May 10, 2011
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Hollynot
Just wanted to write one more post about my impressions of Los Angeles. I guess I can say overall, I was not impressed with L.A. Now granted, obviously I have not spent as much time in L.A. as I have in Chicago or even New York, but let me tell you something, L.A. is no New York. Hell, it isn’t even Chicago. In fact, I would say it fails miserably in comparison to Chicago. Oh sure, there are certain things that were better in L.A. than Chicago, but good weather can only take you so far. Here were some things I noticed:
- Everybody in Los Angeles is hot. So much that it makes me look fat and ugly. I’m a pretty thin guy and I think I’m at least a little good looking and in Chicago some might say I’m hot but in L.A., I’m below average. Not that it was a bad thing. I think everybody likes to look at hot people.
- L.A. will never be confused as the city that never sleeps. All of the bars we managed to get into closed at two. Hell, even some of the bars in the suburbs of Chicago close later then two.
- L.A. has really wide streets. Maybe it is because of the potential for earthquakes, but it seems like it takes forever to cross a typical, downtown L.A. street.
- Speaking of downtown L.A., it kinda sucks. And by kinda, I mean totally. It reminds me of downtown St. Louis in a way because of how small it is, the difference being though that I love St. Louis. And the skyline of L.A. pales in comparison to, well, just about every city I’ve been to. I think Chicago, New York, St Louis, Detroit, Pittsburgh and the Twin Cities all have a better downtown skylines.
- There is nothing quite like Venice Beach. What L.A. lacks in downtown, Venice Beach more than makes up for, the place was simply amazing.
- Hollywood Blvd is not all that it is cracked up to be. Don’t get me wrong, I did like it; hell there are sex shops pretty much every three feet. But, I like Chicago’s north side better and New York’s Times Square way better. And outside of the shops, there doesn’t seem to be much nightlife in the area of Hollywood Blvd we were on.
- L.A. seems really dirty. There seems to be a lot of graffiti everywhere. There seems to be so much that it is even on the people who live there. I swear, I never saw so many people with tattoos, especially on Venice Beach where a lot of people have their shirts off. It just seemed like every asshole had a tattoo.
I guess I probably should not base my entire judgment of the city on one three and a half day visit. I probably should go back someday but don’t know if I ever will as there are plenty of other places I would rather visit first.
Comments (5)
I’ve always wanted to visit LA. I’ve heard it’s not that great from multiple people….crowded and dangerous are most of the things i hear. I also don’t think i’d want to walk around feeling like an ugly duckling. I’m sure with all the perfect looking people, it’s a lot of pressure for those that are natural to go more plastic. I’m glad i don’t live in that kind of culture.
Told you LA is dirty. There were like piles upon piles of garbage on the streets when I was there. It was fairly disgusting.
LA sucks! I lived there and hated it. I NEVER go there now unless I’m being paid to be there.
But, plese don’t judge California based on LA. San Francisco is much better and of course, far northern CA is BEAUTIFUL. Yes, I shouted that last statement!!
I didn’t see piles of garbage, but just saw a lot of graffiti everywhere and litter in various places. It was not very attractive or appealing in the least. I also got called a faggot for the first time ever. It was after midnight and the four of us were crossing the street and some asshole drives by and shouts faggots out the window. The ironic part is that I was the only gay among the four and it wasn’t like we were dressed flamboyantly or doing anything gay like.
I’ve always wanted to go to San Fran and will get there someday I’m sure. People are always telling me how pretty it is; in fact there were a couple of L.A. locals who told us that San Francisco was much better.