Munkus BeaverYou don't have to attend every argument you are invited to.Philosophy: Stoicism. Politics: Democratic SocialistRegistered User, ClubPAregular
edited August 2007
i can't imagine living in socal.
I'm just a small town guy.
I'd be livin' in a lonely world.
Taking the midnight train going anywhere away from SoCal.
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My impression of Culver City is that there seem to be a lot of ugly women wearing too little clothes
Moreso than in Hollywood even
Is the Culver Saloon still open? That place was fun.
Their website looks like it hasn't been updated since 2000
So I'm gonna say no
There's this place on Sunset with a mechanical bull
I should try that sometime
Good - I like the sports teams. I like the cheap, copious Mexican food. The desert is alright; summer sucks, but the winter is really nice. Decent highways, not too much traffic. Good housing market, at least lately.
Bad - Crime, highest red light running rate in the nation, shitty public transportation, shitty schools, Mexicans driving around in their shitty cars with their shitty music and then hitting people and driving off because they have no insurance, massive class divide between the rich white and the poor Mexicans/whites. The city is spread out for miles and miles, takes forever to really get anywhere. Shortage of water, and that fucking heat.
basically i don't like phoenix
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edited August 2007
Oh and the air quality here is much better than in the Valley
Ughh the Valley really sucks
I have no idea why I initially wanted to move back there after college
Just cause I knew it better I guess
My impression of Culver City is that there seem to be a lot of ugly women wearing too little clothes
Moreso than in Hollywood even
Is the Culver Saloon still open? That place was fun.
Their website looks like it hasn't been updated since 2000
So I'm gonna say no
There's this place on Sunset with a mechanical bull
I should try that sometime
The Saddle Ranch, right?
I saw Vince Neil there once. He smelled like turpentine.
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My impression of Culver City is that there seem to be a lot of ugly women wearing too little clothes
Moreso than in Hollywood even
Is the Culver Saloon still open? That place was fun.
Their website looks like it hasn't been updated since 2000
So I'm gonna say no
There's this place on Sunset with a mechanical bull
I should try that sometime
The Saddle Ranch, right?
I saw Vince Neil there once. He smelled like turpentine.
Oh yeah
Hmmph nevermind then
I forgot it was that place
My impression of Culver City is that there seem to be a lot of ugly women wearing too little clothes
Moreso than in Hollywood even
Is the Culver Saloon still open? That place was fun.
Their website looks like it hasn't been updated since 2000
So I'm gonna say no
There's this place on Sunset with a mechanical bull
I should try that sometime
The Saddle Ranch, right?
I saw Vince Neil there once. He smelled like turpentine.
Oh yeah
Hmmph nevermind then
I forgot it was that place
I had something slipped in my drink thier once, either that or they make one hell of a gin and tonic
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"Give a man a fire, he's warm for the night. Set a man on fire he's warm for the rest of his life."
-Terry Pratchett
Good:
-For 8 months out of the year (October-May) the weather is amazing
-It's not that expensive I guess
-I suppose it is better than living in some village in Africa or something
Bad:
-For 4 months out of the year it is too uncomfortable to do anything outside
-Worst car theft state. Fun fact! Arizona Mills mall is the worst car theft parking lot in the worst car theft city in the worst car theft state in the US.
-Horrible schools
-Illegal immigration! Whoop de doo!
-Other than CA, up there with the worst of states with uninsured drivers.
-Horrible drivers. I won't be racist like ol sparky and say mexicans. Just bad drivers. I have nearly been hit literally three times in this last week- once nearly rearended, once someone had me in their blind spot and tried to merge into me, and once a moron saw the green turn light go on and said HEY THIS MEANS GO and jetted across the intersection while I was turning left. I stopped two feet from her door.
WORST OF ALL:
-Very little originality. This city is a city built for fifty year olds. It is boring. The same shopping malls, the same chains, the same everything everywhere. One suburb is identical to the next. Very little actual local culture of any kind. Bad music scene, very small art scene. Bad nightlife- it's either hang out with the moron college students by ASU, or the rich bitch snobs in Scottsdale. Nothing else. Very little local history. Everything is the same new stucco strip mall shopping center, except for the malls, which are the same stores every single time. If Phoenix were a band it would be Coldplay.
If ever a city was a pastiche, it is Phoenix. Lots of fake culture from lots of places. No real genuine culture to be found.
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edited August 2007
Ooh I'm on TV
Not me but TCM is having a Buster Keaton marathon
I highly encourage everyone to check it out
Especially Sherlock Jr. a sly and interesting comedy about a man who dreams he can walk into a movie screen
pros: the beach and the mountains within 5 minutes of eachother.
cons: tourist trap college town where everything closes at 8 or 9.
pro: 360 days of the year the weather is perfect.
con: the other 5 days the town is either on fire or flooding.
at least if I move to LA I wont get culture shock.. spending a year in the Mission district of SF and 2 years in West Oakland took care of that forever.
Pros:
Small city
lots of greenery
not alot of crime or poverty (though increasing steadily)
everything is close. I bike to work and to get groceries.
I'm in Alberta. Jobs and money are rather easy to come by.
Can buy raw milk from a farm legally.
Many local farms and orchards.
Within driving distance of the Amish.
Can buy more fresh stuff from the Amish areas, including the best raw honey I've ever tasted.
I have lived in Hollywood, CA for a year now. So far...
Pros: I can walk to Grauman's Chinese, Amoeba, the Arclight, the Sunday Farmer's Market at Hollywood and Vine (way better than the Grove), and my local Ralph's (so long as it's not too late), which is awesome. I work within a 10 minute drive of my apt. Mulholland Drive from Laurel Canyon to Outpost is probably the coolest drive home ever.
Cons: The frighteningly large number of crazies, tourists (which, honestly, I usually don't mind unless I am trying to get to Famima! and the fuckers REFUSE to walk like normal people), Highland Ave., and the fact that I have to do some elaborate tribal dance to coerce my lamer friends in the Valley to even entertain the thought of coming to my side of the hills.
um, PA party? Can I come?
please?
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The Black HunterThe key is a minimum of compromise, and a simple,unimpeachable reason to existRegistered Userregular
i live close to a main road and drive on it everyday to get places
its 3 lanes in each direction, and connects the city to some of the outer suburbs so it gets a lot of traffic
government recently put a tunnel under the road to make things quicker, but you have to pay for it and i live before the end of the tunnel so i cant easily use it anyway
now the fucks have started closing lanes on the street to force people into the tunnel. this week closed a lane in each direction, in january they want only one lane each way
it is such fucking shit
3 lanes was fine, apart from peak hour it wouldnt be very slow or busy, and most of the time pretty quick to drive down
now it feels like theres traffic when there shouldnt be any, and when theres only one lane it will be very shitty
they closed off the inside lanes as well so its probably just gonna be this big 4 lane wide strip of nothing separating the different directions and mocking drivers
all so they can force people into paying for their damn tunnel
which then forces them onto the harbour bridge where they gotta pay again
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The Black HunterThe key is a minimum of compromise, and a simple,unimpeachable reason to existRegistered Userregular
i live close to a main road and drive on it everyday to get places
its 3 lanes in each direction, and connects the city to some of the outer suburbs so it gets a lot of traffic
government recently put a tunnel under the road to make things quicker, but you have to pay for it and i live before the end of the tunnel so i cant easily use it anyway
now the fucks have started closing lanes on the street to force people into the tunnel. this week closed a lane in each direction, in january they want only one lane each way
it is such fucking shit
3 lanes was fine, apart from peak hour it wouldnt be very slow or busy, and most of the time pretty quick to drive down
now it feels like theres traffic when there shouldnt be any, and when theres only one lane it will be very shitty
they closed off the inside lanes as well so its probably just gonna be this big 4 lane wide strip of nothing separating the different directions and mocking drivers
all so they can force people into paying for their damn tunnel
which then forces them onto the harbour bridge where they gotta pay again
That tunnel was a good idea, but for fucks sake, don't force people to go where they don;t want to.
There seem to be a lot of crazy people. Not crazy like "Haha random" crazy like I fear for my safety. Our next door neighbor has accused us of "knowing what he's doing in his apartment and telling the cops about it"
Homeless people are rude like rude titties are rude. They don't go somewhere to hide when they sleep. They sleep just where ever, sidewalk, intersection, front door.
I've smelled urine way too much while walking around the streets.
Lastly, just today my job said, "Remember how we hired you to come in at 8am everyday? Well now we need you to come in at 6am everyday." I may have to quit
OH HO HO HO.
You're never gonna survive here.
That's what I was thinking. Culture shock from Santa Barbara is going to be considerable.
I lived in Los Angeles (Atwater Village, kinda south of Glendale near Fletcher & San Fernando) for almost four years. I don't know how it is for you west siders (I rarely went west of Highland), but the east side can be a dirty, nasty place.
The west side is the same, only we have the ocean.
My impression of Culver City is that there seem to be a lot of ugly women wearing too little clothes
Moreso than in Hollywood even
Is the Culver Saloon still open? That place was fun.
Their website looks like it hasn't been updated since 2000
So I'm gonna say no
There's this place on Sunset with a mechanical bull
I should try that sometime
Don't go to the saddle ranch.
It's full of date rapists in half unbuttoned shiny shirts, and you're incredibly unlikely to be able to bag a chick there.
Go to the Beauty Bar down in Hollywood proper instead. The female/male ratio is wicked high there, but be forewarned, the place gets crazy crowded.
My favorite bar in LA is probably Tiki Ti, or The Bigfoot Lodge.
Shame they're both on the east side.
I have lived in Hollywood, CA for a year now. So far...
Pros: I can walk to Grauman's Chinese, Amoeba, the Arclight, the Sunday Farmer's Market at Hollywood and Vine (way better than the Grove), and my local Ralph's (so long as it's not too late), which is awesome. I work within a 10 minute drive of my apt. Mulholland Drive from Laurel Canyon to Outpost is probably the coolest drive home ever.
Cons: The frighteningly large number of crazies, tourists (which, honestly, I usually don't mind unless I am trying to get to Famima! and the fuckers REFUSE to walk like normal people), Highland Ave., and the fact that I have to do some elaborate tribal dance to coerce my lamer friends in the Valley to even entertain the thought of coming to my side of the hills.
um, PA party? Can I come?
please?
I sort of miss living in hollywood sometimes.
The traffic was horrible, so getting to and from work was a nightmare, but I lived right by the subway stop and could get all over the east side/downtown without a car. I used to go to the movies like 3-4 times a week, all flexing my american cinemateque membership.
Good - I like the sports teams. I like the cheap, copious Mexican food. The desert is alright; summer sucks, but the winter is really nice. Decent highways, not too much traffic. Good housing market, at least lately.
Bad - Crime, highest red light running rate in the nation, shitty public transportation, shitty schools, Mexicans driving around in their shitty cars with their shitty music and then hitting people and driving off because they have no insurance, massive class divide between the rich white and the poor Mexicans/whites. The city is spread out for miles and miles, takes forever to really get anywhere. Shortage of water, and that fucking heat.
basically i don't like phoenix
Let us get together and hate Phoenix together.
For Phoenix is shit.
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I'd be livin' in a lonely world.
Taking the midnight train going anywhere away from SoCal.
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My impression of Culver City is that there seem to be a lot of ugly women wearing too little clothes
Moreso than in Hollywood even
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Is the Culver Saloon still open? That place was fun.
Their website looks like it hasn't been updated since 2000
So I'm gonna say no
There's this place on Sunset with a mechanical bull
I should try that sometime
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Good - I like the sports teams. I like the cheap, copious Mexican food. The desert is alright; summer sucks, but the winter is really nice. Decent highways, not too much traffic. Good housing market, at least lately.
Bad - Crime, highest red light running rate in the nation, shitty public transportation, shitty schools, Mexicans driving around in their shitty cars with their shitty music and then hitting people and driving off because they have no insurance, massive class divide between the rich white and the poor Mexicans/whites. The city is spread out for miles and miles, takes forever to really get anywhere. Shortage of water, and that fucking heat.
basically i don't like phoenix
Ughh the Valley really sucks
I have no idea why I initially wanted to move back there after college
Just cause I knew it better I guess
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The Saddle Ranch, right?
I saw Vince Neil there once. He smelled like turpentine.
Hmmph nevermind then
I forgot it was that place
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I had something slipped in my drink thier once, either that or they make one hell of a gin and tonic
-Terry Pratchett
Good: I live near Naperville
Bad: Jesus it does not need to go into the negative degrees in winter
Are you a Scum Devil
Good:
-For 8 months out of the year (October-May) the weather is amazing
-It's not that expensive I guess
-I suppose it is better than living in some village in Africa or something
Bad:
-For 4 months out of the year it is too uncomfortable to do anything outside
-Worst car theft state. Fun fact! Arizona Mills mall is the worst car theft parking lot in the worst car theft city in the worst car theft state in the US.
-Horrible schools
-Illegal immigration! Whoop de doo!
-Other than CA, up there with the worst of states with uninsured drivers.
-Horrible drivers. I won't be racist like ol sparky and say mexicans. Just bad drivers. I have nearly been hit literally three times in this last week- once nearly rearended, once someone had me in their blind spot and tried to merge into me, and once a moron saw the green turn light go on and said HEY THIS MEANS GO and jetted across the intersection while I was turning left. I stopped two feet from her door.
WORST OF ALL:
-Very little originality. This city is a city built for fifty year olds. It is boring. The same shopping malls, the same chains, the same everything everywhere. One suburb is identical to the next. Very little actual local culture of any kind. Bad music scene, very small art scene. Bad nightlife- it's either hang out with the moron college students by ASU, or the rich bitch snobs in Scottsdale. Nothing else. Very little local history. Everything is the same new stucco strip mall shopping center, except for the malls, which are the same stores every single time. If Phoenix were a band it would be Coldplay.
If ever a city was a pastiche, it is Phoenix. Lots of fake culture from lots of places. No real genuine culture to be found.
Not me but TCM is having a Buster Keaton marathon
I highly encourage everyone to check it out
Especially Sherlock Jr. a sly and interesting comedy about a man who dreams he can walk into a movie screen
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thank fucking god i do not go there
yeah everything in my post and everything in yours
phoenix pretty much sucks
also, gay sex, your place
pros: the beach and the mountains within 5 minutes of eachother.
cons: tourist trap college town where everything closes at 8 or 9.
pro: 360 days of the year the weather is perfect.
con: the other 5 days the town is either on fire or flooding.
at least if I move to LA I wont get culture shock.. spending a year in the Mission district of SF and 2 years in West Oakland took care of that forever.
both true
yes.
and don't forget...
pro: walking on the beach and going swimming.
con: picking tar off your feat for an hour afterwards.
pro: hot, stupid girls.
con: hot, stupid girls.
pro: isla vista.
con: isla vista.
Ya'll stay the FUCK out of the east side! I will shoot your white ass, and then I will take your $20 and supersize me some McDonalds.
Pros:
Small city
lots of greenery
not alot of crime or poverty (though increasing steadily)
everything is close. I bike to work and to get groceries.
I'm in Alberta. Jobs and money are rather easy to come by.
Cons:
Lots of hicks and drunks
Lots of cowboys
... and thats about it.
I like it here.
Pros:
Can buy raw milk from a farm legally.
Many local farms and orchards.
Within driving distance of the Amish.
Can buy more fresh stuff from the Amish areas, including the best raw honey I've ever tasted.
Cons:
Not much to do for fun.
Lots of pollen.
Pros: I can walk to Grauman's Chinese, Amoeba, the Arclight, the Sunday Farmer's Market at Hollywood and Vine (way better than the Grove), and my local Ralph's (so long as it's not too late), which is awesome. I work within a 10 minute drive of my apt. Mulholland Drive from Laurel Canyon to Outpost is probably the coolest drive home ever.
Cons: The frighteningly large number of crazies, tourists (which, honestly, I usually don't mind unless I am trying to get to Famima! and the fuckers REFUSE to walk like normal people), Highland Ave., and the fact that I have to do some elaborate tribal dance to coerce my lamer friends in the Valley to even entertain the thought of coming to my side of the hills.
um, PA party? Can I come?
please?
Good:
Nothing bad happens
Bad:
Nothing happens
its 3 lanes in each direction, and connects the city to some of the outer suburbs so it gets a lot of traffic
government recently put a tunnel under the road to make things quicker, but you have to pay for it and i live before the end of the tunnel so i cant easily use it anyway
now the fucks have started closing lanes on the street to force people into the tunnel. this week closed a lane in each direction, in january they want only one lane each way
it is such fucking shit
3 lanes was fine, apart from peak hour it wouldnt be very slow or busy, and most of the time pretty quick to drive down
now it feels like theres traffic when there shouldnt be any, and when theres only one lane it will be very shitty
they closed off the inside lanes as well so its probably just gonna be this big 4 lane wide strip of nothing separating the different directions and mocking drivers
all so they can force people into paying for their damn tunnel
which then forces them onto the harbour bridge where they gotta pay again
That tunnel was a good idea, but for fucks sake, don't force people to go where they don;t want to.
"If you're going to play tiddly winks, play it with man hole covers."
- John McCallum
The west side is the same, only we have the ocean.
Don't go to the saddle ranch.
It's full of date rapists in half unbuttoned shiny shirts, and you're incredibly unlikely to be able to bag a chick there.
Go to the Beauty Bar down in Hollywood proper instead. The female/male ratio is wicked high there, but be forewarned, the place gets crazy crowded.
My favorite bar in LA is probably Tiki Ti, or The Bigfoot Lodge.
Shame they're both on the east side.
FUCK YES BOGEY FUCK YES
I sort of miss living in hollywood sometimes.
The traffic was horrible, so getting to and from work was a nightmare, but I lived right by the subway stop and could get all over the east side/downtown without a car. I used to go to the movies like 3-4 times a week, all flexing my american cinemateque membership.
Hey, fuck you!
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Let us get together and hate Phoenix together.
For Phoenix is shit.
Shit man I need to find you and give you a high five.