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I'm fully aware of what L.A. is like. A majority of L.A. County would be considered third world by most Americans.
There are massive swaths of the L.A. region where Spanish is the primary language.
The majority of metro L.A. looks like a fruit basket of squabbling races, ethnicities, and nationalities.
There are many, many areas with graffiti on a large percentage of buildings.
The higher crime rate is more widespread in metro L.A. than in most U.S. metro areas.
Much of Metro L.A. does NOT look American, but rather something out of the third world. It's more like a combination of Mexico and China in many areas, if judging by the population.
And Atlanta is just rundown in some areas with black people speakin Ebonics and crappy schools.
People are so unaware of the changes happening to LA. Downtown is changing and Hollywood is changing, koreatown is growing public transit is expanding and is influencing the areas around it to revitailize.etc people should vist LA like right now and see these changes. Why are people stuck in the past with LA? The whole region isn't even all Mexican. LA county demographics show a 48% is white 48% Mexican latino the rest is other racese. There's plenty of good and nice areas in LA as well.
And Atlanta is just rundown in some areas with black people speakin Ebonics and crappy schools.
Ebonics is widely spoken in the Eastern US, that's how I talk, for someone who already understands English its easier to understand Ebonics than Spanish. Atlanta isn't that rundown and not all Atlanta schools are terrible a lot are good.
Ebonics is widely spoken in the Eastern US, that's how I talk, for someone who already understands English its easier to understand Ebonics than Spanish. Atlanta isn't that rundown and not all Atlanta schools are terrible a lot are good.
I was being sarcastic. It's just... Ugh I am logging off I am all dis - oriented
Black Vernacular English (Ebonics) is spoken in all regions of the US--with regional variations as well. I'm sure everyone realizes it. Hollywood Inquirer was being justifiably sarcastic with one of the resident racist trolls. I hope that everyone realizes that City Fanatic is by far not representative of the majority of Atlanta residents.
And on a final note, I really don't know why it's so damn hard for some people not to be an insufferable a__hole. Seriously--it's not about being politically correct; it's simply about decency and respect. If you can't be decent, then go home and slap your mama because she did a horrible job of raising you.
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One thing Miami and LA have in common, is that people love to call Miami and LA thirdworld cities, when they haven't known anybody from REAL thirworld countries. My parents are from Haiti, in the carribean, THAT's a REAL 3rdworld country. LA and Miami do have parts that look somewhat 3rdworldish, but I think people LOOOOOOOVE to overexgerrate that word, and overuse it, and overplay it, to put down GREAT American cities that don't really deserve that moniker. If you live in LA and Miami you're a 3rd worlder, that's the mentality of C-D.
One thing Miami and LA have in common, is that people love to call Miami and LA thirdworld cities, when they haven't known anybody from REAL thirworld countries. My parents are from Haiti, in the carribean, THAT's a REAL 3rdworld country. LA and Miami do have parts that look somewhat 3rdworldish, but I think people LOOOOOOOVE to overexgerrate that word, and overuse it, and overplay it, to put down GREAT American cities that don't really deserve that moniker. If you live in LA and Miami you're a 3rd worlder, that's the mentality of C-D.
This is absolutely true, I love both cities and I hate when people call them "third world", they sound ignorant.
If you live in LA and Miami you're a 3rd worlder, that's the mentality of C-D.
No, that's the mentality of racists and xenophobes. There are areas in Appalachia that look more Third World than anything in Miami or LA, but you sure in the hell don't here anything beat their chest about that.
Too many insults being slung around rather than people staying on topic, so.....
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