Posts Tagged ‘new york vs. los angeles’

Things I Miss About New York: Racing to Read the End of the Chapter Before the Subway Doors Open at My Stop

This shouldn’t be a nostalgia day. It’s a perfect seventy degrees in the Southland while NYC is getting knocked with those freezing water rain pelts (I think there is another word for this). I was just thinking about how all the fun has been taken out of reading ever since I moved west. This is [...]

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The Problem With Movies Is That They're Made by People Who Chose to Live in Los Angeles

I wonder if it’s possible that the reason there’s such a dearth of original movies produced by Hollywood studios is because the idea of everyday reality for the people creating these films is the one offered by Los Angeles. The entire essence of Los Angeles is that it’s a cultural wasteland nearly void of human [...]

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Bad Dates In New York Are Better Than Bad Dates in Los Angeles

Dating in Los Angeles is miserable, not so much because of the rarity of a really good date, but because there’s nothing good about the bad dates. In New York an extremely bad date can be arguably just as good as a pretty good date. In New York, a great date is the best, but [...]

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More NY vs. LA

The way that people drive in Los Angeles is the way that people argue in New York City. Both require an instinctual level of offense-minded aggression with complete disregard to the possibility that you could be liable, at fault or wrong. You will also continue to regale tales of both to disinterested coworkers in a [...]

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