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There are 841 museums and art galleries in Los Angeles County.[69] In fact, Los Angeles has more museums per capita than any other city in the world.[69]
Los Angeles is also the #2 fashion center in the United States. It is currently ranked as the 9th fashion center in the world (by whoever the hell does the rankings) and was ranked 5th two years ago.
Oh, and the city got some great news on the cultural front today:
Average visitor will probably go on & on about how weird so many people in LA were to them, or how they are for equal rights, but saw gay men holding hands and that was offensive and saw too many transgendered. Or people who generally looked sleazy/trashy since the grunge look is one of those LA things. Too many women with implants might come up as well.
You can see all of this in Chicago as well, but it's such a different city and anything "alternative" isn't as integrated as in LA. The culture is so much more conservative, although the city itself votes more democrat than LA.
LA you might see edgier street style than NYC, but NYC has a closer connection with the high-end European fashion houses and a more important fashion week.
Average visitor will probably go on & on about how weird so many people in LA were to them, or how they are for equal rights, but saw gay men holding hands and that was offensive and saw too many transgendered. Or people who generally looked sleazy/trashy since the grunge look is one of those LA things. Too many women with implants might come up as well.
You can see all of this in Chicago as well, but it's such a different city and anything "alternative" isn't as integrated as in LA. The culture is so much more conservative, although the city itself votes more democrat than LA.
LA you might see edgier street style than NYC, but NYC has a closer connection with the high-end European fashion houses and a more important fashion week.
Absolutely. That's why the Michelin guide packed up and left L.A.
Uhh no, Michelin guide is based on a sales market/economic reasons only. Don't be surprised if they leave Chicago eventually, too. And if Michelin guide is the be all end all, how come they did Los Angeles and Las Vegas before Chicago? Perhaps they thought their restaurant scenes were better? Or that Chicago only recently has good restaurants? Vegas and LA both had more 2 and 3 star restaurants than Chicago when they were published.
Cities by Michelin 2-3 star restaurants...
NYC = 14
SF and Wine Country = 8
LA = 4
Las Vegas = 4
Chicago = 3
Of course, Chicago has a good food scene, but over relying on "lists" instead of your own experience or own research into it often backfires... as seen here..
New York city aside....just wanna know how folks at C-D think which city has the best culture overall. You can use the same criteria defined by Travel & Leisure.
* Classical music
* Theater/performance art
* Street performers
* Museums/galleries
* Historical sites/monuments
* Free attractions
Best Culture in U.S. Cities
"Each year Travel & leisure posts an online survey asking Americans what they like—and don't like—about 35 large U.S. cities and use the poll results to rank the cities based on a variety of topics, including most intelligent, most attractive, and best culture. The following table lists the 25 best U.S. Cities for culture in 2010." - Travel & Leisure
I was born and raised in Los Angeles, they have so much diversity and so much to offer, but I still voted Chicago. of course, remember culture means something different to everyone. That is why this is a question with no real answer. Now ask us who has the better baseball teams?
When I think of culture Hollywood and the superficial lifestyle is not what I think of.
Love L.A. but would easily choose cities like Chicago, Philadelphia, and Boston over it as far as culture.
Forget Hollywood for a second.
Does Chicago have a better art scene than L.A.? No.
A livlier music scene? No.
Fashion scene? No.
More diverse/ethnic enclaves? No.
Free concerts/events? Probably not.
More museums? No.
Even if you handicap L.A. and ignore Hollywood, it bests Chicago.
Last edited by RaymondChandlerLives; 08-29-2013 at 12:30 PM..
Chicago have a better art scene than L.A.? No. Livelier music scene? No.
Fashion scene? No.
More diverse/ethnic enclaves? No.
Free concerts/events? Probably not.
More museums? No.
Even if you handicap L.A. and ignore Hollywood, it bests Chicago.
For me it really depends on the decade for music scenes. In the early 80s, it was definitely LA with SST Records, late 80s and early 90s were all Chicago with Touch and Go Records, 00s I prefer Los Angeles groups, particular the scene from The Smell in DTLA. I'd say overall it's a toss up with Los Angeles putting out a lot more garbage than Chicago, though probably more quality acts as well.
But the Hollywood / superficiality thing is ridiculous. That is like judging all of NYC on Wall Street - it's like 5% of the population that is heavily in that scene.
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