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I have to respectfully disagree. There’s is nothing laid-back about the pace of life in LA. If you want the laid back SoCal lifestyle, go to San Diego. Sure, it may appear quieter and more relaxed because people aren’t bustling all over the sidewalks, but once you start living your day to day life here, you realize that Angelenos have no tolerance for those who are even a little bit slower than them. LA is fast paced, but it’s a different type of fast paced than Chicago, San Francisco, and DC. It’s not “rush up and down the subway station right after grabbing a hot dog from the street vendor” fast, it’s “everybody cram onto the freeway ramp and rush in and out of strip mall parking lots at 40+ mph” fast.
It's one thing if a car tail-gates you for a few minutes on the road, it's another thing to get pushed around and near-trampled trying to get on the subway.
Location: That star on your map in the middle of the East Coast, DMV
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1) NYC
2) Chicago- Has the 2nd largest central business district in America and 4th most important business center in America according to the MasterCard Worldwide Centers of Commerce Index (NYC #2), largest stock exchange outside of NYC in America, and the CBOE (the largest U.S. options exchange). This high volume of business is why Chicago is #2 and why some refer to Chicago as baby NYC.
3) LA- Entertainmet industry, enough said.
I would put DC towards the bottom of my list. There is no way DC can be considered for the top three.
I dont know how far down you can put DC when it has the 2nd busiest subway system in the nation after NY, along with the 3rd largest Downtown after NYC & Chicago, and still growing. On top of that it is the political epicenter of the world, but maybe i need to visit LA again the population is much larger, and it's been about 15 years
I'd say Chicago and DC from areas I've spent a lot of time in.
San Fran is by far one of my favorite cities on earth, but I thought it was slower paced than NYC, Chicago, DC or Boston. That's a good thing in my mind!
Location: Cleveland, OH USA / formerly Chicago for 20 years
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Chicago and LA
Chicago, yes, but LA didn't feel very fast-paced at all when I was there. I thought LA was very laid back.
Disclaimer: I've only been to LA as a visitor and a tourist. I realize there's a big difference between visiting a city and actually living there, doing mundane things on a day-to-day basis. So it's possible that the poster who said LA is fast-paced, but in a different way, may well have a point.
Location: Cleveland, OH USA / formerly Chicago for 20 years
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I lived by American for a year, went to high school in Arlington for 3 years and spent a year after high school in Clarendon next to Georgetown. So no, I'm speaking in DC and in the immediate vicinity of Arlington. It's relatively as fast moving as Cleveland.. Believe it or not, Lakewood where I used to live in Cleveland is faster paced (to me).
Ha! That's funny. I lived in Lakewood for 15 years and absolutely loved it, but I didn't think it was fast paced at all.
It's one thing if a car tail-gates you for a few minutes on the road, it's another thing to get pushed around and near-trampled trying to get on the subway.
How is that any different than someone cutting you off causing one to nearly get in an accident or being honked at, flipped off, etc..?
Chicago, yes, but LA didn't feel very fast-paced at all when I was there. I thought LA was very laid back.
Disclaimer: I've only been to LA as a visitor and a tourist. I realize there's a big difference between visiting a city and actually living there, doing mundane things on a day-to-day basis. So it's possible that the poster who said LA is fast-paced, but in a different way, may well have a point.
For some strange reasons there are some days (every few days in a month) where the pace in all cities seem to be much slower than it typical is - and maybe you were in LA during one of those odd days. LA freeways are pretty fast paced - again - mainly on freeways.
I'd rank it as follows:
Freeway traffic:
1. LA
2. DC
3. Chicago
4. Boston and SF (but South Bay is much slower)
City street traffic:
1. DC
2. Chicago
3. SF
4. Boston
Foot traffic in CBD (amount of people out):
1. I'd think Chicago considering its size, but I haven't spent enough time to be sure.
2. DC and SF
3. Boston
General pace of population (the speed at which people move)
1. DC easily
2. Boston
3. Chicago
4. SF
Public transportation pace (subway/bus usage)
1. DC
2. Chicago
3. Boston and SF
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