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I've heard a lot of people say this. I need to check out Oakland next time I'm in SF.
Like Nineties Flava said, there are some definite differences, but I agree East Bay is very similar to LA. Especially the parts to the south like San Leandro, Hayward, etc. They remind me a lot of South and Central LA, and parts of East LA. Basically dense, mostly-walkable commercial streets that are relatively car-accommodating (but not car-oriented) with lots of tightly packed SFH and duplexes on the residential streets.
My friends live in San Bruno on the Peninsula, it also has some shared characteristics with Los Angeles.
On the other hand, hiking in Los Angeles there's always a chance your pet could get eaten by coyotes or that you'll come face to face with a mountain lion.
Isn't he cute though? Just look at that big kitty!
On the other hand, hiking in Los Angeles there's always a chance your pet could get eaten by coyotes or that you'll come face to face with a mountain lion.
Isn't he cute though? Just look at that big kitty!
On the other hand, hiking in Los Angeles there's always a chance your pet could get eaten by coyotes or that you'll come face to face with a mountain lion.
Isn't he cute though? Just look at that big kitty!
Exceedingly rare, mind you. Probably have a greater chance of getting struck by lightening in a thunderstorm in the northeast.
The East Bay feels the most similar to LA of anywhere I've seen, they're still different though.
I've always heard this also. I've always heard Oakland and the surrounding burbs felt alot like LA. Google mapping Oakland, I can definitely see the similarities. The hilly neighborhoods in the foothills of far east Oakland, like Millsmont. remind me of the foothills neighborhoods of East LA. Also neighborhoods in the Northern end of San Antonio like Highland Park, and Cleveland Heights, remind me of the foothill neighborhoods in LA areas like City Terrace/East LA, Northeast LA(which also has a Highland Park of it's own), Silver Lake, Edendale, etc. Maxwell Park also reminds me of Baldwin Hills/Windsor Hills/Ladera Heights, etc.
San Diego as a whole is nothing like L.A., yet if you selectively pick and choose specific neighborhoods and geographic areas you can weave a San Diego out of L.A.; and that would be primarily some of its best parts. San Diego is bunched up against hills, canyons, beaches and cliffs against the ocean and the city itself directly on the bay, so it represents a much more bunched up version of L.A., closer to the hills and ocean, much less soulless sprawl. The downtown is very compact and vibrant and the surrounding neighborhoods, while not quite as cool as Silverlake, Echo Park, and WeHo, we do still have some very hip urban neighborhoods in like minded canyons and hills, South Park, North Park and Hillcrest. We don't have have Venice Beach to be sure but Mission Beach, Ocean Beach and a Pacific Beach approximate a crazy beach culture as much as anywhere.
And culturally it is not near as conservative as some people are portraying, both the city and now county trend blue, with a few conservative holdouts, and there is more than enough cultural amenities to keep just about any urbanite, if they are the least bit adventurous, interested.
The fact that I love L.A., or to be honest as with every city, slices of it, means that I cannot in my mind find a city that really is exceedingly similar, maybe Mexico City and I've never been, but the vastness of both, the geographical and cultural context that they both find themselves in seems like it might be the actual closest.
San Diego as a whole is nothing like L.A., yet if you selectively pick and choose specific neighborhoods and geographic areas you can weave a San Diego out of L.A.; and that would be primarily some of its best parts. San Diego is bunched up against hills, canyons, beaches and cliffs against the ocean and the city itself directly on the bay, so it represents a much more bunched up version of L.A., closer to the hills and ocean, much less soulless sprawl. The downtown is very compact and vibrant and the surrounding neighborhoods, while not quite as cool as Silverlake, Echo Park, and WeHo, we do still have some very hip urban neighborhoods in like minded canyons and hills, South Park, North Park and Hillcrest. We don't have have Venice Beach to be sure but Mission Beach, Ocean Beach and a Pacific Beach approximate a crazy beach culture as much as anywhere.
And culturally it is not near as conservative as some people are portraying, both the city and now county trend blue, with a few conservative holdouts, and there is more than enough cultural amenities to keep just about any urbanite, if they are the least bit adventurous, interested.
The fact that I love L.A., or to be honest as with every city, slices of it, means that I cannot in my mind find a city that really is exceedingly similar, maybe Mexico City and I've never been, but the vastness of both, the geographical and cultural context that they both find themselves in seems like it might be the actual closest.
Everything you said of SD, is basically what I thought of SD, from the outside looking in.
On that list? Miami. But I have to wonder, why in the flying monkey taint wasnt Phoenix included on that poll? Seriously.
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