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Well, in 2007 they (H&M) said they planned to "increase the number of new stores by 10% to 15% per year." So Texas should see some sooner or later, there's only so many other places they can expand into.
Not even nyc compares to the L.A shopping experience
Nyc has macys and 5th ave like L.A got forever 21 & rodeo drive but the fashion district in downtown los angeles is best in the nation do you got your local swapmeets and premiere malls of america L.A has it all it's the entertainment capital so all the movie stars in L.A set the bar for the rest of the world in fashion & shopping
I think NYC has more of the upscale shopping than LA though LA has a lot of it. More than any other city outside of NYC. Overall I think LA offers more than NYC when it comes to shopping. LA's fashion district downtown can be epic. You can buy damn near ANYTHING there and haggle your own price. The best part is that LA's fashion district isn't some trendy contrivance, it's been around forever, or at least longer than I've been alive lol It's very organic, original and amazing. Any style, any material, any accessory, anything you want/need can be found there. Right downtown. It certainly beats Dallas, Houston and Miami.
Well upscale shopping in new york & L.A are prolly tied 5th ave & rodeo drive are for the big spenders
I think new york city core is times square where in L.A it could be the downtown fashion center the beverly center hollywood blvd....I mean it's bigger than N.Y so it's not really fair outside of manhattan i feel where new york malls come into play i heard it's a big mall in queens and another thing new york has is the nba store and the biggest toy store in america......texas has alot of shopping because it's a giant state but overall entertainment I've seen celebs in the L.A malls every given weekend plus nothing beats california kitchen and fat burger
I lived in SoCal for four years. I love Los Angeles to this day in its own way but those scenes I've actually been to. From Robertson to Melrose to the Sunset Strip to Santa Monica Main to Colorado Blvd to Rodeo...it's all the SAME type of sidewalks and buildings! Same type of foot traffic. Just a tourist trap. No sense of personal walkways among the busy hordes ala Houston's Buffalo Bayou adjacent to the Theater District or the walkway along the Woodlands Waterway.
In actuality I really do love Wilshire at Western but I actually got put off by L.A.'s superficiality when I wanted to watch a movie in Old Town Pasadena. I got out, looked at the "I'm think I'm cool" vibe, changed my mind. Superficial. So L.A. I got in my car and drove out of there. It doesn't really seem any different than Santa Monica.
Downtown L.A. has an interesting shopping district...for shame that the whitebreads avoid it. I've had some interesting days there as I was always fond of the Central Library.
Houston, now that's a more interesting sense of space even in the context of a flat city. There are bungalows and Victorian houses converted to COLORFUL bars and shops with UNIQUE character...stuff not commonly seen in more conventional Los Angeles. I have never found anything like Agora Ka in L.A. or San Diego.
Yet there is the Montrose with a mix of conventional Melrose-type storefronts and oddball bungalows, a Houston thing.
There are clapboards along the Kemah Lighthouse District that have different spacing and arrangement from Old Town Spring in north Houston. Just the vibe is so, so different from the Uptown Galleria area.
Rice Village is sort of like a Little Santa Monica in a grid, very villagey. But really, Santa Monica Promenade is really a mall without the roof. Or just Disney.
19th Street has its own street angles that mixes Melrose with Mayberry in a genuine, natural way. It is an old shopping area with a nouveaux artsy feel.
Houston's Galleria area is similar to Century City. Houston's New Chinatown is similar to the San Gabriel Valley. Highland Village is Rodeo Drive with a parking lot. So...there are similarities between the two cities in ways...
Los Angeles in terms VARIETY of vibe and street texture...has NOTHING on Houston. I have walked down Robertson St. and said to myself...so what is so different in overall character of this place than Santa Monica or Sunset at Doheny? Where's the vibe? The sidewalks probably measure the same. Westwood Village is only a bit different in that it is not necessarily a parallel configuration...but the sidewalks and structures are standard.
19th Street ain't nothing like West Gray in Houston. That's a certainty coming from someone who's lived in SoCal and Houston for multiple years.
Houston is eccentric and I don't consider it "anytown" USA. Los Angeles is just a template of similar streets that just happen to have a gazillion shops.
Sitting in Onion Creek Cafe in an "urban rustic" street like White Oak is a vastly different one than having some cappuccino at Coco's in Midtown Houston. It's very pleasing in an organic way...not touristy or superficial. That's what I LOVE about H-town. Much variety of places to eat or imbibe or shop without feeling you are some color tourguide brochure fodder.
Standing in Old Town Pasadena along Colorado just never struck me as being that different than standing along Main St. in Santa Monica. Heck, even downtown Santa Ana has the same traditional sidewalk/storefronts. Just different demographics and types of shops.
Yeah, there's the "excitement" of L.A. but it's just sameness of pace and street scape for the most part. Here in Houston, I'll take the variety of street angles that range from semi-rustic to ultra-modern existing in this contrasting urban patchwork.
Oh brother here we go again, this guy never seizes to amaze me with his weird obsession of sidewalks
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