Comments on: The left side is the best side. http://www.acontinuouslean.com/2010/03/09/the-left-side-is-the-best-side/ Fri, 10 Feb 2012 20:23:58 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: tva http://www.acontinuouslean.com/2010/03/09/the-left-side-is-the-best-side/#comment-30914 tva Mon, 29 Mar 2010 10:18:51 +0000 http://www.acontinuouslean.com/?p=14310#comment-30914 cities are different & people are different. - enjoy { beautiful fotos } cities are different & people are different.

- enjoy

{ beautiful fotos }

]]> By: KK Akuoku http://www.acontinuouslean.com/2010/03/09/the-left-side-is-the-best-side/#comment-30893 KK Akuoku Fri, 26 Mar 2010 03:38:01 +0000 http://www.acontinuouslean.com/?p=14310#comment-30893 The east coast is loosing the battle for my soul as of late. I'm dying to head out there, move in with my cousin, and explore the L.A. and SoCal landscape for myself, but alot of things get in the way. Living out there definitely has it potential for giving anyone with wide enough eyes a good amount of adventure if he or she looks deep enough. I'll always consider NYC my home, but I hate to die of boredom here The east coast is loosing the battle for my soul as of late. I’m dying to head out there, move in with my cousin, and explore the L.A. and SoCal landscape for myself, but alot of things get in the way. Living out there definitely has it potential for giving anyone with wide enough eyes a good amount of adventure if he or she looks deep enough. I’ll always consider NYC my home, but I hate to die of boredom here

]]> By: phil http://www.acontinuouslean.com/2010/03/09/the-left-side-is-the-best-side/#comment-30825 phil Tue, 23 Mar 2010 20:27:44 +0000 http://www.acontinuouslean.com/?p=14310#comment-30825 I Love LA weather. I'm definitely a East Coast kind of guy and I've roadtripped along the East coast before and have visited all major cities along the way. I lived in NYC for 5 years, Seoul (Korea) for 7 years, suburbs of Philadelphia (in Jersey) for 6 years, and spent the last 4 in Cleveland for college. Actually, after living in Cleveland for 4 years, anywhere else seem like paradise (look up "lake effect" and the annual snow accumulation in Cleveland). I had the option of opening an office, for our family business, on any major city along the US coasts and I chose LA so I'll be moving out there within the month. Sure, the crime level in LA can be a major deterrence for anyone who wants to move there but I lived 2 towns over from Camden NJ and also in East Cleveland. Something that I like about LA is that it's a major city with a large population that has enough real estate for actual affordable houses within the city limits. It's like a fine mesh of city and suburb. You don't really seem like you're tightly bunched up in apartments with thin walls like they do in NYC or Philly. Also, the "openness" also lets me bypass the public transit so I can drive around (I love driving). Do people really like taking the subway in NYC or Philly? I don't. I Love LA weather. I’m definitely a East Coast kind of guy and I’ve roadtripped along the East coast before and have visited all major cities along the way. I lived in NYC for 5 years, Seoul (Korea) for 7 years, suburbs of Philadelphia (in Jersey) for 6 years, and spent the last 4 in Cleveland for college. Actually, after living in Cleveland for 4 years, anywhere else seem like paradise (look up “lake effect” and the annual snow accumulation in Cleveland). I had the option of opening an office, for our family business, on any major city along the US coasts and I chose LA so I’ll be moving out there within the month. Sure, the crime level in LA can be a major deterrence for anyone who wants to move there but I lived 2 towns over from Camden NJ and also in East Cleveland.

Something that I like about LA is that it’s a major city with a large population that has enough real estate for actual affordable houses within the city limits. It’s like a fine mesh of city and suburb. You don’t really seem like you’re tightly bunched up in apartments with thin walls like they do in NYC or Philly. Also, the “openness” also lets me bypass the public transit so I can drive around (I love driving). Do people really like taking the subway in NYC or Philly? I don’t.

]]> By: Harvey http://www.acontinuouslean.com/2010/03/09/the-left-side-is-the-best-side/#comment-30770 Harvey Tue, 16 Mar 2010 22:54:50 +0000 http://www.acontinuouslean.com/?p=14310#comment-30770 I agree with Sherry as I'm married to her. Sure, there are some things that we miss but hanging on a wall I have a photo taken from the air of the 405. It shows nothing but vehicles in both directions including old Sepulveda. That reality alone makes our change worth it. I agree with Sherry as I’m married to her. Sure, there are some things that we miss but hanging on a wall I have a photo taken from the air of the 405. It shows nothing but vehicles in both directions including old Sepulveda. That reality alone makes our change worth it.

]]> By: Sherry http://www.acontinuouslean.com/2010/03/09/the-left-side-is-the-best-side/#comment-30769 Sherry Tue, 16 Mar 2010 20:35:48 +0000 http://www.acontinuouslean.com/?p=14310#comment-30769 I was born in Los Angeles and later moved to the San Fernando Valley and lived there almost my entire life. Then we moved to Santa Monica for three and a half years. These photos brought back a flood of memories as a child. Sadly one doesn't always appreciate the simplicity of life and their surroundings. Having gone through two major earthquakes and fighting daily gridlock L. A. isn't what it once was and yes there are aspects of the west coast I will always miss. However, having said that living in NC is wonderful in many ways that CA is not. It is equal in beauty, the housing is much more affordable and traffic is manageable. NC has charm, a moderate four season climate, oozing with hospitality and affordable housing. I'm happy I had the opportunity of living in L.A. most of my life and now happy to spend the rest of my years in a tranquil but interesting city. I was born in Los Angeles and later moved to the San Fernando Valley and lived there almost my entire life. Then we moved to Santa Monica for three and a half years. These photos brought back a flood of memories as a child. Sadly one doesn’t always appreciate the
simplicity of life and their surroundings. Having gone through two major earthquakes and fighting daily gridlock L. A. isn’t what it once was and yes there are aspects of the west coast I will always miss. However, having said that living in NC is wonderful in many ways that CA is not. It is equal in beauty, the housing is much more affordable and traffic is manageable. NC has charm, a moderate four season climate, oozing with hospitality and affordable housing. I’m happy I had the opportunity of living in L.A. most of my life and now happy to spend the rest of my years in a tranquil but interesting city.

]]> By: Logan http://www.acontinuouslean.com/2010/03/09/the-left-side-is-the-best-side/#comment-30763 Logan Tue, 16 Mar 2010 10:42:56 +0000 http://www.acontinuouslean.com/?p=14310#comment-30763 K.A.A. has only been to cities east of Pasadena on the 210. K.A.A. has only been to cities east of Pasadena on the 210.

]]> By: Michael http://www.acontinuouslean.com/2010/03/09/the-left-side-is-the-best-side/#comment-30730 Michael Mon, 15 Mar 2010 06:16:45 +0000 http://www.acontinuouslean.com/?p=14310#comment-30730 I do find the attack on this city's architecture a little weird. What L.A. lacks is the uniformity of architecture and density that make the nice parts of London, New York, Boston, etc. so elegant. This is a notoriously sprawling city, after all. But for a century now, Angelenos have taken their extra space and individual houses and felt free to create an incredible diversity of residential architecture from the historic mansions in the hills to the Craftsman bungalows in Santa Monica to the angular garage-style experiments off Abbott Kinney. So listen, if you think the city doesn't present a handsome united front, then I mournfully agree. But if you want to dismiss the architectural worth of this city, think again. In any case: Why be rude at all? I do find the attack on this city’s architecture a little weird. What L.A. lacks is the uniformity of architecture and density that make the nice parts of London, New York, Boston, etc. so elegant. This is a notoriously sprawling city, after all. But for a century now, Angelenos have taken their extra space and individual houses and felt free to create an incredible diversity of residential architecture from the historic mansions in the hills to the Craftsman bungalows in Santa Monica to the angular garage-style experiments off Abbott Kinney.

So listen, if you think the city doesn’t present a handsome united front, then I mournfully agree. But if you want to dismiss the architectural worth of this city, think again.

In any case: Why be rude at all?

]]> By: MLPR http://www.acontinuouslean.com/2010/03/09/the-left-side-is-the-best-side/#comment-30725 MLPR Sun, 14 Mar 2010 21:31:48 +0000 http://www.acontinuouslean.com/?p=14310#comment-30725 L.A. is great...only if you want to be able to go surfing and snowboarding in the same day. L.A. is great…only if you want to be able to go surfing and snowboarding in the same day.

]]> By: Morgan http://www.acontinuouslean.com/2010/03/09/the-left-side-is-the-best-side/#comment-30723 Morgan Sun, 14 Mar 2010 18:08:19 +0000 http://www.acontinuouslean.com/?p=14310#comment-30723 People who say LA has no culture are just completely off-base. It's currently a hot bed of contemporary art and music, with great institutional support. LA has a decent and growing subway system and the buses work great. Downtown LA is being revitalized as a city center that is plenty walkable. It's got a great international vibe and flair. People who hate on it just have their heads up their asses and haven't been paying attention. While Manhattan has been sterilized into an outdoor mall LA's been slowly getting "cool" again. And I'm an east coast kind of guy. Great photos, btw. People who say LA has no culture are just completely off-base. It’s currently a hot bed of contemporary art and music, with great institutional support. LA has a decent and growing subway system and the buses work great. Downtown LA is being revitalized as a city center that is plenty walkable. It’s got a great international vibe and flair. People who hate on it just have their heads up their asses and haven’t been paying attention. While Manhattan has been sterilized into an outdoor mall LA’s been slowly getting “cool” again. And I’m an east coast kind of guy.

Great photos, btw.

]]> By: Des http://www.acontinuouslean.com/2010/03/09/the-left-side-is-the-best-side/#comment-30716 Des Sat, 13 Mar 2010 18:12:24 +0000 http://www.acontinuouslean.com/?p=14310#comment-30716 These photos are excellent. They give such a different impression of L.A. It's more Marc Webb's "500 Days of Summer" L.A. or Edward Ruscha's L.A. then it is the typical LA that we normally think of. These photos are excellent. They give such a different impression of L.A. It’s more Marc Webb’s “500 Days of Summer” L.A. or Edward Ruscha’s L.A. then it is the typical LA that we normally think of.

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