Born and raised in NYC, came to LA 4.5 years ago. i like both for different reasons. LA is much slower paced than NYC and it is a good place to work on yourself, less distractions.
New York is a no "nonsense" city. People here doesn't waste time & always in a hurry , say what's on their mind but don't mean it personally. The vibe of this city is just something you don't find in any other city in the world. It's easy to love NYC❤
I haven't lived in either, just visited both, although LA more as I live in Seattle. I liked NYC more when I was younger but as I approach middle-age, I prefer LA. I like to drive, and I love the natural beauty of the west coast.
I feel so powerful in NY but my soul is at peace in LA that's a hard choice to make but living on the East Coast my whole life I love LA more because it's something that I'm not used to I swear I cancelled my flight and stayed basically a whole summer in L.A. on a trip only meant for a week and when I finally left, I left with the intentions of coming back to live. My body came back but my soul stayed in L.A.
People talk about the weather in LA, and it is nice. However, what you have to understand is NYers love the change of seasons. It is more invigorating to see the nature cycle at work. Sure, we grumble 😂 about the ❄ in winter or 🔥 in summer, but the changes make you appreciate the differences, more so than just pretty much the same all year round. As far as outdoors, go about an hour outside the city and you have some of the most beautiful natural environments in the country. Thanks for showing that in this video. Plenty of wildlife and not just outside the city. 🐻 walk through neighborhoods and turn over garbage cans. Raccoons in parks in all 5 boroughs. Wolves are seen in suburban areas of the city. 🦌 also. The only thing we are missing are big cats. Mountain lions are extinct in the Northeast, so they say. The only
Nice weather and natural beauty just isn’t an argument for me as a Floridian. I live in a little beach community that is more or less paradise. But even paradise loses its luster without that magic that only NYC can offer. After visiting NYC several times, I can’t wait to move there.
No offense but Florida is all flat and lacks the variety you can have in California, where there’s deserts, forests, mountains, snowy peaks within some hours of drive, also Florida is way too hot and humid.
I've only lived in NYC so far. It is a super busy, vibrant city, but at the same time it can be a pain in the ass to get from Brooklyn into Manhattan. Some days my commute to work would take 90 minutes because my bus would be late or too full to get on (and by that I mean that people were literally standing in the door by the driver) or the train was late or too full to get on. I loved being able to take the subway to the beach or the park or take the LIRR or Metro North out of the city. I didn't like the trash all over the place because trash cans aren't used and the weather is terrible. It is super hot and humid in the summer with hurricanes and super cold in the winter with blizzards.
Nice video comparing the 2 largest cities in America. I respect both big cities and they are famous and both LA and NYC have their own beautiful things
Two different cities two different vibes!!!! At the end of it all, it’s about preferences. Been to both but I prefer NYC just because of how diverse and so much to do! It’s true, NYC is definitely a place to switch up your life. I love my change of weather and having a great transportation means you have access to other parts areas in the city. If I want to escape the city, I can take Metro North to head to the Blue Mountain, Long Island Railroad to the Hamptons or NJ Transit to head to the Jersey Shore. I love the LA chill vibe but I feel can get expensive especially YOU HAVE to own a car. Only thing I give it to LA is the rent.
I love both cities. I have been wanting to move to Los Angeles sight unseen since I was 15. Years later I’m still in St Louis and flip flop between New York and LA every few months. I’ve been to New York 22 times and LA 17, but usually spend more time in LA when I’m there. I got 2 years before I can leave with my job. They have a large presence in LA, not in NYC at all, but I can switch departments. I really want to get out of St. Louis, but I have to make a decision. It’s hard, I love both!
@@VrooooAM what are you talkin about ?! I actually live in LA. and LA is Trash 🗑️ 🚮 i hesitate to go back live in NYC,🗽 more people more opportunities more chances to meet new friends and people.
If LA cleaned up a lot and got the crime under control it'll be a wonderful city to live. I've lived in south Los Angeles everywhere I walked there was nothing but homeless tents, trash everywhere in the road. At night time I was walking back home I heard about 5-10 shots fired . So I'm moving to NYC within a month
For having been in both. LA 80% / NYC-Manhattan 20% is what I’d rate them as desirable. Learn LA and you’ll like it much better. NY is simple. LA is one of the most difficult to learn. Especially growing up without GPS or even Mapquest. I’m originally from the same place as Dolly Parton in TN. Edited - WEATHER - LA 99% of the time.
I dont know if you'll see this, but im about to move back to NYC and I literally watch your videos non-stop while packing and cleaning my apartment. It's been very therapeutic so thank you. Great videos you have. Seriously, so so good
Another cracking vlog Michael! I love Los Angeles of course, and can’t wait to visit again. I’m saving to fly over from Australia for Halloween 2022. Hopefully one day I’ll make it to New York too!
NYC is the best city the world..period. I only recently just visited Los Angeles and the traveling sucks! I must say though I can see myself living in L.A. for about 6 months. The weather is everything and the people are more welcoming. NYC has better food and better style and transportation. However, I must say L.A. is beautiful! And then there's the dispensaries!
Yes, NYC definitely has that “real city” feel whereas LA has more of that suburban feel. Different lifestyles for sure! Love both. Thanks for watching! 🙂
Bro have you seen London? London is better than NYC and LA. The public transportation's much better there. The only good public transportation in NYC are in subways and that's it. London has loads of underground stations, buses and trams and taxis.
I agree, having lived in both cities, I miss NYC! The people there are real, the food is amazing, its so culturally diverse, transportation is amazing and seasonal changes make it feel like home. I enjoyed living in LA just for the nature and decent weather, other than that, the people are fake, transportation and traffic are horrible and it just doesn't feel like home.
Having moved to California from Sydney Australia, I don’t see the “nature/outdoors” as an argument for LA… it’s just so goddam ugly and has so few green spaces in the city itself. The sprawl is just a case study in how not to build a city and TBH THAT is why the traffic is “so goddam bad” - it is just staggeringly poorly designed.. In Sydney I had a tonne of gorgeous beaches with free ocean pools, one of the nicest coast walks you’ll find, the blue mountains on the far west side and a central business district within a beautiful harbour that makes it a genuinely nice place to visit even outside of work and has a lot of nice green spaces built within it. It’s great that there are some walks etc that you can get to in LA, but as someone living and working in the place, your day to day experience will have you feeling pretty depressed with the amount of time your an ugly-as-heck roads stuck in traffic. So in the US context, I feel like I may as well be in NYC as at least the place has a real business district and just feels like a proper city. You’re spending 90% of your time as a worker in the city, so it may as well have stuff going on, and for that aspect especially and NYC just kills LA’s surprisingly dull CBD for that.
Great one Michael......always gotta show love whenever you drop a new one! ;-) 11:45 I really love both cities! i think the answer to this question depends on your age, your lifestyle and what you want! I'd say NYC for Holidays and LA for literally EVERYTHING!! ;-)
I can only speak as a foreign tourist, from a regular visitor point of view, but when coming from another continent with big American dream concepts in mind, the biggest difference is that NYC does deliver in the fascinating destination category, whereas LA doesn't live up to its glitz and glamour image in reality. It's quite sad, but I believe LA demands to know exactly where to go and maybe even belong to certain circles to make the most of it, whereas NYC is stunningly impressive from the first glimpse out the window of any transportation from the airport. The macro view of LA is beautiful too, but up close, most of LA could well be any other American city or rather suburb. NYC is impressive and unmistakably unique from nearly any angle, whereas the charm of LA is more in its atmosphere and is not necessarily obvious at first.
Than you don't understand LA. LA isn't about glitz and glamour. It's about the weather and outdoor lifestyle. From surfing the beaches to Skiing the mountains to exploring the quite deserts or the mega party scenes. But as stated; the year round weather is unmatched. If you live by the beach, you'll never need your heater in winter nor your AC in summer. With very little humidity.
@@mikecamacho1934 I’m from jersey and yes you need heaters in the winter and the AC in the summer because every fucking day is hot and humid and it pisses me off! Nice to know California isn’t the same way
@@mikecamacho1934 he's right. It's a let down at first. Think about it probably the most popular city in the movies outside of New York there's more on Los Angeles than there is in New York and literally it's all chopped up into small little areas scattered throughout the city of scenes which feels fake and then you see Hollywood and places like that where the rich live and that part lives up to its name like in the movies but then you see the rough edges and the edges are pretty f****** big and it's almost like not a lot of room between though Have and Have Nots and that's what you see we're not talking like this last for a f****** hour either this is like your first day your first f****** week there and then outside that it's just touristy and a lot of f****** traffic but if you can get to know some locals then it is about the atmosphere like the first gentleman said he was right it's a big atmosphere attitude is what La is about and yes it is about the glamor in glitzy because that's what made la and put it on the map in the first place so you're lying to yourself if it's not about that now yes changing from that but probably not by a whole lot in the last few years
LA and New York are both just big bubbles outside of the rest of the country New York lives up to his name and LA is you have to visit to realize that it's not the movie you thought you grew up to but over a long period of time and I mean a lot of time it grows on you a lot of time later if you got the time and patience to pay for it
If you’re a city person, New York wins by a mile. As mentioned in the video, LA feels like a giant suburb. There’s almost no downtown, it’s such a pain to get around, and there are no distinct neighborhoods. New York is the second greatest city in America, behind Chicago of course :)
You don’t know anything about LA went to nyc is nice and all as like night life but besides manhattan is really boring outskirts of New York and Los Angeles honestly has everything
I know you can't show everything about Los Angeles or New York, this would be a 12 hour video. But in Los Angeles you really do need to get out more and see more of the city than you discussed.
LA IS BETTER THAN NEW YORK THE WEATHER SAYS IT ALL. YALL NEED TO STOP SAYING NYC IS BETTER CAUSE ITS NOT. EVERYTHING IS MUCH BETTER IN LA Weather, Land, Houses 🏘 👌 we got it all. LA takes the W.
Weather is subjective. Some of us don’t want to deal with a yearly hot sunny weather. We want all four seasons and to see rain and snow too. Also, la is more expensive than New York.
To me LA is a huge sprawling suburb nyc is literally 5-7 cities in one if u count the entire metro area (Long Island n north jersey ) LA far more laid back .. nyc far more aggressive and bustling
I live in NYC born and raised the only thing I can think of that LA got on NY is the weather. The City of New York can compete with the Hole State of California so that tells you alot about how powerful NYC is 5 borough's equals 5 little cities. New York, New York the City so nice they named it TWICE !!
Really? So where exactly does NYC keep it's Giant Sequoias, Yosemite National park, Lake Tahoe, Beaches like Big Sur, Death Valley, Hollywood, LA, San Diego and San Francisco and Napa Valley wine country?
@@2Bluzin I'm talking about its economy, without NY where would California be. You forget who created Hollywood jews from New York. Downtown LA triedd to replicate NY. We have all the international Rights. With out us you cant release your movies to the world . Name something NYC dosent have I'll wait. We got wall street money we control 25 % of the countries GDP we collapse the world and US will go with it. I talk about Power we have all the influence. Ya will always be Number 2
@@SixHundredandThirteen Hu? What a weird argument. Without Europe, where would NYC be? The CA economy is not Hollywood, it's actually produce. Over 1/2 of all the fruit and vegtabls in the US comes from Calif. Not to mention the Tech industry like Apple, one of the largest in the world with a Market cap: $2.65 trillion, and that just one company. More venture capital is in CA than any other state. CA is the 5th largest economy in the world, NYC is not. If CA industries all collapsed, so would the rest of the county and other parts of the world.
LA has an UNEVEN DISTRIBUTION OF WEALTH! In LA your either DIRT POOR or FILTHY RICH!! The public transportation sucks in LA. In LA you pay according to your destination the further the more 💰 🤑!! In NYC we pay ONE price no matter how far we go. My beloved Brooklyn is the 4th largest city in the country! Besides who wants to spend Christmas on the beach ⛱
To be fair, in New York, you can still celebrate Christmas on the beach. There is Coney Island. Honestly, you could enjoy a two-hour train ride in New York City for just 2.75 as long as you never leave the station.
The City of Angels. I think LA is home to the largest communities of foreign expats in the country. It's why you not only have great Mexican food, but also Korean, Filipino, Cuban, Armenian, South and Central American, Chinese, and Japanese. There is also great Middle Eastern and some African restaurants too.
@@JERSEYBOYPLAY2HARD I'm glad it's diverse but there is no way it can compete with Los Angeles let alone the whole state of CA. CA is the most diverse state in the Union.
“When its 100 degrees in New York, it's 72 in Los Angeles. When its 30 degrees in New York, in Los Angeles it's still 72. However, there are 6 million interesting people in New York, and only 72 in Los Angeles.” ― Neil Simon
LA has a homeless problem because LA is warmer and people come from different parts of the state and country to live. LA has its own mountain range in which it has to deal with deer, bears, coyotes and mountain lions. In LA county it snows from the 400 ft elevation to 6000 ft elevation and sometimes it snows in LA: Sometimes in Malibu and down by the beach. To beat the traffic wait until after morning rush 5am to 930 am. LA is huge! It is 42 miles from north south to 36 miles west to east or 900 square miles plus. It has its own mall city Lawndale with its mall centric community. Like NY LA is fast you may think it is slow it is constantly moving because maybe there is no snow to slow down the city miovement. It is so big that the an earthquake had to choose what part of the city it was going to shake. We now have Metro and it can take you from downtown east to the west to the beach. LA traffic is 24 /7 heavy.
Usually all big cities have the homeless problem. Even during the winter when it’s cold, you have homeless sitting on the ground with thick blankets or sleeping inside train stations.
Public transit in LA is not as good as NYC but its getting a lot better and easier to navigate the city without a car. And as we speak, LA continues to expand their train lines. Again, just talking about the train lines. Buses are a different story... The only trick to this is that you have to be in an area where transit is available. So for the people who say that you "need" a car " has clearly never used the transit in the city
@@eg4933 You obviously havent taken public transit there enough..otherwise you wouldnt of made that comment...I have taken public transit in LA hundreds of times...It may not be as great as it is in places such as New York or San Francisco but there is enough in many parts of the area that a car is not needed..I agree that it doesnt cover a large part of the city but it has gotten a lot better over the years and as we speak its contuning to expand.....im only talking about the trains..The buses are horrible for sure
@@alexmunch6118 they also need to expand bus routes. And instead of just big to double long buses, also in crease mid size buses for local/shorter routes. This would increase frequency, decrease wait times and cover more ground WHILE being less expensive and easy to implement. No structural change needed, since LA seems to have a serious problem when it comes to infrastructure projects.
@@eg4933 Im not that familiar with the bus routes because I just avoid them...They're too slow and because LA has a huge issue with traffic, the buses would be stuck in that same traffic so i only use the subway or the metro..From what I understand the purple line is being extended and will be completed in 2025 I think..I remember the days when the city had NO trains and a car definitely was needed. But slowly but surely its getting easier the navigate the city without a car since the trains are expanding. And really, the city should invest in this project because having a car in LA is a nightmare..simply because of the traffic problem...We shall see how things unfold in the coming years
I think the analysis is really poor because most of the video is dedicated to either if you have the opportunity to go into outdoor activities or not and I think there are many things to consider to prefer or to find a city better than others, I also think that you focused too much in outdoor activities because you like them but there are others more important factors to evaluate a city, housing, income, school, job opportunities, etc.
I grew up in L.A. but moved to Dayton, OH in 2021, but I had the opportunity to work in New York City for a year for my job. It was amazing! You really can't compare both cities as they are two totally different cats. The public transportation in NYC is by far the best. L.A., GOTTA HAVE A CAR! Car is the king. In L.A., if you have a nice car, you are a celebrity!
FALSE....... have been to LA many times and it has pretty good public transit. In fact as we speak, they are continuing to expand the train lines to reach many areas of the city. Of course the transportation there is not as good as NYC but many people make it in LA without a car. If this was 30 years ago then I would agree with your comment 100%. But since then transit has gotten a lot better and its way easier to navigate the city without a car. The only people that say things like "you gota have a car to live in LA ' either has never used public transit there or just talking out of their ass
@@alexmunch6118 Sorry... But as a Los Angeles NATIVE, I have used the public trans in Los Angeles, MY HOME CITY, and most definitely have to have a car there as the subway and light rail are NOT going to get you to quite a number of places. As for the bus system, good luck with that too. L.A. area being so massive and all, have fun riding on them buses for hours if you wanna let's say, travel from far east San Gabriel Valley to the beach! Good try, you outsider! You can't outdo a native (me) about MY HOME CITY.
@@Stevenimich I dont think you're reading what im saying...i mentioned that I HAVE BEEN TO LA many times before and have stood in the city for months at a time. Im speaking from my own experiences, having been there MANY times... I have navigated using their subways and rail lines plenty of times with no issues and got to my destinations just fine. Its true that their transit is not as great as NYC but its certainly very doable and continues to expand and improve as we speak.. When I was there back in September, I went to the beach a bunch of times and used the Blue Line to get from Down town LA to Long beach and it wasnt bad at all..I've also traveled to other areas such as Korea town, Hollywood, etc etc. Have not yet used the rail line to go to Santa Monica pier YET but i heard they recently build a station there too. Not a whole lot of transit options but plenty enough where a car is not always necessary. I agree about the buses..they suck. I have avoided using them unless I was making short trips. They sit in the same traffic that one would sit in if they owned car.. One reason why owning a car there is a nightmare.. The traffic is usually bumper to bumper, then you have insurance payments you have to worry about, parking fees and high gas prices to pay. Not worth it. Using public is cheaper and in my opinion, better... Also, an old friend of mine moved out there back in 2016 and he also has never owned a car and he also gets around the city just fine using transit. So unless my friend is lying about this, (WHICH I KNOW HES NOT BECAUSE I ALSO NAVIGATED THROUGH THE CITY WITH NO CAR) you're giving false info....Also, just because one doesnt live there doesnt mean they dont know the city. So your OUTSIDER comment makes me think that I hurt your youtube feelings... Im sorry, please dont call the youtube police on me One thing that I will give you is that using public transit there is challenging because it will literally take you a while to get to a lot of places. Even going to the mall is challenging and takes a long time but its certainly doable. Personally, i dont mind it... And again, LA is improving that by expanding their train system and building more stations. It still needs work but its getting there. But none the less, many people make it in the city without a car. Now, if you're a person who likes to go to different places all the time and see the attractions the city has to offer, then yes, a car would be the best way to go. But if you dont travel too much to different places and your life is just simply to work and go home and occasionally go out, then a car is not needed. It all boils down to what area of the city you live and work in, as well as your lifestyle. LA is a huge city and anyone choosing not having a car has to pick the right area to live and work in. Having a car there will make your life easier but it is not "NEEDED"..So try again..snowflake
As a lifelong Southern Californian and a generational Southern Californian and always being in LA once a week since my life began I'd have to go in LA because I know it it's home away from home and even though there's a ton of differences between San Diego and Los Angeles overall there's far more similarities and my love for SoCal is unmatched so I got to go to LA even though I live in its so-called baby brother San Diego this video was awesome and I appreciate it thank you sir
Thank you for this video! I lived in LA for 12 years and it truly is an incredible place to find yourself and discover your values and life vision. I am now moving to NYC and am SO excited for the plethora of opportunities and activities there and most importantly my soul has been craving to go there to do a full reinvention of myself - so when your friend said the quote of NYC is the place for becoming someone new, it was 100% confirmation to me that I am making the right decision with my move. THANK U
I wanna move to Beachwood grove !!! I'm gonna be a famous famousy person. 👌😂😊its very spiritual there, for good spirtualism so I'm spiritually when famousings.
I’m a New Yorker I was in LA for 5 months I love LA I want to go back there to live because my grandpa lives there so I want to start life over there 😢😢😢😊❤❤ LA the place to be
I can tell you like L.A. more 😉I’m an L.A. native considering moving to NYC just to experience it, that’s how I came upon your videos. East Los Angeles is the area between Boyle Heights and Montebello en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/East_Los_Angeles,_California I’m lucky to live by Elysian Park. I don’t have to drive here to enjoy the hikes here. I’ve heard this area being called East Los Angeles before, but it’s really still Central Los Angeles. East Los Angeles is not just a demographic area, but an area with a specific history and culture, so it means a lot to those who come from there or live there. People from “East Los” will have a bone to pick when the area east of East Hollywood/ North central L.A. is called East Los Angeles.
If I had the money to live "well" in either place, I'd be NYC (burough of Manhattan to be more specific) May thru November) and then get my azz out to LA Dec thru April. I've dealt with enough 18 degree days/nights in my life.
The most expensive city in the US Is definitely Honolulu, besides that u did a great job with this video but I would have to choose LA, I’ve lived in almost every state at this point including Honolulu. I say LA winning because of location to the rest of the world also personal space is a plus, if u go to DTLA u feel kinda like some NY vibes. Beside the city of LA, the other sub city near by are super fun as well. Then to add in u can get to SD or SF in a day trip making California just that much better then NY
It's VERY important to note that being at different stages of life can make one place more enjoyable over another. Living in LA I personally never lacked for nightlife or entertainment--in fact I strongly believe LA does entertainment a bit better than NYC. LA not only has a variety of world class museums, theater, concerts, opera, the Queen Mary, and the Philharmonic--it also has theme parks like Disneyland nearby! Nightlife I think NYC probably just barely edges out LA--in certain areas, but not all. However as a college student, I might prefer to live in NYC, and wouldn't mind living in an apartment in a happening area or up and coming area. If middle aged, and looking to buy a house is where it gets tricky. While rents are more expensive in NYC metro, housing prices as in a mortgage is needed, is actually more expensive in LA metro. So you can either decide to buy a very expensive house (almost $1 million median home price in LA) in a place with great weather, OR buy a slightly cheaper home (around $800K median in NYC metro), in a place with crappy weather in winter. Third option--move to a middle state with cheap homes and great weather--why you find people moving from NYC to Florida and North Carolina, and from LA to Texas and Arizona. You just have to see what fits best for you at the point of life you find yourself in.
Thanks! Agree with your points. I live in NYC and have for a decade and lived in a few other cities, also been to LA quite a few times. Both cities have a lot of pros and cons but overall, I think LA is better for the reasons you listed. I actually saw this video recommended while watching a video about influencers moving to NYC. I'm sure they'll have a blast at first with so much to see but I can't imagine many deciding they rather stay in NYC long term once the negatives really start to sink in. Maybe in a year or two there will be a bunch of "I moved back to LA ya'll" videos. I think most are really just doing it to help boost their views and subscribers since there is a lot of competition and people spending less time on UA-cam and more on TikTok the past few years.
This is a really good point. Recently I also heard that NYC is overflooded with tiktokkers right now - similar to how UA-cam flooded LA a decade ago. Interesting! They’ll be back ;)
You probably have a way better appreciation for LA than a native Angeleno. Btw give Palos Verdes a visit if you’re looking for more hiking trails that are a bit quieter
I would like to live in LA someday! Because I went to travel there this summer and felt the weather was so good. But I haven’t visited New York so far, so I wanna go there!
I’ve lived in NYC the vast majority of my life. I went to public school here and college in Ithaca. I’m moving to Southern Cal later this year to go to school. I will miss the convenience of NYC as well as friends I’ve had for decades. However, I’m ready for a new adventure in Southern California. I’m ready for no real winter and a chance to grow my own food! As a vegan I like the food in LA better and I love the outdoor activities. After I finish my doctorate degree I don’t know where I’ll end up but it won’t be back in NYC. So I’ll pick LA over NYC for now!
Anytime of the year honestly. But the summers do have a lot more outdoor scheduled events to capitalize on the extra daylight and warmer days. May and June are probably best if you want to avoid most of the crowds at popular tourist destinations and to avoid those few weeks during the summer where it does get scorching hot.
I would say March is the best. Summer (April to mid October) is hot, and winter is okay but it’s rainy and feels like a bit lonesome. March is the best weather to travel to LA. :)
Since I’ve been living in New York for over 51 years in March 28, 1973, I’m hoping and praying 🙏🏽 that I’ll move to LA whenever I’m super ready because I’ve known NY for a very long time. And I can move from NY to LA both for transferring to another job and retire in the next decade 😊
I've been fed the normal bs about NY like everyone else but this video has changed my mind completely. NY seems like a place I could thrive. Thanks for making this content Michael, you're literally helping people make some of the biggest decisions of their lives.
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Born and raised in NYC, came to LA 4.5 years ago. i like both for different reasons. LA is much slower paced than NYC and it is a good place to work on yourself, less distractions.
Agree!
New York is a no "nonsense" city. People here doesn't waste time & always in a hurry , say what's on their mind but don't mean it personally. The vibe of this city is just something you don't find in any other city in the world. It's easy to love NYC❤
It's probably easier to find international foods in CA like French cuisine
If LA had the public transit of NYC, then that would be an amazing city
to this day I don't understand how you people could think of stepping foot into the nyc subway let alone sitting on the seats.
It did at some point
It is already amazing. But yeah a public transit for people who don’t wanna use their cars is needed
That and green spaces… LA is just an incredibly ugly endless urban sprawl with little reprieve on the endless roads
@@DeftPol common, the mountains, the beaches and not venice beach but the beaches like manhattan beach, newport beach and such, and lots more.
I haven't lived in either, just visited both, although LA more as I live in Seattle. I liked NYC more when I was younger but as I approach middle-age, I prefer LA. I like to drive, and I love the natural beauty of the west coast.
Facts
LA should be a desert, nothing natural about that place
Can’t beat the west coast nature all types of colors hills , palm trees always sunny can’t get wrong with that
@@abrahammariscal6643 till there's a fire
@@abrahammariscal6643 Drought
NY is better, currently in LA missing NY
I feel so powerful in NY but my soul is at peace in LA that's a hard choice to make but living on the East Coast my whole life I love LA more because it's something that I'm not used to I swear I cancelled my flight and stayed basically a whole summer in L.A. on a trip only meant for a week and when I finally left, I left with the intentions of coming back to live. My body came back but my soul stayed in L.A.
Wow..that’s interesting. In power or at peace. The duality of man
If staying longer may get used to it
People talk about the weather in LA, and it is nice. However, what you have to understand is NYers love the change of seasons. It is more invigorating to see the nature cycle at work. Sure, we grumble 😂 about the ❄ in winter or 🔥 in summer, but the changes make you appreciate the differences, more so than just pretty much the same all year round. As far as outdoors, go about an hour outside the city and you have some of the most beautiful natural environments in the country. Thanks for showing that in this video.
Plenty of wildlife and not just outside the city. 🐻 walk through neighborhoods and turn over garbage cans. Raccoons in parks in all 5 boroughs. Wolves are seen in suburban areas of the city. 🦌 also.
The only thing we are missing are big cats. Mountain lions are extinct in the Northeast, so they say.
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Nice weather and natural beauty just isn’t an argument for me as a Floridian. I live in a little beach community that is more or less paradise. But even paradise loses its luster without that magic that only NYC can offer. After visiting NYC several times, I can’t wait to move there.
No offense but Florida is all flat and lacks the variety you can have in California, where there’s deserts, forests, mountains, snowy peaks within some hours of drive, also Florida is way too hot and humid.
I've only lived in NYC so far. It is a super busy, vibrant city, but at the same time it can be a pain in the ass to get from Brooklyn into Manhattan. Some days my commute to work would take 90 minutes because my bus would be late or too full to get on (and by that I mean that people were literally standing in the door by the driver) or the train was late or too full to get on. I loved being able to take the subway to the beach or the park or take the LIRR or Metro North out of the city. I didn't like the trash all over the place because trash cans aren't used and the weather is terrible. It is super hot and humid in the summer with hurricanes and super cold in the winter with blizzards.
Nice video comparing the 2 largest cities in America.
I respect both big cities and they are famous and both LA and NYC have their own beautiful things
Two different cities two different vibes!!!! At the end of it all, it’s about preferences. Been to both but I prefer NYC just because of how diverse and so much to do! It’s true, NYC is definitely a place to switch up your life. I love my change of weather and having a great transportation means you have access to other parts areas in the city. If I want to escape the city, I can take Metro North to head to the Blue Mountain, Long Island Railroad to the Hamptons or NJ Transit to head to the Jersey Shore. I love the LA chill vibe but I feel can get expensive especially YOU HAVE to own a car. Only thing I give it to LA is the rent.
Thank you for sharing Im living In New York City for 30 years and I love this City !!
Nyc has a million issues and still the best city in the world
I love both cities. I have been wanting to move to Los Angeles sight unseen since I was 15. Years later I’m still in St Louis and flip flop between New York and LA every few months. I’ve been to New York 22 times and LA 17, but usually spend more time in LA when I’m there. I got 2 years before I can leave with my job. They have a large presence in LA, not in NYC at all, but I can switch departments. I really want to get out of St. Louis, but I have to make a decision. It’s hard, I love both!
I get it. I love both too! Getting to experience both is the best
LA is the new world
@@VrooooAM what are you talkin about ?! I actually live in LA. and LA is Trash 🗑️ 🚮 i hesitate to go back live in NYC,🗽 more people more opportunities more chances to meet new friends and people.
If LA cleaned up a lot and got the crime under control it'll be a wonderful city to live.
I've lived in south Los Angeles everywhere I walked there was nothing but homeless tents, trash everywhere in the road.
At night time I was walking back home I heard about 5-10 shots fired .
So I'm moving to NYC within a month
goddamn bro why were you in the trenches like that?
For having been in both. LA 80% / NYC-Manhattan 20% is what I’d rate them as desirable. Learn LA and you’ll like it much better. NY is simple. LA is one of the most difficult to learn. Especially growing up without GPS or even Mapquest. I’m originally from the same place as Dolly Parton in TN. Edited - WEATHER - LA 99% of the time.
I dont know if you'll see this, but im about to move back to NYC and I literally watch your videos non-stop while packing and cleaning my apartment. It's been very therapeutic so thank you. Great videos you have. Seriously, so so good
Another cracking vlog Michael! I love Los Angeles of course, and can’t wait to visit again. I’m saving to fly over from Australia for Halloween 2022. Hopefully one day I’ll make it to New York too!
Appreciate it Andrew! Halloween is a great time to visit! Lol
you don't have to go to france to have French food
@@angelachanelhuang1651 i live in both and thats 1 billions time more easy to find everything even french food than Cali. 🗽❤️😌💯
NYC is the best city the world..period. I only recently just visited Los Angeles and the traveling sucks! I must say though I can see myself living in L.A. for about 6 months. The weather is everything and the people are more welcoming. NYC has better food and better style and transportation. However, I must say L.A. is beautiful! And then there's the dispensaries!
Yes, NYC definitely has that “real city” feel whereas LA has more of that suburban feel. Different lifestyles for sure! Love both. Thanks for watching! 🙂
Your smoking. The LA weather says it all. LA is better.
@@johnnyboy1529 that's the only good thing about LA, untill there's a forest fire
@@bruhbutwhytho whatever u say bro
Bro have you seen London? London is better than NYC and LA. The public transportation's much better there. The only good public transportation in NYC are in subways and that's it. London has loads of underground stations, buses and trams and taxis.
I agree, having lived in both cities, I miss NYC! The people there are real, the food is amazing, its so culturally diverse, transportation is amazing and seasonal changes make it feel like home. I enjoyed living in LA just for the nature and decent weather, other than that, the people are fake, transportation and traffic are horrible and it just doesn't feel like home.
Having moved to California from Sydney Australia, I don’t see the “nature/outdoors” as an argument for LA… it’s just so goddam ugly and has so few green spaces in the city itself. The sprawl is just a case study in how not to build a city and TBH THAT is why the traffic is “so goddam bad” - it is just staggeringly poorly designed.. In Sydney I had a tonne of gorgeous beaches with free ocean pools, one of the nicest coast walks you’ll find, the blue mountains on the far west side and a central business district within a beautiful harbour that makes it a genuinely nice place to visit even outside of work and has a lot of nice green spaces built within it. It’s great that there are some walks etc that you can get to in LA, but as someone living and working in the place, your day to day experience will have you feeling pretty depressed with the amount of time your an ugly-as-heck roads stuck in traffic. So in the US context, I feel like I may as well be in NYC as at least the place has a real business district and just feels like a proper city. You’re spending 90% of your time as a worker in the city, so it may as well have stuff going on, and for that aspect especially and NYC just kills LA’s surprisingly dull CBD for that.
Great one Michael......always gotta show love whenever you drop a new one! ;-) 11:45 I really love both cities! i think the answer to this question depends on your age, your lifestyle and what you want! I'd say NYC for Holidays and LA for literally EVERYTHING!! ;-)
Totally! Both are great :) can’t wait to be back in nyc for the holidays - the best Christmas city lol
I love L.A😍
I can only speak as a foreign tourist, from a regular visitor point of view, but when coming from another continent with big American dream concepts in mind, the biggest difference is that NYC does deliver in the fascinating destination category, whereas LA doesn't live up to its glitz and glamour image in reality. It's quite sad, but I believe LA demands to know exactly where to go and maybe even belong to certain circles to make the most of it, whereas NYC is stunningly impressive from the first glimpse out the window of any transportation from the airport. The macro view of LA is beautiful too, but up close, most of LA could well be any other American city or rather suburb. NYC is impressive and unmistakably unique from nearly any angle, whereas the charm of LA is more in its atmosphere and is not necessarily obvious at first.
Than you don't understand LA. LA isn't about glitz and glamour. It's about the weather and outdoor lifestyle. From surfing the beaches to Skiing the mountains to exploring the quite deserts or the mega party scenes. But as stated; the year round weather is unmatched. If you live by the beach, you'll never need your heater in winter nor your AC in summer. With very little humidity.
@@mikecamacho1934 I’m from jersey and yes you need heaters in the winter and the AC in the summer because every fucking day is hot and humid and it pisses me off! Nice to know California isn’t the same way
LA Glitz and Glamour? Um turn off the TV. Maybe you are thinking Hollywood which is just a tiny part of LA or what it's about. LA is not Hollywood.
@@mikecamacho1934 he's right. It's a let down at first. Think about it probably the most popular city in the movies outside of New York there's more on Los Angeles than there is in New York and literally it's all chopped up into small little areas scattered throughout the city of scenes which feels fake and then you see Hollywood and places like that where the rich live and that part lives up to its name like in the movies but then you see the rough edges and the edges are pretty f****** big and it's almost like not a lot of room between though Have and Have Nots and that's what you see we're not talking like this last for a f****** hour either this is like your first day your first f****** week there and then outside that it's just touristy and a lot of f****** traffic but if you can get to know some locals then it is about the atmosphere like the first gentleman said he was right it's a big atmosphere attitude is what La is about and yes it is about the glamor in glitzy because that's what made la and put it on the map in the first place so you're lying to yourself if it's not about that now yes changing from that but probably not by a whole lot in the last few years
LA and New York are both just big bubbles outside of the rest of the country New York lives up to his name and LA is you have to visit to realize that it's not the movie you thought you grew up to but over a long period of time and I mean a lot of time it grows on you a lot of time later if you got the time and patience to pay for it
Moved from nyc to LA and I truly don’t get the vibe here. I feel like people don’t do anything here. Bored af
If you’re a city person, New York wins by a mile. As mentioned in the video, LA feels like a giant suburb. There’s almost no downtown, it’s such a pain to get around, and there are no distinct neighborhoods. New York is the second greatest city in America, behind Chicago of course :)
Just admit you don't know anything about LA and be done with it.
You don’t know anything about LA went to nyc is nice and all as like night life but besides manhattan is really boring outskirts of New York and Los Angeles honestly has everything
The author of the video literally said it, and he lives there 😂
Except public transportation lol have fun in traffic
I know you can't show everything about Los Angeles or New York, this would be a 12 hour video. But in Los Angeles you really do need to get out more and see more of the city than you discussed.
So what happens if a Angeleno goes to New York
LA IS BETTER THAN NEW YORK THE WEATHER SAYS IT ALL. YALL NEED TO STOP SAYING NYC IS BETTER CAUSE ITS NOT. EVERYTHING IS MUCH BETTER IN LA Weather, Land, Houses 🏘 👌 we got it all. LA takes the W.
Lol. No you're not. But I appreciate the laugh.
What exactly makes LA better?
@@EncyclopediaBrittanica LA has alot more opportunity than NYC. NYC is for low achievers. If you want to be anybody, you must be in LA.
U mad 🤣🤣🤣🤣
Weather is subjective. Some of us don’t want to deal with a yearly hot sunny weather. We want all four seasons and to see rain and snow too. Also, la is more expensive than New York.
I feel like everybody that does videos about la or nyc are short on knowledge about convenient cities w better transportation
Love it!!! Aren't becoming a new person versus finding yourself the same thing though
LA all day everyday
To me LA is a huge sprawling suburb nyc is literally 5-7 cities in one if u count the entire metro area (Long Island n north jersey ) LA far more laid back .. nyc far more aggressive and bustling
I live in NYC born and raised the only thing I can think of that LA got on NY is the weather. The City of New York can compete with the Hole State of California so that tells you alot about how powerful NYC is 5 borough's equals 5 little cities. New York, New York the City so nice they named it TWICE !!
Really? So where exactly does NYC keep it's Giant Sequoias, Yosemite National park, Lake Tahoe, Beaches like Big Sur, Death Valley, Hollywood, LA, San Diego and San Francisco and Napa Valley wine country?
NYC is boring. All there is to do is work a shitty job and order Chinese food. LA has so much more to offer.
@@2Bluzin I'm talking about its economy, without NY where would California be. You forget who created Hollywood jews from New York. Downtown LA triedd to replicate NY. We have all the international Rights. With out us you cant release your movies to the world . Name something NYC dosent have I'll wait. We got wall street money we control 25 % of the countries GDP we collapse the world and US will go with it. I talk about Power we have all the influence. Ya will always be Number 2
@@SixHundredandThirteen Hu? What a weird argument. Without Europe, where would NYC be? The CA economy is not Hollywood, it's actually produce. Over 1/2 of all the fruit and vegtabls in the US comes from Calif. Not to mention the Tech industry like Apple, one of the largest in the world with a Market cap: $2.65 trillion, and that just one company. More venture capital is in CA than any other state. CA is the 5th largest economy in the world, NYC is not. If CA industries all collapsed, so would the rest of the county and other parts of the world.
@@2Bluzin almost all the things you mentioned arent even in la
NYC
Other than beautiful weather all year around, LA peoples are more friendlier than New Yorkers. Thats my 2 cents for the answer 😁✌️
I hate cold 🥶
Same 😅
This video deserves way way way more views. I would have thought 1,000,000 at least
Hey thanks Ryan 😊 appreciate that
LA has an UNEVEN DISTRIBUTION OF WEALTH! In LA your either DIRT POOR or FILTHY RICH!! The public transportation sucks in LA. In LA you pay according to your destination the further the more 💰 🤑!! In NYC we pay ONE price no matter how far we go. My beloved Brooklyn is the 4th largest city in the country! Besides who wants to spend Christmas on the beach ⛱
FACTS!!!
To be fair, in New York, you can still celebrate Christmas on the beach. There is Coney Island.
Honestly, you could enjoy a two-hour train ride in New York City for just 2.75 as long as you never leave the station.
The City of Angels. I think LA is home to the largest communities of foreign expats in the country. It's why you not only have great Mexican food, but also Korean, Filipino, Cuban, Armenian, South and Central American, Chinese, and Japanese. There is also great Middle Eastern and some African restaurants too.
Jersey has a large Filipino , Korean population in fort Lee New Jersey . Jersey the most diverse state in the country.
@@JERSEYBOYPLAY2HARD I'm glad it's diverse but there is no way it can compete with Los Angeles let alone the whole state of CA. CA is the most diverse state in the Union.
@@JERSEYBOYPLAY2HARD jersey is ass tf
@@theexmann CA isn't nearly as diverse as nyc
NYC is more diverse just by way of population.
“When its 100 degrees in New York, it's 72 in Los Angeles. When its 30 degrees in New York, in Los Angeles it's still 72. However, there are 6 million interesting people in New York, and only 72 in Los Angeles.”
― Neil Simon
New York has more than eight million residents. LA is like 3.9 million. Also, LA can get up to a 100 degrees. 72 is still hot.
That is a dumb quote from an overrated playwright.
New york is it! IAM FROM NYC. I Have been to la but I like your perspective on both. Keep up the great videos.
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LA has a homeless problem because LA is warmer and people come from different parts of the state and country to live. LA has its own mountain range in which it has to deal with deer, bears, coyotes and mountain lions. In LA county it snows from the 400 ft elevation to 6000 ft elevation and sometimes it snows in LA: Sometimes in Malibu and down by the beach. To beat the traffic wait until after morning rush 5am to 930 am. LA is huge! It is 42 miles from north south to 36 miles west to east or 900 square miles plus. It has its own mall city Lawndale with its mall centric community. Like NY LA is fast you may think it is slow it is constantly moving because maybe there is no snow to slow down the city miovement. It is so big that the an earthquake had to choose what part of the city it was going to shake. We now have Metro and it can take you from downtown east to the west to the beach. LA traffic is 24 /7 heavy.
All major city's have a major problem even NY your smoking
Whatever you smoking can I have some
Pleaseeeeeee
Usually all big cities have the homeless problem. Even during the winter when it’s cold, you have homeless sitting on the ground with thick blankets or sleeping inside train stations.
454 SQ. Miles...Los Angeles
Having lived in both I prefer NYC as number 1
I like nyc better I’m from cleveland been to both cities . I like the nyc fast pace but Cali is nice
I kinda like the blunt and no nonsense mentality of New Yorkers, they feel much more real than your average American.
I love watching your vlogs 💜
Appreciate it!! 😎
Public transit in LA is not as good as NYC but its getting a lot better and easier to navigate the city without a car. And as we speak, LA continues to expand their train lines. Again, just talking about the train lines. Buses are a different story... The only trick to this is that you have to be in an area where transit is available. So for the people who say that you "need" a car " has clearly never used the transit in the city
Truth! If your destination is at least close to the metro, it’s not that bad! It’s just not a norm here for most people
you have to be kidding. Most train transits don't cover enough areas in la. The bus frequency is also very bad.
@@eg4933 You obviously havent taken public transit there enough..otherwise you wouldnt of made that comment...I have taken public transit in LA hundreds of times...It may not be as great as it is in places such as New York or San Francisco but there is enough in many parts of the area that a car is not needed..I agree that it doesnt cover a large part of the city but it has gotten a lot better over the years and as we speak its contuning to expand.....im only talking about the trains..The buses are horrible for sure
@@alexmunch6118 they also need to expand bus routes. And instead of just big to double long buses, also in crease mid size buses for local/shorter routes. This would increase frequency, decrease wait times and cover more ground WHILE being less expensive and easy to implement. No structural change needed, since LA seems to have a serious problem when it comes to infrastructure projects.
@@eg4933 Im not that familiar with the bus routes because I just avoid them...They're too slow and because LA has a huge issue with traffic, the buses would be stuck in that same traffic so i only use the subway or the metro..From what I understand the purple line is being extended and will be completed in 2025 I think..I remember the days when the city had NO trains and a car definitely was needed. But slowly but surely its getting easier the navigate the city without a car since the trains are expanding. And really, the city should invest in this project because having a car in LA is a nightmare..simply because of the traffic problem...We shall see how things unfold in the coming years
I think the analysis is really poor because most of the video is dedicated to either if you have the opportunity to go into outdoor activities or not and I think there are many things to consider to prefer or to find a city better than others, I also think that you focused too much in outdoor activities because you like them but there are others more important factors to evaluate a city, housing, income, school, job opportunities, etc.
NYC isn't the greatest city in the world!
I really love Los Angeles because I have family living in California
Nice!!
@@MichaelMartello I’m going on a road trip out to California this fall with my dad
LA - Lived in LA for 5 Years, and NY for 3 years and I would take LA over NY any day.
Thank you so much for this, I’m debating moving and this was so helpful!!
Nice!! Which city are you debating?
I grew up in L.A. but moved to Dayton, OH in 2021, but I had the opportunity to work in New York City for a year for my job. It was amazing! You really can't compare both cities as they are two totally different cats. The public transportation in NYC is by far the best. L.A., GOTTA HAVE A CAR! Car is the king. In L.A., if you have a nice car, you are a celebrity!
So true!
FALSE....... have been to LA many times and it has pretty good public transit. In fact as we speak, they are continuing to expand the train lines to reach many areas of the city. Of course the transportation there is not as good as NYC but many people make it in LA without a car. If this was 30 years ago then I would agree with your comment 100%. But since then transit has gotten a lot better and its way easier to navigate the city without a car. The only people that say things like "you gota have a car to live in LA ' either has never used public transit there or just talking out of their ass
@@alexmunch6118 it’s getting better for sure! But not on the same level as nyc
@@alexmunch6118 Sorry... But as a Los Angeles NATIVE, I have used the public trans in Los Angeles, MY HOME CITY, and most definitely have to have a car there as the subway and light rail are NOT going to get you to quite a number of places. As for the bus system, good luck with that too. L.A. area being so massive and all, have fun riding on them buses for hours if you wanna let's say, travel from far east San Gabriel Valley to the beach! Good try, you outsider! You can't outdo a native (me) about MY HOME CITY.
@@Stevenimich I dont think you're reading what im saying...i mentioned that I HAVE BEEN TO LA many times before and have stood in the city for months at a time. Im speaking from my own experiences, having been there MANY times... I have navigated using their subways and rail lines plenty of times with no issues and got to my destinations just fine. Its true that their transit is not as great as NYC but its certainly very doable and continues to expand and improve as we speak.. When I was there back in September, I went to the beach a bunch of times and used the Blue Line to get from Down town LA to Long beach and it wasnt bad at all..I've also traveled to other areas such as Korea town, Hollywood, etc etc. Have not yet used the rail line to go to Santa Monica pier YET but i heard they recently build a station there too. Not a whole lot of transit options but plenty enough where a car is not always necessary. I agree about the buses..they suck. I have avoided using them unless I was making short trips. They sit in the same traffic that one would sit in if they owned car.. One reason why owning a car there is a nightmare.. The traffic is usually bumper to bumper, then you have insurance payments you have to worry about, parking fees and high gas prices to pay. Not worth it. Using public is cheaper and in my opinion, better...
Also, an old friend of mine moved out there back in 2016 and he also has never owned a car and he also gets around the city just fine using transit. So unless my friend is lying about this, (WHICH I KNOW HES NOT BECAUSE I ALSO NAVIGATED THROUGH THE CITY WITH NO CAR) you're giving false info....Also, just because one doesnt live there doesnt mean they dont know the city. So your OUTSIDER comment makes me think that I hurt your youtube feelings... Im sorry, please dont call the youtube police on me
One thing that I will give you is that using public transit there is challenging because it will literally take you a while to get to a lot of places. Even going to the mall is challenging and takes a long time but its certainly doable. Personally, i dont mind it... And again, LA is improving that by expanding their train system and building more stations. It still needs work but its getting there. But none the less, many people make it in the city without a car. Now, if you're a person who likes to go to different places all the time and see the attractions the city has to offer, then yes, a car would be the best way to go. But if you dont travel too much to different places and your life is just simply to work and go home and occasionally go out, then a car is not needed. It all boils down to what area of the city you live and work in, as well as your lifestyle. LA is a huge city and anyone choosing not having a car has to pick the right area to live and work in. Having a car there will make your life easier but it is not "NEEDED"..So try again..snowflake
Perfect explanation! I'd like to try both😊
Thanks Andrew!! Definitely should lol
As a lifelong Southern Californian and a generational Southern Californian and always being in LA once a week since my life began I'd have to go in LA because I know it it's home away from home and even though there's a ton of differences between San Diego and Los Angeles overall there's far more similarities and my love for SoCal is unmatched so I got to go to LA even though I live in its so-called baby brother San Diego this video was awesome and I appreciate it thank you sir
authentic French cuisine in so cal
Thank you for this video! I lived in LA for 12 years and it truly is an incredible place to find yourself and discover your values and life vision. I am now moving to NYC and am SO excited for the plethora of opportunities and activities there and most importantly my soul has been craving to go there to do a full reinvention of myself - so when your friend said the quote of NYC is the place for becoming someone new, it was 100% confirmation to me that I am making the right decision with my move. THANK U
New Yawk numbah 1
Elysian Park isn’t East LA 😔
#truestory
I wanna move to Beachwood grove !!! I'm gonna be a famous famousy person. 👌😂😊its very spiritual there, for good spirtualism so I'm spiritually when famousings.
I personally think New York City is better than Los Angeles
NYC is easier to visit perhaps because of the geographic size and the public transit, but LA takes a longer time to get to know.
Indiana
LA is a place to live ny is a place to visit.
NYC is better to live and work in. LA is very full of homeless and drug addicts and you need a car to get everywhere not worth it.
@@Ncloud people in nyc move elsewhere.
@@Ncloud NY is messed up now. yall got high crime rates and rats. Never compare NY to LA. You better off comparing San Francisco to New York
@@Ncloud Homeless part is true for sure but your ass gotta be BROKE if you're worried about needing a car.
@@TokyNeon It has nothing to do with being broke. Cars are for fools.
San Diego is better than both.
I disagree. New York City beats both of them, but I would sooner visit San Diego over la any day.
I toured apartments in NYC and that very same day booked a flight to LA where I now live. I can't imagine ever leaving this city
I’m a New Yorker I was in LA for 5 months I love LA I want to go back there to live because my grandpa lives there so I want to start life over there 😢😢😢😊❤❤ LA the place to be
I can tell you like L.A. more 😉I’m an L.A. native considering moving to NYC just to experience it, that’s how I came upon your videos. East Los Angeles is the area between Boyle Heights and Montebello
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/East_Los_Angeles,_California
I’m lucky to live by Elysian Park. I don’t have to drive here to enjoy the hikes here. I’ve heard this area being called East Los Angeles before, but it’s really still Central Los Angeles. East Los Angeles is not just a demographic area, but an area with a specific history and culture, so it means a lot to those who come from there or live there. People from “East Los” will have a bone to pick when the area east of East Hollywood/ North central L.A. is called East Los Angeles.
If I had the money to live "well" in either place, I'd be NYC (burough of Manhattan to be more specific) May thru November) and then get my azz out to LA Dec thru April. I've dealt with enough 18 degree days/nights in my life.
I've been in both cities and personal i
love both cities but i
Rather LA
The most expensive city in the US Is definitely Honolulu, besides that u did a great job with this video but I would have to choose LA, I’ve lived in almost every state at this point including Honolulu. I say LA winning because of location to the rest of the world also personal space is a plus, if u go to DTLA u feel kinda like some NY vibes. Beside the city of LA, the other sub city near by are super fun as well. Then to add in u can get to SD or SF in a day trip making California just that much better then NY
Go where ur heart desires.
Truth!
Can I go to Quadratum with Yozora in Verum Rex?!
i would be OVERALL EQUALLY as satisfied with living in new york and/or los angeles
It's VERY important to note that being at different stages of life can make one place more enjoyable over another.
Living in LA I personally never lacked for nightlife or entertainment--in fact I strongly believe LA does entertainment a bit better than NYC. LA not only has a variety of world class museums, theater, concerts, opera, the Queen Mary, and the Philharmonic--it also has theme parks like Disneyland nearby! Nightlife I think NYC probably just barely edges out LA--in certain areas, but not all.
However as a college student, I might prefer to live in NYC, and wouldn't mind living in an apartment in a happening area or up and coming area.
If middle aged, and looking to buy a house is where it gets tricky. While rents are more expensive in NYC metro, housing prices as in a mortgage is needed, is actually more expensive in LA metro. So you can either decide to buy a very expensive house (almost $1 million median home price in LA) in a place with great weather, OR buy a slightly cheaper home (around $800K median in NYC metro), in a place with crappy weather in winter. Third option--move to a middle state with cheap homes and great weather--why you find people moving from NYC to Florida and North Carolina, and from LA to Texas and Arizona.
You just have to see what fits best for you at the point of life you find yourself in.
Yes I also do believe LA nightlife tops nyc
Thanks! Agree with your points. I live in NYC and have for a decade and lived in a few other cities, also been to LA quite a few times. Both cities have a lot of pros and cons but overall, I think LA is better for the reasons you listed. I actually saw this video recommended while watching a video about influencers moving to NYC. I'm sure they'll have a blast at first with so much to see but I can't imagine many deciding they rather stay in NYC long term once the negatives really start to sink in. Maybe in a year or two there will be a bunch of "I moved back to LA ya'll" videos. I think most are really just doing it to help boost their views and subscribers since there is a lot of competition and people spending less time on UA-cam and more on TikTok the past few years.
This is a really good point. Recently I also heard that NYC is overflooded with tiktokkers right now - similar to how UA-cam flooded LA a decade ago. Interesting! They’ll be back ;)
What is influencers?
You probably have a way better appreciation for LA than a native Angeleno.
Btw give Palos Verdes a visit if you’re looking for more hiking trails that are a bit quieter
So dumb. The differences between LA and NYC are obvious. Apples and oranges.
nyc>>>any city in the world sorry la
theres nothing that compares to nyc its the ultimate sensation
It’s alright
Paris and London run circles around NYC.
@@thebabbler8867London is trash 😂 you under every positive nyc comment hating
I would like to live in LA someday!
Because I went to travel there this summer and felt the weather was so good.
But I haven’t visited New York so far, so I wanna go there!
I’ve lived in NYC the vast majority of my life. I went to public school here and college in Ithaca. I’m moving to Southern Cal later this year to go to school. I will miss the convenience of NYC as well as friends I’ve had for decades. However, I’m ready for a new adventure in Southern California. I’m ready for no real winter and a chance to grow my own food! As a vegan I like the food in LA better and I love the outdoor activities. After I finish my doctorate degree I don’t know where I’ll end up but it won’t be back in NYC. So I’ll pick LA over NYC for now!
I love LA
Me too!
NEW YORK
I don’t like beaches so would always pick New York
since i only care about climate i'd say la
Elysian park is not East LA homie 😅
Love the video because I’m in between NyC and LA
Chicago is better then both
damn, thank u for this beautiful video!!
My 2 favorite places in the world
Elysian Park is NOT EAST LA!!!
LA for the BBB .. Beaches Babes and Baddies
And there's hiking trails in long island, like in Bethpage N.Y next to the golf course.
Much easier to get your car washed in LA
Something I took notice to in LA and NY is that the air in L.A. smells like Mexican food and weed and NY air smells like a good steak and cologne
Good steak??? 🥩 You must've been smoking 🚬 that LA weed.. cause New York smells like vomit.
i love LA.
New York or LA I will choose Las Vegas….
I got a question for yous LA folks....whats the best month to travel to LA?
Anytime of the year honestly. But the summers do have a lot more outdoor scheduled events to capitalize on the extra daylight and warmer days. May and June are probably best if you want to avoid most of the crowds at popular tourist destinations and to avoid those few weeks during the summer where it does get scorching hot.
Anytime it's always sunny.
I would say March is the best.
Summer (April to mid October) is hot, and winter is okay but it’s rainy and feels like a bit lonesome. March is the best weather to travel to LA. :)
I would say during the summer to avoid the rain as la never rains during the summer.
I live in NY, and I love it. She gave me my life. But I'm telling you, as much as it hurts me to admit LA is a better place in every sense, even food!
Since I’ve been living in New York for over 51 years in March 28, 1973, I’m hoping and praying 🙏🏽 that I’ll move to LA whenever I’m super ready because I’ve known NY for a very long time. And I can move from NY to LA both for transferring to another job and retire in the next decade 😊
New York all the way !
I've been fed the normal bs about NY like everyone else but this video has changed my mind completely. NY seems like a place I could thrive. Thanks for making this content Michael, you're literally helping people make some of the biggest decisions of their lives.