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It will be very interesting when we run out of oil in a few decades.
Another source of energy will be in use. At the end of the 19th century the big scare was the almost killed to extinction whales which were hunted to make whale oil. People thought that civilization would come to a screeching halt once the whales were extinct and no whale oil would be produced for lighting. Then kerosene was invented and the whales were saved and life kept going on. This scenario has happened many times in the past and there is no reason to doubt it will happen again. Humanity will find new ways to keep doing what it does, lets hope its a cleaner way.
Los Angeles is a nice place to live but I would never want to visit there. Dispersed, hard for the non-resident to navigate, etc.
This situation will improve once Phase II of the Expo Line opens in late 2015 or early 2016 (providing a rail link from Santa Monica to Downtown LA). Once complete there will be rail connections linking Santa Monica, Downtown LA, Hollywood and Pasadena. Though far from a perfect solution, it will be a vast improvement. Many Asian and European tourists already use the rail and bus system when they visit....this will make getting around easier and less of a hassle.
This. Unless you are a lover of the frivolity of Hollywood or so. In the other side, is a great city to live.
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Originally Posted by ryever
Los Angeles obviously
First impression where you get there : where's the city ?
Not much to see, only a few spots here and there (hollywood, santa monica, venice beach, beverly hills)
Cool vibe but at the end of the day visiting L.A is like visiting a collection of very small villages surrounded by suburban wasteland. The city is huge but it has less to offer to the tourist than one single arrondissement of Paris
I guess the reason Boston is the least disappointing in the poll because people go in with lower expectations compared to the other major cities.
Pretty much everyone has heard of Boston and knows about Harvard and MIT, maybe the Boston Tea Party or they saw The Departed... it's easy to forget about if you're coming to the US for the first time when you have NYC right there. But, most people I know who visit it love it out there. It has more character, imho, than NYC - a statement that will probably get me shouted down - with great dining, awesome museums and galleries, a great jazz, rock, and punk scene, tons of history, all within easy reach thanks to the T (metro).
I think they're serious. I can't believe it either.
Well Detroit was one of the wealthiest cities in the U.S.It has great bones in which to transform itself back.
Many of the public spaces rival those in NYC.Not al of them are falling apart.
If you ever get to Detroit,go ride throough it wealthy neighborhoods where the wealth of families from the Gilded Age.Beautiful Mansions unlike seen anywhere.
Sure its quite acity in desperate state but there is plenty to like about it.If you neve have been ,you should not speak unless you know for sure.
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