Nyc > La

[Dixon Carter Lee]

I lived in LA during the earthquake in '94. And I'm looking at the videos and reading the news from there. People in LA fucking freak out when it drizzles. They turn into privileged assholes out for themselves.

New Yorkers band together during crises. This city has some horrible problems (many due to gentrification -- an attempt to turn Gotham into another asshole city), but it's still a Band of Brothers.

(Anecdotes about New Yorkers being assholes are acknowledged. You don't have to post them to tell me how smart you are because Google put something contrary to my point in front of your optical nerve, Becky.)

 

[Conager]

Gentrification is nothing more than making an uninhabitable neighborhood habitable.

Declining property values help no one.

 

[DeluxAuto]

I lived in LA during the earthquake in '94. And I'm looking at the videos and reading the news from there. People in LA fucking freak out when it drizzles. They turn into privileged assholes out for themselves.

New Yorkers band together during crises. This city has some horrible problems (many due to gentrification -- an attempt to turn Gotham into another asshole city), but it's still a Band of Brothers.

(Anecdotes about New Yorkers being assholes are acknowledged. You don't have to post them to tell me how smart you are because Google put something contrary to my point in front of your optical nerve, Becky.)

Shut the fuck up, Karen.

 

[Stewart_Pidd]

The Yankees suck bro!

Stew

 

[Hugh_Essay]

The weather is the only good thing about california.

 

[AnneSexton]

I love them both, for all the same reasons... museums, art, fashion, culture, Broadway musicals, gay bars, pubs, world cuisine, lectures, foreign languages... literally everywhere, everywhere, and at all times. How could I ever pick between them? We have better beaches and weather, objectively, but you have the subway and ice skating in Rockefeller Center and Central Park and Christmas shopping... I say let’s keep ‘em both.

 

[AnneSexton]

As to the people... we’re all a bunch of assholes, from sea to shining sea.

 

[pointless]

new yorkers

 

[Stewart_Pidd]

NYC>LA>>>>>>New Orleans.

True story bro.

Stew

 

[ryan8558]

As to the people... we’re all a bunch of assholes, from sea to shining sea.

Nailed it!!!

 

[Sean Renaud]

As to the people... we’re all a bunch of assholes, from sea to shining sea.

Nah, CA ain't got shit on NY when it comes to being absolute pieces of shit. We'd rather you just left us alone, we ain't got time to be twats to you and you're really not in the way save for a few very special choke points. We are at no point forced to deal with you so we simply don't. New Yorkers are right monsters.

We do freak out when it gets beyond a mild drizzle. Its been stupid this week but prior to this week it had been almost 15 months since we'd had real rain and another 15 before that and nobody even remembers when it happened prior to that. So yeah, not to mention we have a year worth of oil on the roads so the first time it rains its simply not safe for man nor beast.

Our public transportation is a joke. Honestly if you can get there by bus its probably faster to walk. Just spring for the fucking Uber, your patience will thank you. We're way to spread out to form any of the natural communities that seem to form other places. We don't really want to be bothered with you in the first place but really nothing is "between here and where you're going" That's just not how it works for the most part.

You're never more than two hours from anything though. You want ocean, drive west, you want mountains and snow? East. Authentic Mexican (including Mexica. . .I mean family crossing signs?) Try south. Culture? LA is pretty close unless you're in San Diego (and still not that far besides you've got culture) or San Fran and yeah you're too far, but you've got your own toys and weather. Creepy stuff.

Fishing, hunting, hiking, we got everything.

 

[AlotLikePsyche]

^ Yah, we’re truly awful at driving in weather here; I can never even remember which one of the clickers controls my windshield wipers.

As for New Yorkers... I mean, what are we gonna do with them? They’re just like the OP. A little dick-ish, but always entertaining.

 

[Sean Renaud]

Ditto, hell when I lived like forty miles from where I worked I called in like the night before. "Hey looks like rain, I've got x days of acceptable absense".

 

[Biggs_Darklighter]

I'd move back to the city before I spend more than a day in LA. New York has it's problems and I'm not a city person but they are parsecs better than the fuckknuckles in LA.

 

[Conager]

You think Californians can't drive in the rain? In Arizona you get one use per set of wiper blades before you have to replace them because they're cracked and brittle.

"The fuck is this 'traction control' light on the dash?"

We have plenty of assholes because you guys retire here from LA and New York .

 

[Klinkster]

You think Californians can't drive in the rain? In Arizona you get one use per set of wiper blades before you have to replace them because they're cracked and brittle.

But consider the improvement from years ago!
Used to be, come monsoon season, and you finally turned ‘em on, the edge of the critters was melted to the windshield.
My ‘65 F250 wiper motor didn’t have enough torque to pop ‘em loose.

 

[Conager]

If you still have that truck, I'm interested. Fresh wipers or no.

 

[Klinkster]

If you still have that truck, I'm interested. Fresh wipers or no.

I put over 300,000 miles on it.
Sold it before I moved to Alaska.....not a good place or a 2WD pickup.

Wish I had it back.
It’s the epitome of “they don’t make ‘em like they used to.”

 

[Sean Renaud]

You think Californians can't drive in the rain? In Arizona you get one use per set of wiper blades before you have to replace them because they're cracked and brittle.

"The fuck is this 'traction control' light on the dash?"

We have plenty of assholes because you guys retire here from LA and New York .

Hey, hey hey, I only got two uses out of mine. Four if you count fog!

 

[IrezumiKiss]

https://images2.imgbox.com/5f/cd/NxOMSxOf_o.jpg

Rockefeller Center, around 10:30-ish, after I bounced from work tonight.

There's usually a good bunch of people still milling about, no matter what or when. Lots of activity. Now, zippo. Take out the signature nightlife and restaurants here, of which most will stay open until 4 am...oof. Going home tonight was like seeing the city under a Thanos snap moment.

We gonna get through, though. Always have, always will.

 

[phrodeau]

I put over 300,000 miles on it.
Sold it before I moved to Alaska.....not a good place or a 2WD pickup.

Wish I had it back.
It’s the epitome of “they don’t make ‘em like they used to.”

Sure, except for the crap wiper blades and weak-ass wiper motor.

 

[AnneSexton]

https://images2.imgbox.com/5f/cd/NxOMSxOf_o.jpg

Rockefeller Center, around 10:30-ish, after I bounced from work tonight.

There's usually a good bunch of people still milling about, no matter what or when. Lots of activity. Now, zippo. Take out the signature nightlife and restaurants here, of which most will stay open until 4 am...oof. Going home tonight was like seeing the city under a Thanos snap moment.

We gonna get through, though. Always have, always will.

Whoa. There is not a single person in that photo. I don’t think I’ve ever been alone in public in NYC ever... looks disquieting.

 

[Stewart_Pidd]

Whoa. There is not a single person in that photo. I don’t think I’ve ever been alone in public in NYC ever... looks disquieting.

I would have run down the streets saying "Echo" bro.

Stew

 

[phrodeau]

Whoa. There is not a single person in that photo. I don’t think I’ve ever been alone in public in NYC ever... looks disquieting.

Looks like a set from the Godspell movie.

 

[Dixon Carter Lee]

Gentrification is nothing more than making an uninhabitable neighborhood habitable..

Yeah. They were habitable.