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I fucking hate Los Angeles
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[quote:Anonymous Coward 46576536:MV8yMDEwMzIzXzQ5MDUzNTkyXzk2QjI1Qjgy] [quote:GFX guy:MV8yMDEwMzIzXzMzNzc3Nzk1XzRENDBCODk3] [quote:Thor's Hamster:MV8yMDEwMzIzXzMzNzc3NTAzXzc2NjU3Mjg1] [quote:Anonymous Coward 7839103:MV8yMDEwMzIzXzMzNzc3Mjk1XzRCOEI3QTdD] [quote:Thor's Hamster:MV8yMDEwMzIzXzMzNzc3Mjc0X0EyMEY2NzY0] I hear ya. Not a fan of L.A., either. I'm in northern CA. Much better, imo. [/quote] How is it in North CA? I hear its wayyyy better. [/quote] Well, this might offend some southern Californians. Not my intent. This is just my opinion. The San Francisco Bay Area has a lot more culture, and real, actual CITY...not a conglomeration of lots of suburbs like L.A. is. There's an actual downtown in San Francisco. In L.A., you wouldn't want to be "downtown" at night, and in the daytime it's a monolithic concrete jungle with no mixed-use buildings. People, again imo, are more cultured and less self-centered in northern CA. I guess it's the Hollywood thing, but I've never been anywhere in my life that's so self-absorbed, self-centered, shallow, and superficial as southern California. It's all about what you drive, what you look like, and very little to do with what you have to offer as an individual. Vapid, surface, mind-numb conversations are rampant. I'll stop there. LOL Again, just my opinion (but a pretty informed one, as I've been there a lot throughout my life). And the traffic and crime? Awful. Traffic is bad in the Bay Area, too. The Bay Area has BART -- a great rapid transit "subway" system (runs above ground, too...also goes under the bay). L.A.'s "Red Line" is a joke. No one wants to give up being seen in their shiny, new car. Material possessions define southern California. The Kardashians, believe it or not, are a fairly accurate indicator of southern California. NOT EVERYONE...of course. But it's definitely a large segment of the population. [/quote] +1... good summary! Plus the air is breathable. [/quote] Born in Los Angeles, lived at the beach for the first 30 years, now inland for the last 20. To be honest, L.A. is not a place to visit. I've always felt sorry for people who spend money from other places to visit L.A. and Hollywood. It's dirty, crowded, sprawling(and not in a good way) and expensive, and has little historical value. That said, it's home to people. I personally live in a small rural community on the outskirts of L.A. and people here are pretty normal, and I'm not surround by traffic, which I now will not ever move back to. I do think the shallowness and ugliness of people everywhere has grown (as has everything negative since the advent of the internet, rap, texting, facebook, etc.) Los Angeles has a lot of industry also. Still quite a bit of aerospace here as well as the media industry obviously. One thing is for sure. The weather is pretty damn great. We may be almost out of water, but we can wear flip-flops year round if we feel like it. We've had a few days of cloudy weather this week, and I'm over it. I want my sun. Regarding Nor Cal. My hubby is from S.F. We did the long distance thing for years, so I know the city. Although I really did enjoy S.F., the people there are really stuck up. I never knew they had such an issue with So. Cal. until I started visiting there. Every time I'd mention where I was from people would start to put the whole of So Cal down. I can tell you, Southern Californians never really give Northern Californians much thought. We certainly don't sit around talking about them, but apparently this is a common thought process up north. [/quote]
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I moved here from the south to LA about a while back. I live about 10 minutes away from Hollywood. Why do people like living in a polluted, expensive shithole? Never find parking, food is expensive crap. The people here think the world revolves around them yet they've never even left LA. It's like people live here and put up with all of this stuff just so they can say "I live in LA' and act like hotshots.
Side note, On my trip out here, I enjoyed Dallas the most. Dallas was pretty awesome.
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