LA vs SF
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- jpolk0
i think KILLputer watched swingers aone too many times...
or has only hung out in pacific palisades...
I don't know much about SF, except that is supposed to be amazing in every aspect except weather.
i do know about LA, however, so here's my 2 cents:
a very thriving art scene, a great music scene, endless good bars/restaurants, something to do every night, a million little cities / neighborhoods to explore, great museums & better galleries, great weather, tons of jobs/money to be made. beautiful women.
beaches, mountains desert all within reach.
on the not so good tip:
traffic! you have to drive everywhere, and it is not fucking fun. traffic is atrocious all the time. try to live near where you work, but nobody lives where they want to be for a while in LA, it takes a long time to "figure out"
some very culturally bankrupt communities (they are definitely there, but you have to know where to be) - there are a whole lotta shopping malls, tourist districts. as a whole, LA doesn't have a city vibe... it's quite obvious that it is a bunch of smaller cities annexed into this complex "city".
some very pretentious and/or flaky people - mainly the "industry" folks. realistically it just comes with the territory of living in a desirable place. there are also a lot of people that really really want to make it in hollywood - and they are pretty annoying, and end up jaded.
some neignborhoods are pretty ghetto, (un)fortunately, there is a ton of cool stuff going on in these neighborhoods, parties, art shows etc. it's nice to see young people contibuting to reviving the hoods, but it can also get you in trouble (a friend got pistolwhipped and robbed outside of a show last week). you really have that in any city worth living in though.
it's easy to hate LA while sitting in traffic, but there honestly is a whole lot to love.