LA vs. NYC?
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- pinkfloyd0
Can't speak for LA, but NYC is a good place to be only short term. You don't want to be here long term unless you have a thick skin and can take friction on a regular basis.
- twooh0
I lived in NYC my entire life, and in LA the past 7-years. Different cities entirely, so they're not worth comparing.
Personally, NYC looks less attractive the older I get. When Brooklyn starts getting as expensive as the city, I started wondering why I would move back if it's only going to get worse, and if the neighborhoods are only going to be packed with Sex in the City bitches.
- formed0
Can't speak to NYC, but LA is a good place to be only short term. :-)
Basically, both places are absurdly expensive, and unless you are really young and don't care, or have a nice trust fund, you'll find both lacking for more than a few years.
- Douglas0
i lived in both places, LA (3yrs) NY (8yrs). quality of life is higher in LA. a car in LA is a good thing, and a burden in NY. though it is important to leave the city every do often and decompress.
- marychain0
La sucks imo opinion...but at least its warm?
- sem0
I spent way too much money in NYC, but it was fun.
- 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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- 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
- 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
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- freedom0
Good taste is a lot harder to find in LA.
- 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.
- 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
- 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
- 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?"
- akrok0
new york is more like london. so if you like that. you should be good. might actually be a bit cheaper than london.
- 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