THE ONLY PLACE THAT REALLY MATTERS - For way too many decades now there has been much talk in comparing Los Angeles/Southern California to New York and the Tri-State area, or, depending how you look at it, comparing New York to L.A. If you have figured out what this website attempts to be about we gladly wear our bias on our sleeve, mind and heart.
A 1931 view of L.A. City Hall. Used under a Creative Commons license.
So, in what is a somewhat superficial fluff, filler, and maybe slightly thought provoking clickbait piece for your passing amusing enjoyment let us compare things and places, in no particular order, between L.A. and New York.
El Pueblo de Nuestra Señora la Reina de los Ángeles del Río de Porciúncula - New Amsterdam
The Library Tower/U.S. Bank Tower - Freedom Tower/One World Trade Center
Griffith Park - Central Park
Deborah Sussman - Milton Glaser
Ronald Reagan Freeway - FDR Drive
L.A. County USC Medical Center - Bellevue Hospital Center
Cedars Sinai Medical Center - Mount Sinai Hospital
Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels - Saint Patrick's Cathedral
Getty House - Gracie Mansion
The Getty Center - The Metropolitan Museum of Art
MOCA - MoMA
Lakewood - Levittown
The Beach Boys - The Four Seasons
The Germs - The Ramones
"Los Angeles" by X - "New York" by Nina Hagan
Al's Bar - CBGB's
The Masque - Max's Kansas City
Club Alabam - Cotton Club
Central Avenue - Lenox Avenue
213 - 212
Disneyland - Disney World (Yes, not in the New York area, but a lot of New Yorkers go there!)
Pacific Ocean Park - Freedomland
L.A. City Hall - Empire State Building
Hollywood - Broadway
Hollywood and Highland - Times Sqaure
West Hollywood - The Village
The Vincent Thomas Bridge - The Brooklyn Bridge
Freeways - Tollways
Arroyo Seco Parkway - Eastern Parkway
The 405 - The L-I-E
SigAlert - Traffic Delays
The Brown Family - The Cuomo Family
Charles Bukowski - Andy Warhol
Bret Easton Ellis - Jay McInerney
1994 Northridge Earthquake - 2012 Superstorm Sandy
1992 L.A. Riots - 1863 Draft Riots
SWAT - ESU
Surrounded by hills and mountains - Surrounded by buildings
San Bernardino Mountains - The Poconos
Montecito - The Hamptons
Echo Park - Williamsburg
Boyle Heights - Red Hook
All Star Lanes Bowling Center - Brooklyn Bowl
Central Library - The Stephen A. Schwarzman Building
Pinks - Nathans
Canter's Deli - Katz's Deli
Pershing Square - Union Square
Richard Ramirez - David Berkowitz
Orange County - Staten Island
Inland Empire - New Jersey
San Bernardino - Newark
San Fernando Valley - Nassau County, Long Island
Huntington Beach - Seaside Heights, New Jersey
LAX - JFK
Burbank Airport - LaGuardia Airport
Metrolink - Long Island Railroad, Metro-North and NJ Transit
Las Vegas - Atlantic City (Wait, does AC still have casinos?)
Pacific Ocean - Atlantic Ocean
Venice Beach - Coney Island
USC - NYU
Cal State L.A. - City University of New York
The Claremont Colleges - Columbia University
Scripps College - Sarah Lawrence College
Home of The Hell's Angels - Home of the fake Hell's Angels
Dodgers - Yankees
Angels - Mets
Wrigley Field - Ebbets Field
Hosted a World's Fair in 1918, known as the California Liberty Fair - Hosted two World's Fairs
Hosted two Olympics - Still trying to get the Olympics to come to town
Twin Towers - Rikers Island
Boss Radio 93/KHJ - 77/WABC
The Real Don Steele - Dan Ingram
Hunter Hancock - Alan Freed
Hal Fishman - Roger Grigsby
KCET - WNET
Staples Center - Madison Square Garden
2 a.m. - 4 a.m.
Santa Monica Bl roughly between Vine and La Brea - Off Broadway
Walt Disney - Woody Allen
East L.A. - Jackson Heights
Huell Howser - Huell Howser was briefly on New York television in the early 1980s
In-N-Out - Lots of In-N-Out rip offs
A 1931 view of L.A. City Hall. Used under a Creative Commons license.
So, in what is a somewhat superficial fluff, filler, and maybe slightly thought provoking clickbait piece for your passing amusing enjoyment let us compare things and places, in no particular order, between L.A. and New York.
L.A./Southern California Vs. New York
El Pueblo de Nuestra Señora la Reina de los Ángeles del Río de Porciúncula - New Amsterdam
The Library Tower/U.S. Bank Tower - Freedom Tower/One World Trade Center
Griffith Park - Central Park
Deborah Sussman - Milton Glaser
Ronald Reagan Freeway - FDR Drive
L.A. County USC Medical Center - Bellevue Hospital Center
Cedars Sinai Medical Center - Mount Sinai Hospital
Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels - Saint Patrick's Cathedral
Getty House - Gracie Mansion
The Getty Center - The Metropolitan Museum of Art
MOCA - MoMA
Lakewood - Levittown
The Beach Boys - The Four Seasons
The Germs - The Ramones
"Los Angeles" by X - "New York" by Nina Hagan
Al's Bar - CBGB's
The Masque - Max's Kansas City
Club Alabam - Cotton Club
Central Avenue - Lenox Avenue
213 - 212
Disneyland - Disney World (Yes, not in the New York area, but a lot of New Yorkers go there!)
Pacific Ocean Park - Freedomland
L.A. City Hall - Empire State Building
Hollywood - Broadway
Hollywood and Highland - Times Sqaure
West Hollywood - The Village
The Vincent Thomas Bridge - The Brooklyn Bridge
Freeways - Tollways
Arroyo Seco Parkway - Eastern Parkway
The 405 - The L-I-E
SigAlert - Traffic Delays
The Brown Family - The Cuomo Family
Charles Bukowski - Andy Warhol
Bret Easton Ellis - Jay McInerney
1994 Northridge Earthquake - 2012 Superstorm Sandy
1992 L.A. Riots - 1863 Draft Riots
SWAT - ESU
Surrounded by hills and mountains - Surrounded by buildings
San Bernardino Mountains - The Poconos
Montecito - The Hamptons
Echo Park - Williamsburg
Boyle Heights - Red Hook
All Star Lanes Bowling Center - Brooklyn Bowl
Central Library - The Stephen A. Schwarzman Building
Pinks - Nathans
Canter's Deli - Katz's Deli
Pershing Square - Union Square
Richard Ramirez - David Berkowitz
Orange County - Staten Island
Inland Empire - New Jersey
San Bernardino - Newark
San Fernando Valley - Nassau County, Long Island
Huntington Beach - Seaside Heights, New Jersey
LAX - JFK
Burbank Airport - LaGuardia Airport
Metrolink - Long Island Railroad, Metro-North and NJ Transit
Las Vegas - Atlantic City (Wait, does AC still have casinos?)
Pacific Ocean - Atlantic Ocean
Venice Beach - Coney Island
USC - NYU
Cal State L.A. - City University of New York
The Claremont Colleges - Columbia University
Scripps College - Sarah Lawrence College
Home of The Hell's Angels - Home of the fake Hell's Angels
Dodgers - Yankees
Angels - Mets
Wrigley Field - Ebbets Field
Hosted a World's Fair in 1918, known as the California Liberty Fair - Hosted two World's Fairs
Hosted two Olympics - Still trying to get the Olympics to come to town
Twin Towers - Rikers Island
Boss Radio 93/KHJ - 77/WABC
The Real Don Steele - Dan Ingram
Hunter Hancock - Alan Freed
Hal Fishman - Roger Grigsby
KCET - WNET
Staples Center - Madison Square Garden
2 a.m. - 4 a.m.
Santa Monica Bl roughly between Vine and La Brea - Off Broadway
Walt Disney - Woody Allen
East L.A. - Jackson Heights
Huell Howser - Huell Howser was briefly on New York television in the early 1980s
In-N-Out - Lots of In-N-Out rip offs
