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I think that has much more to do with fashion than with genetics. L.A. is a rather sexist, misogynistic town... after all it is the porno production capital of the world, and Hollywood seems stuck in a time-warp where women are always playing damsels in distress, being stabbed and beaten and raped in the name of 'entertainment', and very rarely are they directing and producing movies. I'll take a classy, attractive, well dressed Ivy League woman with a New York sense of style versus a Cali girl anytime.
Sorry I said you are sexist, I take that back. I like babe-watching as much as anyone; South Beach, FL being my favorite spot.
Well getting into specifics, I do agree with you. I feel like if you just walk around the city, LA has a higher number of random good looking women. But as far as STYLE, I do prefer the most attractive women of the east coast over the most attractive women of LA.
So, I can get around to all major areas of LA by subway?
Also, answer the question by Cliff Clavin below, it's the truth.
It is 1000 x easier to get a cab in LA then Boston. You don't even have to try here, they practically beg you to get in. And in this day and age you are a fool for waiting hours for a cab. Just call the cab company and there's a cab in 10-20 minutes .
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It is 1000 x easier to get a cab in LA then Boston. You don't even have to try here, they practically beg you to get n. And in this day and age you are a fool for waiting hours for a cab.
I diagree.
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Just call the cab company and there's a cab in 10-20 minutes .
LA is suppose to a mega city, world class city and urban city....correct? If this is the case I should not have to call a cab and wait because there should be tons around me. I am not waiting either.
I gotta, admit that's very impressive. If those stats are accurate, I didn't realize LA was that dense that far out. That said, one of the big things is the style of built environment. Miami is a very dense city too, but you could argue its as un-dense as Houston or Dallas since it's totally car-centric and there's virtually zero street interaction. How engaged are Los Angeles' residents with street activity? I've said in other threads that once you get to a certain point in density, it's more important to have the sidewalk activity, etc. than to try to cram in more people. If there's a substantial amount of street activity, then I'm happy to admit I'm wrong.
However from what I've heard, that's not really the case.
For what it's worth, Boston's inner suburbs are very dense...some statistically more dense than Boston, actually. Boston is right around 13,000 ppsm....Cambridge is 16,500 ppsm, Somerville is 18,200 and Chelsea 17,300, Everett 12,300, and Malden 11,600. If you were to look at the inner 90 square miles of Boston, the population tops 1.1 million, which is pretty impressive. Is LA denser, further? Of course. It's a far larger city...but you're selling Boston short in its urbanity and putting wayyy too much focus solely on density.
I think you're selling Boston short in a lot of areas. You're talking about all of LA's attractions like Beverly Hills, Hollywood, etc., but you're totally ignoring that Boston has some of the most unique, beautiful, architecturally gifted neighborhoods in the country.
It actually stretches much farther out. I kid you not, LA maintains a 10,000 psm average over 700 sq miles, completely connected. I calculated it one night. It stretches out in the Valleys, Orange County, Long Beach, etc. I don't feel like adding up all the numbers, so just just added up the 4 regions here:
I'm not selling Boston short, it's a great town, with the 4th best downtown in the country (after NYC, CHI, and SF). It has great history, beautiful architecture, everything. But L.A. offers more IMO.
It is 1000 x easier to get a cab in LA then Boston. You don't even have to try here, they practically beg you to get in. And in this day and age you are a fool for waiting hours for a cab. Just call the cab company and there's a cab in 10-20 minutes .
I couldn't disagree more. You simply can't step to the curb in LA and expect to grab a cab. If I walk downstairs right now, I'll have one in 2 minutes or less. Guaranteed.
And who want's to call and wait for a cab? Crazy talk.
You might wanna give this one up... If Boston was like LA and annexed its surroundings it would would be a top 10 largest city in the US. Cambridge, Somerville and Brookline (even revere and chelsea to an extent) are interwoven into Boston's urban form - there really is no dividing line, and those areas are quite large. I personally think (particularly Cambridge and Somerville) they are better than most of the neighborhoods in the actual city.
i don't disagree, but my intention wasn't to discredit Boston as a big city. It is, it simply isn't as big, or as dense, as Los Angeles.
Worth pointing out... you might be exaggerating a bit... in fact you might just be plain wrong and have it backwards. Cabs are abundant in Boston, just take a quick Google street-view tour and you can see, they are everywhere... but that just brings us full-circle: in Boston cabs are an option, not a necessity.
Take the same street view tour of L.A. and you see traffic within dense commercialized ares, like New Jersey but with Palm trees... not a lot of cabs though.
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Originally Posted by munchitup
It is 1000 x easier to get a cab in LA then Boston. You don't even have to try here, they practically beg you to get in. And in this day and age you are a fool for waiting hours for a cab. Just call the cab company and there's a cab in 10-20 minutes .
I'm gonna fill out Gateway's form with my opinions:
Urban Living: Slight nod to Boston (although my current hood in Hollywood is 10 x more urban, walkable and transit friendly than my place in Brighton was). Boston has a little bit better PT right now, but in 10-15 years (or even less) LA will.
Culture: Too vague. Tie.
Lifestyle: LA (you can live any lifestyle in LA)
* Architecture: Boston has a more complete urban fabric, there certainly aren't any strip malls or that crap in Boston. Boston is the ultimate NIMBY town, but that isn't necessarily a bad thing always. I actually prefer the art deco and spanish revival style of LA to Boston's architecture, but give Boston the win for its consistent architecture.
* Food: LA by a longshot. Boston wins for Italian and Indian. I hope I never see a Boston burrito again (or their orange chicken )
* Beaches: LA.
* Economy: Boston
* Sports Culture: Neither. I hate the Red Sox, Lakers, Patriots with equal passion. Nothing is worse than waiting to get home from work in the Park Street station and 1000 sweaty Sawx fans from Brockton are trying to get on your B line trolley. They then proceed to fall all over the train when it starts to move and laugh about it.
* People: Whats worse, spoiled princesses from Beverly Hills or Brooks Brothers wearing prep bros from Boston College? Tie.
I think they both tie. I love living in LA, and I loved living in Boston. I learned the urban lifestyle in Boston and learned to love it. I was surprised how easily I found an equally urban experience here in LA. Having gone to school just a few hours away I bought into the suburban wasteland cliche of LA and my perception were blown away.
Worth pointing out... you might be exaggerating a bit... in fact you might just be plain wrong and have it backwards. Cabs are abundant in Boston, just take a quick Google street-view tour and you can see, they are everywhere... but that just brings us full-circle: in Boston cabs are an option, not a necessity.
Take the same street view tour of L.A. and you see homeless people, traffic, dense commercialized suburban sprawl; like New Jersey but with Palm trees... not cabs.
By the way, in a real city, wait time for a cab is minutes, or even seconds.
This cab argument is ridiculous. I have never had a problem catching a cab in either city.
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