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I have to say I see many similarities in the Miami/LA comparison. There are obvious differences - especially since they are about 1,000 miles apart - but Miami is the miniature EC version of LA.
For the OC, I think a better comparison is Palm Beach county and not Orlando. Yeah, Orlando has Disneyworld and OC has Disneyland but there is more to this comparison than just a theme park.
San Francisco to NYC I don't really see at all. NYC is too large, too dominating to be compared to any city here in the USA. While I love San Francisco, we're just nowhere near that level. I think a better fit is Boston or Philadelphia though neither city has our beauty and weather and we don't have their history.
I've visited each of the cities mentioned and lived in LA before.
Honestly I have heard people compare LA to NYC. I know LA has tried to be on par with NYC with LA Live trying to mimic Times Square, but I still don't see it as the west coast NYC. I think that title still belongs to SF.
I feel LA if you cut out the San Fernando Valley is still more like Miami. A warmer, spread out and party culture city. Both have origins from Latin America. Miami having Cuban immigrant routes and LA once being a Spanish town.
I also feel that SF and NYC are older cities. SF dating to being a lively city during the gold rush era and NYC being one of the first estabilished cities in this nation.
Miami and LA, have been around, but didn't see their growth until around the WW2 era.
LA, though, is almost in it's own category because it's economy is larger and more diverse than Miami.
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Orange County in CA and Orlando, FL seem to be both be fiscally conservative, but morally progressive. Anaheim-Santa Ana compared to Orlando are both sprawled out. Super sunny weather. Both have several amusement parks.
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Thoughts?
I've visited each of the cities mentioned and lived in LA before.
Honestly I have heard people compare LA to NYC. I know LA has tried to be on par with NYC with LA Live trying to mimic Times Square, but I still don't see it as the west coast NYC. I think that title still belongs to SF.
I feel LA if you cut out the San Fernando Valley is still more like Miami. A warmer, spread out and party culture city. Both have origins from Latin America. Miami having Cuban immigrant routes and LA once being a Spanish town.
I also feel that SF and NYC are older cities. SF dating to being a lively city during the gold rush era and NYC being one of the first estabilished cities in this nation.
Miami and LA, have been around, but didn't see their growth until around the WW2 era.
LA, though, is almost in it's own category because it's economy is larger and more diverse than Miami.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Orange County in CA and Orlando, FL seem to be both be fiscally conservative, but morally progressive. Anaheim-Santa Ana compared to Orlando are both sprawled out. Super sunny weather. Both have several amusement parks.
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Thoughts?
By those comparisons, yes. However beyond that they're two different worlds, especially in terms of economic demographics. The OC is almost exclusively upper middle class while the Orlando area overall is very clearly lower middle class.
LA reminds me of NYC if anything, because they are both so big and influential for the country. They are wielding the most industry by far.
SF is kind of its own thing.
OC is West Coast Orlando??? Huh?
Just because two cities share a Disney park does not mean they are comparable. I can't think of any other reason you would connect these places. The geography is not at all alike.
North O.C is fairly middle class and even working class. Even the Southern part of O.C have low(er) income pockets.
As for this thread that “L.A is West Coast Miami, O.C is West Coast Orlando, SF is the West Coast NYC” statement, disagree on many different levels.
On the surface the statement seems to make a lot of sense, but if you truly lived in a few of them (in my case: NYC and L.A-I lived more than half of my entire life in NYC and L.A. Family members live in SF/Bay area, and will be moving to Miami in months.) and noticed the day-to-day life and the local culture, the analogy/likeness stops.
LA reminds me of NYC if anything, because they are both so big and influential for the country. They are wielding the most industry by far.
SF is kind of its own thing.
OC is West Coast Orlando??? Huh?
Just because two cities share a Disney park does not mean they are comparable. I can't think of any other reason you would connect these places. The geography is not at all alike.
Sprawly, upscale, lots of family stuff to do, right down to Disney and Universal. Ok, Universal is technically in LA. But Knottsberry is in OC, Legoland and Sea World are a 1.5 hours drive away. So year, similar.
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