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In the midst of the Stanley Cup between the teams of the 2 cities, I keep remembering the exchange with this LA fanboy that I had here who was claiming LA's nightlife is not only world class but apparently puts NYC's nightlife to shame. I didn't want to humor the clown by starting a thread back then but it feels like a good enough time or at least as good as it's ever gonna be to start this topic. So pretty simple actually, only one criteria to this thread. Which city do you personally feel has a better nightlife/party scene?
NYC's most packed places would be the Lower East Side, Meatpacking District, Chelsea, Greenwich Village, East Village, Williamsburg and Bushwick. Arguable cases for Hell's Kitchen, Astoria, Greenpoint, and Jackson Heights. Most dense neighborhoods in NYC have some sort of nightlife, but those are the ones with maybe the largest crowds.
NYC, Vegas, and Miami are on their own level (and NYC well above Vegas and Miami to give an idea). NOLA too perhaps, though for truly sophisticated parties, warehouse parties, or big city clubs, count NOLA out (and NOLA is small, and like LA and perhaps even Miami lacks a variety of defined scenes...NOLA is as bro-bar or jazz-bar as Miami is to plasticky EDM scene, with little else).
Then you have cities like LA, Chicago, SF, DC, all of which can represent a great scene in smaller doses or with more restrictions, but are just not anywhere nearly on the same level as NYC. LA's truly crazy party scene is more inaccessible than NYC's. Lots of guarded Hollywood Hills house parties, not enough clubs.
Then perhaps the Houstons, Atlantas, Denvers, San Diegos, Seattles, Phillies, Bostons, etc.
I will say for gay nightlife LA gives NYC a run for its money. Circuit parties don't need booze to be successful, and there is no shortage of hot guys or places with hot gogo dancers in LA. SF and Chicago next. Then everyone else well behind.
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