Is Los Angeles pretty much like new york with just less subways ?

Question

It's crowded, expensive, and huge just like new york. I see no difference in the cities other than cali having nicer weather with a much smaller subway system.

Answer 1

No, LA is more spread out, has small mountains like Griffith, public transport is only for the poor because everyone else has a car, no central business district like NYC. If you really want some place in California, Santa Barbara is the prettiest city in the 48 contiguous states, and San Francisco (like NYC) has far better restaurants, public transportation and culture than LA

Answer 2

Really? You see no difference in the 100+ mile sprawl of LA and the compact nature of NYC?

Answer 3

NYC is the kind of "vertical city" L.A. city planners are trying to build here. But at present L.A. still has a lot of single family homes and a lot of lower profile commercial buildings.

Answer 4

Not at all
The difference is that in NYC the wealthiest people of the city live IN the city

Answer 5

L.A. is nothing like New York, and the people and culture are very different, too. And they don't call it "cali". That's a city in Colombia.

Answer 6

The only similarity is that there are many New Yorkers there. There is no centralized area like Manhattan. Because L.A. is 450 sq. mi. I am not aware of any subway in Los Angeles. I left there around 1990.

Answer 7

sounds like thats what its like