Reply #27: Why do people write stupid cliches about Los Angeles? [View All]

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It's blazing hot...

It depends. The last few days have been like another spring. And I live in one of the hottest parts of the city.

...it never rains...

Last year the rain started the day after Xmas and continued for a solid month. (Actually we had heavy rains in October, which is unusual.) I believe it broke a 19th-century record, or at least didn't miss by much. In fact, the past few years have been unusually rainy.

...nothing is within walking distance of anything else...

It depends on where you live. I'm in walking distance of several nice public parks and a lot of stores etc.

...the buildings are not beautiful...

I guess that's subjective. But the Griffith Observatory is not beautiful? L.A. City Hall? The 19th-century Bradbury Building (most famous for its appearance in "Blade Runner?") The neighborhoods full of early "Craftsman" homes?

Oh, not to mention quite a few buildings designed by former L.A. resident and Lover Of Ugly Buildings, Frank Lloyd Wright.

Especially when there are other towns like San Francisco, which is pretty and has nice weather.

And which has all the problems you mentioned about L.A., along with those damn hills.

"The coldest winter I ever saw was a summer in San Francisco."--Mark Twain