Los Angeles vs. San Francisco (climates, live, best, state)

[SurekRZA]

Originally Posted by downtown1

America's Favorite Cities: OVERALL | Travel + Leisure

Wow, I cant believe this site. Best city in "Getting around" category is Portland and for "Holidays and seasons" categorty is San Diego. I lived in San Diego and it does not deserve by any means best "Holidays and seasons". It doesn't even deserve second place for best "Quality of life". I wouldn't believe or follow this site at all by the fact that it's an American Express published site.

[SurekRZA]

Originally Posted by beone

Travel & Leisures World's Top 10 Cities!

Top 10 Cities Overall
1 Florence 86.90
2 Buenos Aires 86.75
3 Bangkok 86.56
4 Rome 86.30
5 Sydney 86.27
6 New York 85.36 (up from #8 last year)
7 Udaipur, India 85.12
8 Istanbul 84.78
9 San Francisco 84.60 (up from #10 last year)
10 Cape Town 84.12

Do some research on your own! San Francisco doesn't even have a population of 800,000! that really shows the REALITY of how favorite this city is. Read who publishes this site and you will loose all credibility.

[SurekRZA]

Originally Posted by FutureCop

And you are right. Nearly every person I know that has been to LA has come back dissapointed. Yes, they say the beach is nice (actually, the beaches are not even in LA), they say the moutains were nice, but none of them were impressed with the actual city that I know of. And as of now, I'm preparing to be bashed by yet another Angeleno for speaking my observations. God forbid some people don't like LA...

I don't care about your observations. Everybody is different. Not everybody thinks Chicago pizza is the best or that New York city pizza is the greatest but people argue about it all the time. It's just pathetic. Speak what you think! but don't bash Los Angeles because it has grown to be the countrys second largest city. Los Angeles faces many problems but it still manages to overcome them. Unlike New York, Los Angeles was not meant to be one of the countries largest cities but it has and its trying to surpass the conflicts that come with them. I would not love Los Angeles so much if I hadn't moved here from San Diego.

[SurekRZA]

Originally Posted by Fleet

A lot of vistors make the mistake of coming to the Los Angeles area and only going to Hollywood and downtown LA and not seeing areas like the Simi Hills easily visible from both Chatsworth Park North and South, the scenic view from Big Tujunga Canyon and Angeles Crest Highway in the San Gabriel Mountians, the nice shopping areas in Burbank (especially on Golden Mall Ave.) the beaches at Malibu and Leo Carrillo and many other local places.

I agree with this but you can't blame these people for not doing so. Theres too much to see in Los Angeles. I could not visit everything in a mere four day visit to Los Angeles.

[SurekRZA]

Originally Posted by FutureCop

Oh, CousinPete's vote goes to LA! Now San Francisco's in big trouble! Oh, no! Pete, it's 60-SF, 23-LA... And you posted those same damn pics in the West vs. East Coast thread. Please, my eyes are burning looking at that horrid sprawl! Mercy!

You are a complete idiot. How pathetic are you?? you talk a lot of crap on how "NYC and Chicago are better cities than Los Angeles" but you still manage to spend a great deal of time on this forum. I hardly spend any time on this forum, I'm out in my city enjoying life rather than bashing others online.

[SurekRZA]

Originally Posted by AVMan

I can't believe this "debate" has gone on for 38 pages. That is bizarre to me.

I live in Los Angeles (and love it) and visit San Francisco quite often (and love it). Each is different from (and in many ways, complementary to) the other.

It is not a binary equation that if you love LA, you must hate San Francisco, or vice versa. It seems that some people on this forum can be very myopic. "A is the best", or "X is better than Y".

[B}I understand that internet forums are not necessarily the best places to discuss the details of what makes cities special[/b], but both LA and San Francisco offer a lot to both residents and visitors. I'm constantly discovering new places to see and do here AND in San Francisco.

But whatever, I'll go back to observing now. Let me know when this post reaches 50 pages. One question: What does the poll winner get?

Exactly!!!!! this poll has reached 39 pages! and it's usually the same people arguing. If you love your city so much then go off and enjoy it rather than fight with complete strangers online!! I love Los Angeles and I would much rather spend my time out there in the city than here arguing with people who have no lives.

So what does the winner get? a pat in the back? good job!

[john_starks]

close, SF barely wins by a fake palm tree

[18Montclair]

Originally Posted by john_starks

close, SF barely wins by a fake palm tree

what, are the palm trees made out of plastic or something?

close?
only if you consider light years close.

[KerrTown]

Originally Posted by Fleet

A lot of vistors make the mistake of coming to the Los Angeles area and only going to Hollywood and downtown LA and not seeing areas like the Simi Hills easily visible from both Chatsworth Park North and South, the scenic view from Big Tujunga Canyon and Angeles Crest Highway in the San Gabriel Mountians, the nice shopping areas in Burbank (especially on Golden Mall Ave.) the beaches at Malibu and Leo Carrillo and many other local places.

Not that many people can stand the heat in the SFV, Simi Hils, or Santa Clarita. I don't want to deal with the heat after driving through desert once I left Texas.

[john_starks]

Originally Posted by 18Montclair

what, are the palm trees made out of plastic or something?

close?
only if you consider light years close.

no, lol. last time i visited, i was told that, given the climate, palm trees are not native to SF. they do seem to fare pretty up there though.