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I think the diversity measure is closer than most people think. Sure, the City of Sacramento is more diverse than the City of Las Vegas, but metrowise, I think Las Vegas takes it.
Wow, I didn't look at the hard numbers before I posted, my bad. Vegas is also very diverse, much more than I expected.
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Originally Posted by Huge Foodie 215
How do you define character? I've heard great things about places like Summerlin, Henderson, etc. And it seems that the suburbs of Las Vegas seem to be more diverse than the suburbs of Sacramento, IIRC.
Well I hate to pull the age thing like the East Coast is fond of doing but having a larger stock of early 20th late 19th century buildings helps. There's the variety in environments as well: suburbs in the Sierra foothills, open farmland, near the Delta. Green rolling hills with equestrian estates and vineyards. Granted both cities suffer from sprawl but c'est la vie.
The greenness of Northern California is personally preferred to the more arid look of LA and Vegas as well. Zion is fantastic, there's great climbing at Red Rocks, but again personally I'd prefer the location Sacramento has.
Got to agree with this - most half-intelligent people do not equate California with only Los Angeles.
sacramento916, unless you lived in San Bernardino or Victorville, I'm not sure what similarities Las Vegas and Los Angeles really have.
And for the purpose of this thread - I'd take Sacramento a million times over.
Well, I did live in Los Angeles for a good number of years. And don't get me wrong, LA is a 1000X better than Las Vegas, and it has a lot of quirky, gritty neighborhoods with great unpretentious ethnic food that I love. Overall, it has a lot to offer, but the similarities I see is the prevailing attitude that seems to exist in both cities. Basically the disproportionate number of flashy posers and douchebags.
And I was living in the midst of it all, in West LA. Literally a 10 minute drive from Santa Monica Pier.
Sacramento is a snore-fest of a city. Absolutely no culture and most people spend their town driving to and from The Bay Area/Tahoe.
With that being said the proximity to Lake Tahoe is a HUGE plus in Sacramento's favor; literally the only good thing about that place if you ask me.
That's right. I was driving about 20,000 miles instead of the normal 12,000 to 15,000 miles a year to ESCAPE...exactly, to San Francisco Bay Area or to Tahoe. Having to spend a weekend in Sacramento was insufferable.
Like I've said before, when you ask people what's good about Sacramento, they say "It's close to everything." They can say NOTHING positive about the city proper.
That's right. I was driving about 20,000 miles instead of the normal 12,000 to 15,000 miles a year to ESCAPE...exactly, to San Francisco Bay Area or to Tahoe. Having to spend a weekend in Sacramento was insufferable.
Like I've said before, when you ask people what's good about Sacramento, they say "It's close to everything." They can say NOTHING positive about the city proper.
Finally. Someone from Northern California who is honest
what a nightmare-ish decision to have to make...the last two metros i would consider on the entire west coast...i can't imagine living in either place...both places strongly represent what I do not like about the US
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