LA vs. NYC?
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- hektor9110
Been in NYC for 7 months and I have admit I'm really feeling good about the city. Although I'm more into nature I have come to love the NYC there are some negatives of course just like everywhere, but there are more positives for me at the moment. What I did noticed is that most of the people I've known so far fantasized with the idea of moving out, as for me I will definitely stay for 4-5 years.
- moldero0
for better for quality of life?
LA would be my guess, NYC is like SF, expensive as fuck.
NYC and SF are great for experience/portfolios, not quality of life IMO.
but SF and NYC are much cooler and unique than LAa good quality of life is only working when you have/want to, move somewhere beautiful and cheap while freelancing for clients in those cities.
that's what I'm doing, I literally made 6 months of my rent the 1st 13 days of this year, this summer I'm not doing jack shit but surfing and drinking beer.- SF is a great place to live; culture, food, people, all of italbums
- Summer party at moldys.sea_sea
- @albums-it is a great city to live, but it is more than expensive as fuck. SF rent has now surpassed NYC.lvl_13
- my mortgage in SF was $3800/mo in the ghetto, my rent in Mazatlan is $600/mo by the beach. I'm never going back.moldero
- monospaced0
I grew up and went to college in Southern California, started my career and lived in San Francisco, and have spent the last few years in New York City.
When it comes to pure quality of life as a default, I'd say LA is still the winner for the obvious reasons (weather, produce, prices). But, but... there's no reason you can't have a great quality of life in NYC, you just need more money. Luckily, wages here are usually adjusted to provide a similar standard to LA, and despite many misconceptions, NYC is incredibly clean and safe and convenient.
If life quality is about having everything at your fingertips at all hours, attending music and theatre, and being in a place with limitless opportunities, then NYC is great. But if you prefer the weather patterns in coastal CA, are willing to put up with driving all the time, and don't mind the occasional violent neighborhood, then LA is great.
It's still not fair to compare the two. Manhattan is really unique, and my recent trip to SF confirms this. Yes, SF is building up (vertically) and has neighborhoods, it is very much small-town feeling still, and has a few decades to go before it even resembles NYC. LA is so spread out that to this day when someone says they're from there, I am forced to ask them to clarify. It's not a unified city, LA is a county with all kinds of shit in it, and many places you wouldn't ever go.
- NY quality of life is great if you live on 5th ave or central park west and only stay in ny for a bit.yurimon
- great post monomoldero
- yurimon, always with a comment that reveals your complete lack of knowledgemonospaced
- robotron3k0
the difference, in LA bars/restaurants close at 2am, in NYC they really never close.
- East / West Village?omahadesigns
- bars close at 4am in NY, but if you know where to go, there are many that stay open.robotron3k
- You can't buy alcohol between 4 am and noon (or maybe it's 8am), I thought?omahadesigns
- you can buy beer at most Bodegas anytimemoogchild
- omahadesigns0
How do you raise a family in NYC? If a multi-room apartment / townhouse costs 2+ million, you don't use a car.
How do kids go to school? How do you go do things as a family?
- rentbrandelec
- you move to a 'burb upstate, CT or NJmonospaced
- the best education in the world is being in NYC for kids. best of all, most of it's free.robotron3k
- Best indoctrination. NY not that smart. they bend over nicely to authority.yurimon
- At least write a complete sentence you fuckwit.monospaced
- dragonfruit0
LA for sure. 'course, there are earthquakes and fukushima radiation here, but I would pick that over freezing snowy weather, get more space, more work, good healthcare, skip public tansport, and like a million other things.
- lvl_130
I've never understood why the coast to coast comparison between LA and NYC ever came about. They are such polar opposites (both figuratively and literally). The only thing that bridges that fucked up gap is some sort of Tesla electric bridge that must carry most work to each of these areas.
- SF is more like NYC though.akrok
- not really, hansmonospaced
- akrok0
new york is more like london. so if you like that. you should be good. might actually be a bit cheaper than london.
- MrAbominable0
^ Central Park South is what we call "mid-town" and is universally decried as a hellhole. so no.
that said. i was born in LA. have lived in NYC for 20 years (Williamsburg and now Harlem) and am going for an interview in LA in 2 weeks. As i tell all of my friends that come and visit me and stay with me for free: "why on earth would you live here if you could just visit once or twice a year?"
- SteveJobs0
lived in both. if driving and year-round sunshine are important to you, it's pretty simple.
one thing i could never get over in nyc is how people look at the ground when they're walking on the street. there's rarely eye contact. also the city stinks and feels dirty. i lived on central park south (isn't that supposed to be a nice area?) and it just never felt like home. for me it's great for extended stays, but could never live there again.
- if you lived on central park south, you didn't live here...you were a long-term tourist.Aa77
- shellie0
I'm California born but I work in New York often for long periods of time throughout the year. I enjoy living and working in both. I am happy to be in California right now during the east coast freeze, but I'll be back February 1st (Epill & Monospaced whatup).
I work in advertising, mostly as a white label vendor for larger agencies. The work I get in California (Los Angeles) is more entertainment based and tied to movie studios. I get a lot of automotive work from the midwest, and a lot of luxury brands from the east coast respectively. San Francisco tends to give me a little of all kinds of work which is nice. I'd like to live up there again for a spell. I've never spent a whole year there. All the stairs and walking, i find that san Francisco people have great butts.
I prefer to stay in Brooklyn when I'm in NY to live and hang out. I hate driving and maintaining a car so thats one strike against California. But I also enjoy outdoor life (beach/swimming, hiking, snowboarding) and visiting spots that feel like a vacation only a couple hours away. California is really great for the adventure seeking soul.
- waddupmonospaced
- sup shelliee-pill
- i live in florida now.. maybe ill take a weekend and visit nyc in february too..e-pill
- ah shit. stayin in Chelsea this time gunna throw down on some dinner cookin. LMK if ur in town.shellie
- aye where in FL though. Will visit Miami, Orlando and Tallahassee soon enough.shellie
- fort lauderdale..e-pill
- DaveO0
I moved from London to NYC, and I've been to LA a bunch and here's my opinion.
I think New York is amazing, the more I'm here the more I see opportunity in it. I know it's 'not the place it was' but it's still an adventure and still exciting. It's hard fucking work though and the more I'm here the more I want to buy a place upstate and do that kind of thing as well as being in Brooklyn.
I love LA and think you could have a great quality of life there if you have kids, or want more space and like good weather. The only thing with LA would be that there might not be the turnover of opportunity that there is in New York (unless you work around the film / entertainment industry), but i'd imagine starting your own shop there would be amazing if you could make it pay. Of ir you wanted to do anything that requires a lot of space, it'd be the place to be.
Moving to LA is out for me as my wife wouldn;t be into it but i can imagine that unless you know a lot of people it could get quite lonely. We've got great friends in New York and I realize that good friends = good quality of life.
- freedom0
Good taste is a lot harder to find in LA.
- yurimon0
I'd vote for least flaky people... NY has gotten flaky. More people have ADD stuck to their phone screen... Not sure boot LA... Are peeps flaky in LA?
- just as flakyutopian
- La invented flaky. If you're flaky in nyc you get chewed up and spit out.monospaced
- more of the older crowd is less flaky.. younger gen, that have good jobs, get laid cause young and flakyyurimon
- <<spewed up and chit out
:DZOOP
- scarabin0
LA county is fantastic. i dunno if you guys are talking about living in downtown LA or what but the place is huge and there are niches for any kind of lifestyle you want. it's impossible to generalize by saying "it sucks"
- < this, same most places in the world, but different folks different strokessem
- albums0
can't stand the cold and the Malibu canyons are the best backyard playground any motorcycle rider could ask for.
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- sem0
I spent way too much money in NYC, but it was fun.
- marychain0
La sucks imo opinion...but at least its warm?