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If this question were asked in 1987, it could be a lengthy discussion. Now, not so much.
To the OP, if you don't know what I mean then watch the movies Pretty Woman and Taxi Driver, and on the side of crazy leaning more towards Taxi Driver.
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Times Square certainly has more energy and lights/crowds. I was actually really let down by Hollywood Blfd, not sure what I was expecting but it was just a random street in the middle of a city with a few attractions scattered around. I think I was expecting this crowded energetic michigan ave type setting or something in NYC with attractions everywhere and crazyness. Of course I know it's not that...just hadn't thought about it much beforehand.
Times Square is more crowded and hectic. If you like advertisements and crowds of people look no further. But there's nothing in Times Square, in terms of both people and commerce, that your can't find at a suburban mall.
Hollywood Blvd. lacks the crowds, in fact it's often a ghost town, but certainly makes up for craziness in terms of sleaze. Strolling down Hollywood Blvd, you'll likely be greeted by the sight of transvestite prostitutes walking around, chicken bones littered on the star-studded sidewalk, head shops, and stores that sell $5 phone cards for calling Honduras.
Last time I was on Hollywood BLVD, it was packed as hell, especially closer to the western portion of the route. I think Hollywood/Highland station is where it is the most packed.
Times Square is more crowded and hectic. If you like advertisements and crowds of people look no further. But there's nothing in Times Square, in terms of both people and commerce, that your can't find at a suburban mall.
Hollywood Blvd. lacks the crowds, in fact it's often a ghost town, but certainly makes up for craziness in terms of sleaze. Strolling down Hollywood Blvd, you'll likely be greeted by the sight of transvestite prostitutes walking around, chicken bones littered on the star-studded sidewalk, head shops, and stores that sell $5 phone cards for calling Honduras.
The Blvd does not lack crowds, it probably has the biggest crowds in all of LA, along with maybe Santa Monica-Venice Beach (and maybe Disneyland etc lol).
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The Blvd does not lack crowds, it probably has the biggest crowds in all of LA, along with maybe Santa Monica-Venice Beach (and maybe Disneyland etc lol).
In the 90's it had a cheapened and vacant feel about it. Not so much now, though like Times square a lot of the same retail and chains as anywhere else.
In the 90's it had a cheapened and vacant feel about it. Not so much now, though like Times square a lot of the same retail and chains as anywhere else.
Yeah I visited in 2011, so I don't know what it was like in the 90s (other than in videos.etc). I feel Times Square and Hollywood Boulevard both have a very commercialised 'Disney' feel about them now.
Both are very commercialized. There's not anything necessarily bad about this; I think everyone should see both attractions at least once in their life, like Waikiki or South Beach. But both are just so crowded that I'm not sure it's worth going back to several times again on your next visits to LA or NYC. There's other interesting places to see in both places that might be more unique and less crowded or sketchy.
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