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Yes, every now and then I allow myself to get sucked into your communal whirlpool of envy and bitterness.
What? You're a black hole of envy and bitterness. This whole thread has been consumed by your lunch room bullying. Quite honestly, I'd prefer if you'd think of the others who are trying to have a discussion in this thread.
We get it, you love SF. It's the most urban place behind NYC to you. Thanks for your opinion; now please move on.
After reading some posts, I'm starting to second guess my previous listing. LA may not have as many skyscrapers and as big of a downtown feel as Chicago, but it definitely has a BIG city feel. That's also not to say that it doesn't feel big downtown, but it has a different feeling of a large city. It feels like it goes on forever and hardly scales down at all when making some serious distance from the main downtown.
I'm interested to see what others think who may have more experience with both (than I have).
What? You're a black hole of envy and bitterness. This whole thread has been consumed by your lunch room bullying.
Nope your reading comprehension appears to have eluded you. I posted an opinion that was called to task and balked at by a band of marauding haters(as usual) and when I respond, I respond.
After reading some posts, I'm starting to second guess my previous listing. LA may not have as many skyscrapers and as big of a downtown feel as Chicago, but it definitely has a BIG city feel. That's also not to say that it doesn't feel big downtown, but it has a different feeling of a large city. It feels like it goes on forever and hardly scales down at all when making some serious distance from the main downtown.
I'm interested to see what others think who may have more experience with both (than I have).
You rang? I'm from Los Angeles, and currently live in Chicago. They have about the same size feel, but in different ways. Downtown Chicago obviously has an enormous skyline, but once you leave the central areas, things start to get small, with a lot of areas that are almost entirely residential. The city seems to be largely clustered along the north/south L lines on the North side of town, with most everything else being scaled down. Los Angeles also has some areas, of course, that are almost entirely residential, but they seem to be intermittently sandwiched in between spots of congestion and big buildings. The city doesn't seem to scale down in any particular direction, and rather just has areas spread throughout that seem small along with areas all over that seem large. It's a strange place, LA, but we like it that way.
Nope your reading comprehension appears to have eluded you. I posted an opinion that was called to task and balked at by a band of marauding haters(as usual) and when I respond, I respond.
Whatever man. All I know is that I've been reading your posts for years and I used to think you were really level-headed and knew how to pick and choose your battles. Now you snap back at people and litter threads with repetitious content. It's not even about SF vs. Philly, it's about putting your opinion and your content out there and if people don't agree, then you move on. Shoveling the same crap in people's faces with snide comments doesn't exactly help your cause. It's called 3rd person perspective and self evaluation.
You rang? I'm from Los Angeles, and currently live in Chicago. They have about the same size feel, but in different ways. Downtown Chicago obviously has an enormous skyline, but once you leave the central areas, things start to get small, with a lot of areas that are almost entirely residential. The city seems to be largely clustered along the north/south L lines on the North side of town, with most everything else being scaled down. Los Angeles also has some areas, of course, that are almost entirely residential, but they seem to be intermittently sandwiched in between spots of congestion and big buildings. The city doesn't seem to scale down in any particular direction, and rather just has areas spread throughout that seem small along with areas all over that seem large. It's a strange place, LA, but we like it that way.
LA's size is mind-boggling, especially with it densifying. Thanks for the perspective. I visited recently and felt how large it is, mostly because of the consistent medium-level density that doesn't last that long in most cities. However, I didn't get to explore as much as I would have liked.
First you say this thread is not about SF vs Philly as if Im the one who made it that way(In case you havent noticed, ANY thread remotely related to Philly becomes a thread about Philly and how its supposedly unfairly perceived) and now you appear to be making this thread about me.
Here's a thought, why don't you post something related to this topic and move on from there.
You rang? I'm from Los Angeles...The city doesn't seem to scale down in any particular direction, and rather just has areas spread throughout that seem small along with areas all over that seem large. It's a strange place, LA, but we like it that way.
But those characteristics are what make LA seem so massive.
Drive down Sunset, Wilshire, Santa Monica etc and its exactly as you describe, relatively dense residential areas with large retail and commercial areas in between them. And that's just the Westside.
On a visit about a month ago, I drove on city streets from Downtown all the way to Santa Monica mainly because I had things to do along the way and it took forever with traffic, but also because there was so much that distracted me that I stopped and walked around.
By the way, I hate driving there during the day, but absolutely love it late nights---ironically just like when Im in New York.
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