Why Southern California rules

[Droog]

I lived in Central/Southern California for a total of five years and return there routinely to visit in-laws. I also lived in the South (Georgia/Virginia) for a total of eight years. Clearly, the former is overrated and the latter, underrated.

 

[fortune]

The yellow lambo at 2:37ish sounds ******* awesome.

 

[robbie]

Originally Posted by LabelKing

Southern California makes me want to commit suicide in a nihilistic way.
+1, my first trip to LA will hopefully be my only trip to SoCal. The people are so incredibly impatient, and just plain assholes imo. We were walking on Sunset and as i passed a guy on the sidewalk I went to move out of his way and he says to me , "get the **** out of my way already!" Also, everything was dirty and crowded. I am pretty sure i did not see a single bit of horizon not bombarded by some form of advertising. not my cup of tea to say the least.

 

[Brian SD]

Originally Posted by robbie

+1, my first trip to LA will hopefully be my only trip to SoCal. The people are so incredibly impatient, and just plain assholes imo. We were walking on Sunset and as i passed a guy on the sidewalk I went to move out of his way and he says to me , "get the **** out of my way already!" Also, everything was dirty and crowded. I am pretty sure i did not see a single bit of horizon not bombarded by some form of advertising. not my cup of tea to say the least.
Wow, I've never in my life of living in southern California encountered a person like this. I don't consider myself biased - I love northern California as well as the Pacific northwest, but I still love Southern California. LA is a ******* amazing city for so many reasons. It's got *everything* and with beautiful weather most of the time too, and I consider it a lot less crowded than say, Boston or NYC.

 

[ThingLonger]

Of course LA is scrummy. What major metropolis isn't?

 

[whodini]

Originally Posted by Brian SD

Wow, I've never in my life of living in southern California encountered a person like this. I don't consider myself biased - I love northern California as well as the Pacific northwest, but I still love Southern California. LA is a ******* amazing city for so many reasons. It's got *everything* and with beautiful weather most of the time too, and I consider it a lot less crowded than say, Boston or NYC.
I think the dead giveaway was when he referred to LA as "SoCal" and then goes on to mention some idiot he ran into on Sunset...

 

[Baron]

There are a many LA's inside LA - you just gotta find the right ones.

 

[robbie]

Originally Posted by whodini

I think the dead giveaway was when he referred to LA as "SoCal" and then goes on to mention some idiot he ran into on Sunset...

I guess I just thought in a thread about Southern California it was appropriate to refer to said locale as 'socal'. Also, maybe it didn't occur on sunset. I was in California, and we were in "LA" but the whole trip i had no idea when LA started or stopped.
I am from Oklahoma City, which to me is an adequately sized city. LA was just too large and the people were far less polite than I am accustomed to, thats all I was getting at.

 

[whodini]

Originally Posted by Baron

There are a many LA's inside LA - you just gotta find the right ones.
+1 This is what I was referring to. Angelenos will tell you there are parts of LA they hate as well, but they've had time to figure out their niche. Hating SoCal because of LA is a different story. LA isn't San Diego, Big Bear, Santa Barbara, Catalina Island, etc. etc. etc.

 

[dapperdude]

Originally Posted by robbie

+1, my first trip to LA will hopefully be my only trip to SoCal. The people are so incredibly impatient, and just plain assholes imo. We were walking on Sunset and as i passed a guy on the sidewalk I went to move out of his way and he says to me ,
"get the **** out of my way already!"

Also, everything was dirty and crowded. I am pretty sure i did not see a single bit of horizon not bombarded by some form of advertising.

not my cup of tea to say the least.

I was talking to a guy in San Diego who used to live in Venice (LA). He had similar observations about LA. Once, he said, he asked a guy in Westwood for the time, and the guy's response was to "**** off."

I haven't really encountered this myself, but it does seem like most people in LA are indifferent to others when driving on the freeway or in public places.

There are some nice things about SoCal, but one day I see myself going somewhere where people are more humane to each other.

 

[dapperdude]

Originally Posted by Reggs

I like it because rednecks are few and far between.

You must not get out very much or go very far.

 

[whodini]

Originally Posted by dapperdude

You must not get out very much or go very far.
Yeah, been out to the 909 or east SD county much?

 

[dapperdude]

Originally Posted by whodini

Yeah, been out to the 909 or east SD county much?
I've encountered a few genuine rednecks in the San Gabriel Valley (Pasadena, Monrovia) and West LA. Perhaps they were Okies. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Okie Besides, there's not much difference b/w "rednecks" and macho Mexican-American males wearing cowboy hats, driving pick-up trucks while drunk, and listening to Tejano (country) music.