What does LA look like? Pt. II (must see!) (schools, taxes)

[AnUnidentifiedMale]

Originally Posted by SurekRZA

Why not compare TJ to Hong Kong or New York? Im sure there are similarities.

When I compare Los Angeles with Tijuana, I'm talking about the look of the city streets, the boulevards, and some of the neighborhoods. I'm not talking about the importance of the two cities in the world. Obviously, there's no comparison in that aspect.

[edwardius]

Originally Posted by SurekRZA

TJ is not a global city.
TJ is nearly or is homogeneous.
TJ does not have a concentration of over 400k residents making 100K plus a year.
TJ does not have cultural centers
TJ does not have a prominent downtown
TJ does not have a subway, light rail or dependable public transit
TJ does not influence the World
TJ does not have the 7th largest port in the world
TJ does not have one of the busiest airports in the world
TJ does not have an extensive and efficient freeway system
TJ does not have large concentrations of ethnicities from all over the world
TJ does not lead as a culture and art epicenter of the world
TJ is not recognized as a Global City
TJ does not have renowned theatres and art museums
TJ does not have major sport arenas
TJ does not have any major league sports
TJ does not have a metro of 18,000,000+ residents
TJ does not have a city population of 4.1 Mill

Why not compare TJ to Hong Kong or New York? Im sure there are similarities.

Mostly because I don't see TJ as similiar to HK or NYC.

In the US the establishment was on the East Coast. If you were trying to get as far away from that as you could, you ended up in LA. LA is pretty much the Anti-NYC. Its spread out, its less conventional, its wide open as to what can happen. In Mexico, if you want to get away from the establishment in Mexico City, you end up TJ. In the same way that LA isn't trying to replicate NYC, TJ isn't trying to replicate Mexico City.

Instead in both places people are creating something new.

There are a lot of people who have never been to LA who think LA has no culture, who accuse LA of having 'no there there', who say that LA lacks dependable transit nor a functioning freeway system. I am sure I am not the only who has heard someone from out of the region say there is so no culture south of Santa Barbara.

But those are mostly the comments of people who haven't spent enough time in LA to have an informed opinion of the place. In that sense, I think TJ is very much like LA. You have people who have never been somewhere saying that the region offers nothing because that individual hasn't spent enough time in that region to form an informed opinion.

[happ]

Originally Posted by edwardius

Mostly because I don't see TJ as similiar to HK or NYC.

In the US the establishment was on the East Coast. If you were trying to get as far away from that as you could, you ended up in LA. LA is pretty much the Anti-NYC. Its spread out, its less conventional, its wide open as to what can happen. In Mexico, if you want to get away from the establishment in Mexico City, you end up TJ. In the same way that LA isn't trying to replicate NYC, TJ isn't trying to replicate Mexico City.

Instead in both places people are creating something new.

There are a lot of people who have never been to LA who think LA has no culture, who accuse LA of having 'no there there', who say that LA lacks dependable transit nor a functioning freeway system. I am sure I am not the only who has heard someone from out of the region say there is so no culture south of Santa Barbara.

But those are mostly the comments of people who haven't spent enough time in LA to have an informed opinion of the place. In that sense, I think TJ is very much like LA. You have people who have never been somewhere saying that the region offers nothing because that individual hasn't spent enough time in that region to form an informed opinion.

I'm not sure you are serious or just trying to stir-up something but Tijuana is no "Mexico City" nor is it in anyway like Mexico City. You obviously know very little about Mexico. Tijuana is a border city just like Mexicali\ Nogales\ Juarez\ Laredo, etc. Maybe a little more tourism in Tijuana.

If your point is that there are lots of Mexicans in Los Angeles just like Tijuana then that's the only comparison. I don't know where you live but if you live in, say, Kansas City which also has a sizable & growing Latino population would you then make a comparison with Tijuana?

BTW, where do you live?

[AnUnidentifiedMale]

Originally Posted by edwardius

Mostly because I don't see TJ as similiar to HK or NYC.

In the US the establishment was on the East Coast. If you were trying to get as far away from that as you could, you ended up in LA. LA is pretty much the Anti-NYC. Its spread out, its less conventional, its wide open as to what can happen. In Mexico, if you want to get away from the establishment in Mexico City, you end up TJ. In the same way that LA isn't trying to replicate NYC, TJ isn't trying to replicate Mexico City.

Instead in both places people are creating something new.

Good observations. In Mexico, TJ is also thought of in a similar way to what Americans think of San Francisco: It's that place way out there on the west coast that's a little different than the rest of the country.

I've often thought that Tijuana has elements of San Diego, L.A., and San Francisco, all in one place.

[happ]

Originally Posted by AnUnidentifiedMale

Good observations. In Mexico, TJ is also thought of in a similar way to what Americans think of San Francisco: It's that place way out there on the west coast that's a little different than the rest of the country.

I've often thought that Tijuana has elements of San Diego, L.A., and San Francisco, all in one place.

Where in Mexico do they view Tijuana as different than the rest of the country? Just because it is on the extreme northwest corner of Mexico like Seattle is on the northwest corner of the U.S? So your line of thinking is that there must be lots of similarities between Seattle & Tijuana

And please explain how Tijuana is similar to San Francisco, LA & San Diego. I'm sure the readers would like to learn something from someone so knowledgeable

[AnUnidentifiedMale]

Originally Posted by happ

Where in Mexico do they view Tijuana as different than the rest of the country? Just because it is on the extreme northwest corner of Mexico like Seattle is on the northwest corner of the U.S? So your line of thinking is that there must be lots of similarities between Seattle & Tijuana

And please explain how Tijuana is similar to San Francisco, LA & San Diego. I'm sure the readers would like to learn something from someone so knowledgeable

No, that's okay. Your smart-ass response is enough to convince me that I'm better off not answering to your question.

[SurekRZA]

Originally Posted by edwardius

Mostly because I don't see TJ as similiar to HK or NYC.

In the US the establishment was on the East Coast. If you were trying to get as far away from that as you could, you ended up in LA. LA is pretty much the Anti-NYC. Its spread out, its less conventional, its wide open as to what can happen. In Mexico, if you want to get away from the establishment in Mexico City, you end up TJ. In the same way that LA isn't trying to replicate NYC, TJ isn't trying to replicate Mexico City.

This part of your post makes little sense, sorry.
I also dont know where you got these pieces of information from.
but I do see where youre coming from in the rest of your post but still, the comparison between L.A. and TJ is hardly noticeable. Trust me, I grew up going to TJ and still do but not as often and when I first moved to L.A., TJ was one of the last things it reminded of.

[SurekRZA]

Originally Posted by AnUnidentifiedMale

I've often thought that Tijuana has elements of San Diego, L.A., and San Francisco, all in one place.

Having grown up going to Tijuana regularly, I really can't see what you speak of but Im sure you have your reasons. Several City elements are universal just in different "shapes and sizes" IMO.

[happ]

Originally Posted by AnUnidentifiedMale

No, that's okay. Your smart-ass response is enough to convince me that I'm better off not answering to your question.

Nice cop-out

[timelesschild]

Originally Posted by streetscenes

Are you kidding? I think most of his portraits are beautiful. Maybe it's just my tastes but I find the ladies in these photos beautiful. Some of the dudes are pretty goofy looking, but they look like high school kids and that goes with that age group.

King - Great job again. I'm not sure what I'm more impressed with. Your ability to capute beauty and true feeling in the people you photograph. Or your incredible knack for architectural photography. You could publish a coffee table book on apartment architecture in LA.

I totally 100% agree! You could pay for your college on your publishing royalties... and I love the people's pictures you take. You have a real gift...