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Nothing against LA. It has its thing going on, and lots of people like the southwest/west coast aesthetic. I found the coastal areas beautiful but the inland areas were dry, dusty and ugly. I can appreciate desert beauty but I didn't see any "desert beauty" in LA.
You can't appreciate the desert beauty in LA because it not a desert.
I think LA has better scenery overall. Chicago's lakefront and river (downtown at least) are great and there's some nice parks in the city. LA with the ocean and the mountains though - city wise not a lot better in this country.
You can't appreciate the desert beauty in LA because it not a desert.
You're putting words in my mouth. No, literally: you're putting word in my mouth. If the above was something I said, please let me know where. Those sure don't sound like my words...or my ideas.
Important to mention that the scenery comes to you in terms of dramatically changing seasons. That lake getting an icy slush going is neat. Fall colors, too.
Just more diversity . More to offer of EVERYTHING.
Ummmm except for freshwater in any and all varieties from a great lake to rivers creeks wetlands bogs swamps streams rainstorms snowstorms hail...
Deciduous forests...oak savannahs...sand dunes...prairieland wildflowers..plants and trees..
Seasons...fall colors spring flowers. Winter in all its gorgeousness...icicles...ice floes on lake michigan...forest preserves...snowdrift...ice covered forests..
And the Midwestern. sky is one ofthe most beautiful tapestries mother nature creates.
Chicago in a landslide...one area LA wins though..land and mudslides
Exactly! Lakeshore Drive is beautiful, and considering you have a huge city that snakes along it makes it very unique. But a couple blocks inland from the lake? And don't get me started on the suburbs of Chicago, flat and boring would be kind words for those places. The inner-ring burbs are nice, like Evanston, but compared to the Hollywood hills? Don't think so. The midwest is probably the least appealing to the eye of any area in the entire country.
I guess you have not explored the suburbs of Chicago then. There are hills, and the Palos area among others in the Forest Preserve system is forested and hilly. When I moved to Chicago from OC, I was amazed at the tree cover and green of Chicago. The suburbs have different feels and tiers (there are over 200) and they range from carved out of the cornfields to charming train line to riverfront to gorgeous lakefront. There is a scenery in some Chicago suburbs that can only be duplicated in LA in a scant few towns that are upper tier (Beverly Hills flats and San Marino come to mind).
That being said, if the subject is natural scenery, LA wins. Man made, Chicago wins. But if you are having a "World Wanderer" moniker on this site, then I suggest you actually wander into areas and know them before commenting. Just say'n.
Ummmm except for freshwater in any and all varieties from a great lake to rivers creeks wetlands bogs swamps streams rainstorms snowstorms hail...
Deciduous forests...oak savannahs...sand dunes...prairieland wildflowers..plants and trees..
Seasons...fall colors spring flowers. Winter in all its gorgeousness...icicles...ice floes on lake michigan...forest preserves...snowdrift...ice covered forests..
And the Midwestern. sky is one ofthe most beautiful tapestries mother nature creates.
Chicago in a landslide...one area LA wins though..land and mudslides
All these things are in the city of Chicago or just the midwest region in general?
Keep in mind the mountains cut right through L.A. city. Maybe I"m missing something but all I'm seeing in Chicago is buildings and a river.
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