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Those might be what I would call " 'The Rookies' apartments:" 2 levels, stucco, flat though slightly sloped shiny white rock roofs, tacky "Malibu lighting," Miami fonts calling out some stupid bastardized French/Spanish name on their street-facing wall, such as "Mar La Rue," and 4 coveted parking spots, in between stilts, from the alley behind and between two streets, for its 8 units.
You CAN survive this YouTube, but this apartment type is shown at the very end of the video. This is seriously funny stuff! Is THAT what you meant by "old dingbat apartments?"
Miami, simply because of the "pastel art deco" style is really only found in these two cities. Nowhere really can really be compared to LA though.
I never could stand the older buildings in Chicago, especially the ones where the front part comes out and you have windows on three sides (typical of gray/brown-stone architecture).
I guess Miami.....even though they're nothing alike really.
LA is massively larger than miami.....and more diverse.
LA's topography is also completely different....and their weather is different.
LA has more to offer than miami. Yes both are near beaches, etc. (Miami's beaches are prettier. LA's topography is prettier).... both have large Hispanic populations, tho Miami is more "HIspanic" per capita....like literally, almost everyone in Miami is Hispniac, wher as in LA, u have more persians, europeans, asians, etc.
I guess Miami.....even though they're nothing alike really.
LA is massively larger than miami.....and more diverse.
LA's topography is also completely different....and their weather is different.
LA has more to offer than miami. Yes both are near beaches, etc. (Miami's beaches are prettier. LA's topography is prettier).... both have large Hispanic populations, tho Miami is more "HIspanic" per capita....like literally, almost everyone in Miami is Hispniac, wher as in LA, u have more persians, europeans, asians, etc.
Yeah, Houston would prob be the best choice.
I don't know if LA has more Europeans per capita. I think Miami might be more "European" than LA. The coastal and beach areas have a couple European enclaves, and there is more European travel to Miami. I heard that LA has alot of Russians and Armenians. Miami also has Russians, and Jews, and Brits. A decent Spaniard population, also. While Hispanics make up HIGH percentage, the coastal areas have a decent migration of Europeans. Then Miami also has a more diverse West Indian population than LA. LA is more diverse then Miami, but Miami has a decent amount of non-Hispanic enclaves throughout. Little Haiti, Little Moscow, Little Tel Aviv etc.
I don't know if LA has more Europeans per capita. I think Miami might be more "European" than LA. The coastal and beach areas have a couple European enclaves, and there is more European travel to Miami. I heard that LA has alot of Russians and Armenians. Miami also has Russians, and Jews, and Brits. A decent Spaniard population, also. While Hispanics make up HIGH percentage, the coastal areas have a decent migration of Europeans. Then Miami also has a more diverse West Indian population than LA. LA is more diverse then Miami, but Miami has a decent amount of non-Hispanic enclaves throughout. Little Haiti, Little Moscow, Little Tel Aviv etc.
Santa Monica has a very high British population apparently.
I think technically (by the numbers) Miami may be more diverse. Los Angeles probably has more of an Asian population though. Most of the ethnic enclaves in LA are Asian - Little Tokyo, Thai Town, Filipinotown, Sawtelle (Little Tokyo pt. II), Koreatown. I've read a few articles about how in Koreatown a lot of the Korean shop owners are learning and becoming conversationally-fluent in Spanish, and this is without knowing English at all! This also goes the other way, Spanish speaking workers are learning Korean too. I find things like that to be incredibly fascinating.
I don't know if LA has more Europeans per capita. I think Miami might be more "European" than LA. The coastal and beach areas have a couple European enclaves, and there is more European travel to Miami. I heard that LA has alot of Russians and Armenians. Miami also has Russians, and Jews, and Brits. A decent Spaniard population, also. While Hispanics make up HIGH percentage, the coastal areas have a decent migration of Europeans. Then Miami also has a more diverse West Indian population than LA. LA is more diverse then Miami, but Miami has a decent amount of non-Hispanic enclaves throughout. Little Haiti, Little Moscow, Little Tel Aviv etc.
Just curious, where in the Miami area is Little Tel Aviv? And Little Moscow is basically Sunny Isles Beach, right?
Does the city of Miami itself have many European enclaves or are most of those along the beach communities? I mean Miami Beach is a very international place--I've seen plenty of European ex-pats around that town, but I'm curious if there's other areas with a more European international population evident...
I don't know if LA has more Europeans per capita. I think Miami might be more "European" than LA. The coastal and beach areas have a couple European enclaves, and there is more European travel to Miami. I heard that LA has alot of Russians and Armenians. Miami also has Russians, and Jews, and Brits. A decent Spaniard population, also. While Hispanics make up HIGH percentage, the coastal areas have a decent migration of Europeans. Then Miami also has a more diverse West Indian population than LA. LA is more diverse then Miami, but Miami has a decent amount of non-Hispanic enclaves throughout. Little Haiti, Little Moscow, Little Tel Aviv etc.
According to the 2011 American Community Survey 3 year estimates, here are the numbers
Miami Area European Born: 122,275 (5.7% of the foreign born, 2.2% of the total population)
Los Angeles Area European Born: 278,051 (5.0% of the foreign born, 1.6% of the total population)
Born in Northern Europe:
Miami: 25,435
Los Angeles: 72,053
Born in Western Europe:
Miami: 26,925
Los Angeles: 67,359
Born in Southern Europe:
Miami: 28,361
Los Angeles: 29,865
Born in Eastern Europe:
Miami: 41,207
Los Angeles: 108,054
Yeah I saw them towards the very end. Which is a testament to how old they are. I like that style though.
To me they always screamed 70's, but those things go as far back as the 50's. They're almost universally derided, but I can't help but love 'em, they define an era. And they're EVERYWHERE. That scene from "The Rookies" looks like West L.A., maybe Santa Monica. robertpolygot also touched on the names--they are indeed hilarious and overly-descriptive. Ever see "White Men Can't Jump"? At one point, Wesley Snipes's wife complains that there's no vistas, there's no views, and there sure as hell aren't any vistas of any damn views. She was describing her residence, the Vista View Apartments. Those are dingbats (how lovable is that name btw? Lol, I can never stop saying it).
The guy who came up with this name deserves an award. Or a pink slip. Or both:
Just curious, where in the Miami area is Little Tel Aviv? And Little Moscow is basically Sunny Isles Beach, right?
Collins Avenue, from South Beach all the way up to the Broward County line, has historically always had a sizable Jewish population. In the late 80s, there were still a lot of ancient widows from NY sitting on their porches watching the world go by, despite "Scarface" activity going on across the Intercoastal Waterway. I would venture that Israeli and Russian Jewish population is probably strongest from whichever causeway links into Miami Beach north of the Fontainebleau/Eden Roc (streets numbered in the 50s) all the way up to up around Bal Harbour's shopping (streets numbered in the 90s), and then up around North Miami Beach/Aventura (170s?). I'll never forget walking into a Denny's somewhere in North Miami Beach, maybe 2003, and this one accented retired lady doing the seating told me I reminded her of her Dad , when he was young. I asked her where she was from. She told me she was from Israel. Once in Broward County, both Hallandale and Hollywood are supposed to have Greek/Romanian/Balkan communities of the (Christian) Orthodox variety, living fairly close to the A1A (I don't remember at which point Collins becomes referred to as the A1A).
Still, the oceanfront feel of Miami Beach looks like nice parts of Santa Monica (without mountains) and some of the houses around Little Havana, some with chain link fences, look like the same kind of houses found in South Central or East LA. Regardless, Miami itself has a population of around 400,000 and it isn't a headquarters for much of anything, except financial institutions doing business with Latin America. For that reason, I think a big business town like Houston is more like LA. Visually and in terms of punch, I see Houston to be more like Los Angeles. However, I don't think Houston fares well with Angelenos who moved there because they are too attached to the whole slate of LA's amenities.
Correction:
Causeway (Interstate 195) dumps into 41st, south of the Fontainebleau and the Eden Roc.
Aventura, and the big mall, hooks into Collins via 192nd.
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, when he was young. 
I asked her where she was from. She told me she was from Israel. Once in Broward County, both Hallandale and Hollywood are supposed to have Greek/Romanian/Balkan communities of the (Christian) Orthodox variety, living fairly close to the A1A (I don't remember at which point Collins becomes referred to as the A1A).
