New York City vs Los Angeles: Which one is more cultural and iconic? (life, cons)

[jamills21]

Man.... People get really worked up in these threads

[jamills21]

Originally Posted by supermanpansy

Dude, it could have just ended there. I'm getting real tired of you calling me a liar. So you're saying, that I never saw one shady street/ house, etc in all of Beverly Hills about eight years ago? You're telling me that I'm making this up? Why would I do that? What purpose does it serve? It doesn't even align to my own argument. I'm debating NYC vs LA. It was Montclair who wanted to say that Malibu was more iconic/ important than Brooklyn. He's who I wanted to debate. You just jumped in on one little detail and allowed him to hide from all the crap that he spewed. Have you noticed I'm not going anywhere? Where has Montclair been all this time? My argument isn't truly with you, but you made it that way. Once again, you can act like BH is perfect, or some kind of oasis, but I've been there enough times to have seen some "not so nice streets". Satisfied?

And next time you rep me to talk sh t, your getting turned in.

LOL...Your funny.

[The Illusive Man]

Originally Posted by jamills21

Man.... People get really worked up in these threads

They most certainly do. This guy in particular is a clown.

[MichiVegas]

Originally Posted by jamills21

If anybody on this forum can locate any bad neighborhoods in Beverly Hills than you win this argument. All anybody has to do is show me ONE "sketchy" residential street. Just one residential street, is all I'm asking for.

There are no "bad" areas of Beverly Hills, but certain streets in the far south side of town, well below Wilshire, are not very desirable and kind of crappy looking, for the Westside.

[jimmykem]

Hasn't something very similar to this already been debated (for 56 pages!)? All the talking points and point of views just become repetitive.

http://www.city-data.com/forum/city-...nyc-vs-la.html

[jamills21]

Originally Posted by MichiVegas

There are no "bad" areas of Beverly Hills, but certain streets in the far south side of town, well below Wilshire, are not very desirable and kind of crappy looking, for the Westside.

Thank You for your reasonable post. I still have to disagree however. The Southern Border of Beverly Hills is basically between Pico and Olympic. There are no "crappy" places in that area, unless crappy means not very interesting in an urban sense; to which I agree.

Edit: This thread went from saying Beverly Hills has slums, to bad neighborhoods, to "Sketch" streets, to a few stretches of street that look crappy for the Westside.

[nei]

Taschen [art book publisher] stores. In the US, only found in NYC and LA. In New York City:

https://maps.google.com/maps?q=TASCH...rvo-jiBVuCkTRQ

old school urban. In Los Angeles. One in Beverly Hills:

https://maps.google.com/maps?q=354+N...24.49,,0,-3.35

suburban downtown. And one in Hollywood:

https://maps.google.com/maps?q=TASCH...56.88,,0,-1.16

strip mall.

[disposable2]

Originally Posted by nei

Taschen [art book publisher] stores. In the US, only found in NYC and LA. In New York City:

https://maps.google.com/maps?q=TASCH...rvo-jiBVuCkTRQ

old school urban. In Los Angeles. One in Beverly Hills:

https://maps.google.com/maps?q=354+N...24.49,,0,-3.35

suburban downtown. And one in Hollywood:

https://maps.google.com/maps?q=TASCH...56.88,,0,-1.16

strip mall.

That is not Hollywood

[nei]

Originally Posted by disposable2

That is not Hollywood

whoops. Taschen labels it as Hollywood:

TASCHEN Books: Store Hollywood (1) - Home

[hipcat]

I'll vote NYC. Has more iconic places(Brooklyn Bridge, Times Square, Coney Island, Central Park etc) than LA. LA has some iconic places like Hollywood, Getty Museum, Griffith Park. But it pales in comparison to NYC.