LA's Problems

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NewYorkYankee

Discussion Starter · May 22, 2006

Hello all! Im currently living in NYC, Im originally from Tennessee. While I DO like NY, I feel I may like LA more. While Ive never been, I do plan to visit later this year. Before I came to NYC I thought it was perfect and I would love it forever. Well, now I see the problems it has, and my own personal problems with it. So tell me honestly guys, what are LA's problems? Both the main problems of the city, and personally what you dont like about it. Please dont think Im bashing on LA, its not like Im saying "NYC is God's gift to the earth and LA sucks!" Thanks all!

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LosAngelesSportsFan

· #61 · May 23, 2006

callanoj said:
Ha! Don't be so sensitive! You didn't design that building. Did you? I'm just saying I don't like the amount of buildings that look like that in Los Angeles.

By the way, Boston is really beautiful.

i agree, those 60's buildings, the strip malls, etc, they all suck major ass. they are mostly concentrated in the valley though. you wont see much of that in central LA. thankfully, there are much stricter building codes and asthetics is an issue now , so we dont see horrible architecture like that anymore. Strip malls are endangered species, and its taken a turn for the better in LA.

Also, Boston is Beautiful.

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Fern~Fern*

· #62 · May 23, 2006

mid-town said:
Ferneynism said:

What? We have surfers here. Big deal. Surfers just don't say this in NY-Gnarly!!!! Rad!!!! That's annoying.

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^ So how does East Coast Surfers talk..... Yo, Vinnie get in the watta, or they sound like Rosie Perez??? lol*

(Mid-Town) Thanks for the good laugh.....

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LosAngelesSportsFan

· #63 · May 23, 2006

mid town, you cant even try to compare the outdoor activities in NY to LA. you just cant. skiing in the hudson valley is not the same as boarding down a 2500 foot vertical 10,000 feet above LA. Surfing a 1 foot wave is not the same as going through a barrel at 10 feet. Camping in the mountains is not the same as a bum in central park pitching a tent, etc.. I dont know why it got to this, and i dont know why people respond to Silverlake. You dont have to respond, you can let it go.

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callanoj

· #64 · May 23, 2006

LosAngelesSportsFan said:
i agree, those 60's buildings, the strip malls, etc, they all suck major ass. they are mostly concentrated in the valley though. you wont see much of that in central LA. thankfully, there are much stricter building codes and asthetics is an issue now , so we dont see horrible architecture like that anymore. Strip malls are endangered species, and its taken a turn for the better in LA.

Also, Boston is Beautiful.

That's good to hear. It really was my major problem with the physicality of L.A. when I lived there. It's such a beautiful part of the country. But they just so many of those buildings and it really affected L.A. cosmetically.

The fact that the city has recognized the mistake and developed strict building codes is proof that L.A. is growing up as city and a community.

Go L.A.!

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mid-town

· #65 · May 23, 2006

Camping is in NY. This is Letchworth State Park near Buffalo, NY, where a lot of people camp. THE GRAND CANYON OF THE EAST!!!!

And we have 2500 foot slopes in the Adirondacks. I think they're even taller. But this thread isn't about NY so I'll shut up.

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callanoj

· #66 · May 23, 2006

But that's like a three to four hour drive from NYC. Mid Town, i'm with you. I love New York. But seriously, New York City is not known for it's great outdoors.

However, when I lived in Los Angeles I met people who had never been to the beach. I was floored.

Seattle is the best USA city for outdoor recreation.

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yoyoniner

· #67 · May 23, 2006

godblessbotox said:
oh go piss off... like boston looks that nice anyhow

Boston's one of the coolest looking cities in the country. The old architecture, the curved streets. Gorgeous city. Almost European.

mid-town

· #68 · May 23, 2006

Letchworth is like a 7.5 hour drive from NYC. And I know NYC isn't known for the great outdoors because it's a city with over 8 million residents.

yoyoniner

· #69 · May 23, 2006

I'll be real... LA's biggest problem is some of the people that inhabit it. Guys like Ferneyism and Silverlake who snub their noses at the rest of their country, all the while having never travelled or visited the places they sneer at. From what I've found over the years, it's almost an exclusively Southern Californian thing to sneer at an area or city you've never even been too. Some of them seem almost proud that they can't locate major cities on a map. I can almost always tell online if someone is from Southern California because this certain subset of people only seem to exist there.

Now notice I said this is only a certain subset of people. Most of the people I have met from Southern California are a more cultured and well travelled, and less eager to try so hard and be so narcissistic, so this isn't a knock on "people from LA" as it is "certain people from LA that don't seem to exist anywhere else." Just my 2 cents.

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mid-town

· #70 · May 23, 2006

LosAngelesSportsFan said:
mid town, you cant even try to compare the outdoor activities in NY to LA. you just cant. skiing in the hudson valley is not the same as boarding down a 2500 foot vertical 10,000 feet above LA. Surfing a 1 foot wave is not the same as going through a barrel at 10 feet. Camping in the mountains is not the same as a bum in central park pitching a tent, etc.. I dont know why it got to this, and i dont know why people respond to Silverlake. You dont have to respond, you can let it go.

They aren't 1 foot waves. Trust me. I've seen waves that were probaly bigger than 10 feet with some people surfing on them. They're crazy!!!!!

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Westsidelife

· #71 · May 23, 2006

yoyoniner said:
I'll be real... LA's biggest problem is some of the people that inhabit it. Guys like Ferneyism and Silverlake who snub their noses at the rest of their country, all the while having never travelled or visited the places they sneer at. From what I've found over the years, it's almost an exclusively Southern Californian thing to sneer at an area or city you've never even been too. Some of them seem almost proud that they can't locate major cities on a map. I can almost always tell online if someone is from Southern California because this certain subset of people only seem to exist there.

Now notice I said this is only a certain subset of people. Most of the people I have met from Southern California are a more cultured and well travelled, and less eager to try so hard and be so narcissistic, so this isn't a knock on "people from LA" as it is "certain people from LA that don't seem to exist anywhere else." Just my 2 cents.

This is just the internet. Please tell me that you don't think that people like Silverlake or Ferneynism represent all Angelenos.

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mid-town

· #72 · May 23, 2006

Ferneynism said:
mid-town said:

^ So how does East Coast Surfers talk..... Yo, Vinnie get in the watta, or they sound like Rosie Perez??? lol*

(Mid-Town) Thanks for the good laugh.....

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No, they talk normal. I'm 15 so I know a lot of people from school who surf and skateboard and my friend is a surfer and skateboarder and he talks normal. And besides, New Englanders are the ones who say watta.

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chicagogeorge

· #73 · May 24, 2006

Westsidelife said:
This is just the internet. Please tell me that you don't think that people like Silverlake or Ferneynism represent all Angelenos.

Biggest under statement in history. I've been to L.A. four times. Last March was the most recent. I always enjoyed myself. People were friendly, lot's to do, and if I remember correctly, the weather was in the upper 60's.

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Fern~Fern*

· #74 · May 24, 2006

yoyoniner said:
I'll be real... LA's biggest problem is some of the people that inhabit it. Guys like Ferneyism

^ :fiddle: :fiddle: :fiddle:

Fern~Fern*

· #75 · May 24, 2006

chicagogeorge said:
Biggest under statement in history. I've been to L.A. four times. Last March was the most recent. I always enjoyed myself. People were friendly, lot's to do, and if I remember correctly, the weather was in the upper 60's.

^ Dude, we had a Toga party at the pad on March 18th, you should of swing by...... Maybe next time your in Town.

Talking about the weather is a bit on the cool side this afternoon.

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SILVERLAKE

· #76 · May 24, 2006

Westsidelife said:
This is just the internet. Please tell me that you don't think that people like Silverlake or Ferneynism represent all Angelenos.

I DO REPRESENT ALL ANGELINOS!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I AM EVERYANGELINO, HERE ME ROAR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

SILVERLAKE

· #77 · May 24, 2006

LosAngelesSportsFan said:
mid town, you cant even try to compare the outdoor activities in NY to LA. you just cant. skiing in the hudson valley is not the same as boarding down a 2500 foot vertical 10,000 feet above LA. Surfing a 1 foot wave is not the same as going through a barrel at 10 feet. Camping in the mountains is not the same as a bum in central park pitching a tent, etc.. I dont know why it got to this, and i dont know why people respond to Silverlake. You dont have to respond, you can let it go.

nO DOUBT. it is NOT EVEN CLOSE. LA IS LIKE PARADISE. WE DON'T HAVE TO DRIVE TO BUFFALO. WE JUST HAVE TO HIKE UP PAST SUNSET. .

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mid-town

· #78 · May 24, 2006

SILVERLAKE said:
I DO REPRESENT ALL ANGELINOS!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I AM EVERYANGELINO, HERE ME ROAR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Wow....It's "HEAR me roar." Duh.

I don't think you are a good representer of LA.

mid-town

· #79 · May 24, 2006 (Edited)

New York is second in the country for geographic features. It goes from the coastal cliffs of Long Island, to the hilly Hudson River Valley, to the Catskill Mountains, north to the plataeu Albany is on, north to the Adirondack Mountains with TONS of lakes, north to Lake Champlain's lowlands, west to Thousand Islands Seaway by Lake Ontario in the St. Lawrence River, southwest to the Erie-Ontario Lowlands, to the Finger Lakes where grapes for wine are grown, to the rolling hills of western NY, to the beaches of Lake Ontario and Lake Erie, to Letchworth State Park. New York is home to some of the most scenic roads in the country. And that's a fact. New York won an award or something for the best scenic roads in the country. Take a drive along the Hudson River and go through the town of Sleepy Hollow where the movie took place in the Fall, take a drive through the Adirondacks in the Winter with snow-covered pine trees and frozen lakes, take a drive along the Long Island coast in the Summer and watch the sunset and surfers, and take a drive in western NY in Spring and go to Letchworth and the Finger Lakes. NY is an AWESOME state.

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dweebo2220

· #80 · May 24, 2006

I didn't read that post mid-town
but the gorges around New York are incredible.

also earlier, people responded to my post about LA not being "there" yet-- just to clarify I meant "there" (as I did state, only poorly) as in the way people from more traditional cities (i.e. east) expect cities to be (quaint and enticingly liveable).

I don't expect people to understand LA at first glance. But I do think that it needs to grow into the kind of place where even if you didn't grow up in a place like here it appeals to you at least somewhat at first glance. i don't know why I think this, but maybe there is a little part of me that likes Thomas Kinkade.

I love LA because it's seems like everything that happens here is important. It's not the most important city in america in terms of "being the capital." But it is the most important city in america in terms of being the place where relevant decisions/struggles that will affect the rest of the country and world are taking place. So I'll be staying around for quite a while more.

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