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Very interesting thread that warrants a bump. San Francisco by far has a superior urban form and follows the historical patterns of development that characterize many of the older cities out east (I know that LA was founded in the 1700s, but it didn't become the city that it is today until the 20th Century). As far as being overall cosmopolitan, I would have to give it to LA.
While the architecture and urban design of San Francisco is truly remarkable and world class, LA's population is more diverse both ethnically and socioeconomically. It's also home to the US film industry and is a place where artists and others come from all over the world to make it.
Agree that San Francisco is very cosmopolitan & the first city in California to be considered cosmopolitan. But San Francisco is becoming a resort city for most because it is too expensive to live a relatively small city [under million] & is losing it's great diversity slowly. In some ways Berkeley is more cosmopolitan than San Francisco though mostly a university city.
Los Angeles is cosmopolitan for what it offers as a industry city for the arts [film\ music\ tv].
In my personal experience SF but that's not to say LA isn't.
Exactly. Two pretty cosmopolitan cities. I've felt San Francisco to feel a bit more cosmopolitan. LA doesn't have that international feel that SF does (in my eyes anyway). It could go either way, but SF takes the cake in my eyes.
Los Angeles is an actual convergence of world cultures. San Francisco is a bunch of post-college kids talking about the world.
How well would that fly on Skyscraper Forum?
I think it's worth pointing out that "cosmopolitan" does not equal "classy" or "sophisticated". Sometimes, yes. But for the most part, it's just the convergence of many different cultures over a long period of times. This convergence produces a generation of young people who can experience a very wide variety of cultures and life patterns as a matter of growing up.
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