I've been hit with the most repetitive questions since the "what are you going to do with your life?" series my senior year of college.
"Do you have a place to live?" "Are you going to like the weather out there?" "Is weed really as legal as they it is?" And my answer to all is: only slightly...only slightly.
But I digress as usual, the point is, I am well aware that California is different than the Emipire State but is it really as different as people say it is? I'm not quite sure so if you please, I will delve into this HOT topic, only slightly, to better communicate similarities and differences between the East and West through my eyes.
If I lost some of you with the complex sentence, here it is in Laymans terms: I'ma break down the real East and West Coast...YAY-E-YEA-EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!(S/O 2 Ice Cube)
BIGGEST Similarities:
METROPOLIS:
Maybe some of you forgot this but Los Angeles is actually a huge city like NY. Just because it's sunny all the time doesn't mean people are always at the beach. A city is a city is a city. And once you get passed all the lights, camera and the flaming homosexual action in West Hollywood (which is pretty much the Village with a 'Walk of Fame') you see that if you can live in NY, you can run any town.
POLICE
I haven't had a run in with the LAPD yet but I look forward to it. Firstly, because I don't do anything wrong that's considered wrong in California. Secondly, I want to see who is tougher. The NYPD and LAPD are the two most
The Gays (yes, I said the Gays, with a capital G)
There are only 2 places on Earth that Gay people are uncomfortable; in the south and in Church. Likewise, there are two places where Gay people can frolic (because Gay people frolic) and be free. These two places are LA and NY. I don't mind the Gays and their little Gay boots walking their little Gay dogs, they have a right to do every little gay thing they want. LA and NY just give them a larger license to do so because there are so many other weirdos that live in these places. One thing is for sure though, Gay people run these towns...or at least their little gay sections of it.
DIFFERENCES
PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION
Not every city is created equal and neither are their transportation systems. Advantage to NY on this one. Although LA public transpo is cheaper and greener (all the busses are hybrids or making there way to be hybrids) NY runs all the time and from every location. Busses and subways are not the way to travel in LA unless you must (like I must seeing as I don't have a car). Either way, this is a huge downfall for LA.
Your Local Hispanics
NY is home to more Puerto Ricans than Puerto Rico. NY also includes a bunch of everybody else like Dominicans, Peruvians, Mexicans and everything else south of the border. Looking for Puerto Ricans in LA is like looking for rain in LA...everyone talks about it, but the majority of the people miss it, all the time. In fact, outside of whites and blacks, LA only has Mexicans and Asians. I know Asians aren't Hispanics but they own everything in LA like the Domincans do in NY.
The Weather
Ok, so I know this is obvious so I'll keep it short. But what is a NY
So how is a NY nigga gonna survive in LA you ask yourself, because we are built differently. Plus, I work 2 blocks away from the beach. I think I'll manage.
