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LA and NYC don't appeal to me. LA feels very poorly laid out with many bad neighborhoods. NYC is too grim and post-industrial. Both are good cities to visit for short stretches (no more than a month at a time) but anything more than that is too vacuous feeling - for the former - and too depressing - for the latter -- amounting to the difference between visiting a circus and actually being part of one. Both of them have been over romanticized by the Hollywood/US media machine.
Indeed. I never understood the fascination with NYC and LA in all those movies and series. I remember a movie set in Charleston or Savannah (if I remember correctly), that was such a welcome departure from the usual.
It is a global phenomenon, though, the idea that the biggest cities are the most interesting or appealing ones. Same here, whenever I see yet another series or movie set in Lisbon, I think to myself, not again...
I'm afraid those cinema guys are just a bit dull for the most part...
If one day I were to live in the US, I would opt for a middle sized city to get the actual feeling of what it is to live there. And anyway I"m no fan of giant cities!
People over there are so open and welcoming. Very laid back, which I like.
I don't really like the cold/grey early mornings during summer time.
I like the architecture and the fact that it is a vibrant city without being too hectic.
One thing I find slightly "disturbing" is the number of homeless people downtown. There are homeless people everywhere though, so that's not really an issue.
The Bart is extremely loud though!!!
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