Trying to be nice...LA is a litle nicer than Gary, Indiana
"Gregory Morrow" wrote in
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> Sjoerd wrote:
>
> > I made the mistake of taking a holiday in LA and not renting a car. To
> make
> > a long story short: I ended up hating LA. There is almost no public
> > transport, people in LA don't walk (that's why they are all fat there),
> and
> > in general there is little to do or see in the city.
>
>
> In some areas (namely Beverly Hills) the police will even stop and
question
> you if you are walking around
>
>
> > Go to New York, which is so much nicer, or if you insist on the West
> Coast,
> > visit San Francisco which is also OK for a day or two.
>
>
> Am I one of the few that finds San Francisco highly over - rated? It's
okay
> for a coupla days, but I find the place generally pretty squalid because
of
> the large and aggressive homeless population....and as far as food goes
> Chicago or New York are just as good (I will admit that I loathe
Kalifornia
> in general, so maybe it's just my prejudice...).
>
>
> > But honestly, the only part of the US where one could have a nice time
for
> > more than 2 days without a car is the city of New York.
>
>
> Chicago has a great public transportation system - I've lived here 26
years
> without a car (don't even have a driving licence anymore). Boston and
> Washington DC are two other cities that have good urban transit systems,
as
> does San Francisco....
>
> --
> Best
> Greg
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