amongst a concrete jungle like those two cities for the most part. And that's fine it is a different kind of lifestyle and it excels at what it does which is main priority of outdoor recreational activities.
And you made your case, conclusion is if you're solely a person who wants to live in a far more cosmopolitan environment with a condensed infrastructure and a bustling "city life" than Los Angeles and anything else in the sunbelt is not for you
Yeah its nothing BAD l.a. is doing, it is just not for certain people, nyc/chicago is just not for certain people. Obviously tons of people like l.a. and sunbelt city layouts. It shouldn't discredit what the cities offer, but they *are* two pretty different lifestyles.
Location: Austin, TX/Chicago, IL/Houston, TX/Washington, DC
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Yeah its nothing BAD l.a. is doing, it is just not for certain people, nyc/chicago is just not for certain people. Obviously tons of people like l.a. and sunbelt city layouts. It shouldn't discredit what the cities offer, but they *are* two pretty different lifestyles.
Exactly, I'm literally torn about which layout it is that I prefer more as well. Perhaps when I get older I'll have a better idea. I spend to much time in both kinds of cities to literally take the best of both.
And you're one of the few to see it like it is, and that's a different type of city. Every city in the sunbelt/Spanish Belt has the exact same layout besides Miami. Where as everything north of it has a similar layout the condensed "city" structure.
To each their own I guess.
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made some very good points about LA)
