Los Angeles, you are so lame.
I've been brooding over how much I dislike LA lately. It has a few finer points- the sunny skies, the ocean, the good flea markets. But all in all, I think it combines all the worst elements of urban living with none of the benefits. There's plenty of smog, traffic, noise, congestion, billboards, huge chain stores, and all around ugly, noxious consumerism. But where is the reliable public transportation, the central location, the CULTURE, the museums? And when there IS something interesting to do, you have to put a serious effort into finding it and then drive 45 minutes to get there and pay $8 to park.
Also, one of the (many, many) great things about New York is that it's a huge, teeming amalgamate of all kinds of people. People from all different races and classes mix all day every day because you have to. People are thrown together. It's nothing like that here. You can go about your life and see the same people (or same kind of people) every single day.
I feel like a woolly mammoth stuck in a great big la brea tar pit. heh.
I went out last night, now I feel like soaking in a tub with my yummy candy bath melt. Drinking and carousing always leaves me feeling grimey the next day.
I've been brooding over how much I dislike LA lately. It has a few finer points- the sunny skies, the ocean, the good flea markets. But all in all, I think it combines all the worst elements of urban living with none of the benefits. There's plenty of smog, traffic, noise, congestion, billboards, huge chain stores, and all around ugly, noxious consumerism. But where is the reliable public transportation, the central location, the CULTURE, the museums? And when there IS something interesting to do, you have to put a serious effort into finding it and then drive 45 minutes to get there and pay $8 to park.
Also, one of the (many, many) great things about New York is that it's a huge, teeming amalgamate of all kinds of people. People from all different races and classes mix all day every day because you have to. People are thrown together. It's nothing like that here. You can go about your life and see the same people (or same kind of people) every single day.
I feel like a woolly mammoth stuck in a great big la brea tar pit. heh.
I went out last night, now I feel like soaking in a tub with my yummy candy bath melt. Drinking and carousing always leaves me feeling grimey the next day.
tronvillain:
Do you realize that your last four journal entries have been on Saturdays?