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You know, I've been to a lot of foreign places, but I haven't visited a lot of American cities (how completely opposite of the average American). The farthest west I've ever been is Nowhere, Texas.

So, ITT, worthwhile American roadtrips.
>> Anonymous
>>11750
NOWHERE,TX ROCKS!
>> Anonymous
>>11750
Here's a good one: wherever you are now to the Grand Canyon, to Tijuana, up the coast all the way to Vancouver. That hits pretty much everything interesting west of the Rockies.
>> Anonymous
Take it from an LAfag; don't ever let your pic be related.
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>>11758
What are you talking about? That's very clearly a picture of hell.
>> Anonymous
>>11758
Yeah, just skip LA entirely. Unless you're in town for a baseball or basketball game, there's nothing of interest.
>> Anonymous
>>11762
Are you suggesting LA and Hell are different places?
>> Anonymous
Haha, so much irrational LA hate.

-Hollywood
-Santa Monica
-Colosseum
-Rose Bowl/Pasadena

None of you know anything about LA. Did any of you even know that LA has a mass transit system including a subway?
>> Anonymous
>>11776
Don't tell me I don't know anything about LA, I suffer the misfortune of living here. Hollywood is a farce, I don't see what's great about Santa Monica, Rose Bowl is shitty, I've never even been to the colosseum.
>> Anonymous
>>11778
I live here too, don't tell people not to come here. You're the kind of person that doesn't deserve to live here. You're one of those that gets mad when some developer tries to build some skyscrapers because it will "block your views." Screw you and get the fuck out of my city.
>> Anonymous
>>11776
>-Hollywood
This is WHY people hate LA, you double nigger.
>-Santa Monica
Whoopdee shit, you got a beach. San Diego is better.
>-Colosseum
Don't give a damn.
>-Rose Bowl/Pasadena
It's good ONE FUCKING DAY out of the year.
>> Anonymous
>>11781
Well if you don't want TV or movies, then you get rid of Hollywood. If you watch any of either, then you're a fucking hypocrite.

San Diego doesn't even compare to Santa Monica. PCH, California Incline, the pier, and the actual city itself.

If you don't care about the Colosseum, then you care nothing about history.

Old Town Pasadena? UCLA football games?

Here's a better list of things to see in LA.
1. Anaheim resort
2. Catalina Island
3. Disney Concert Hall
4. Getty Museum
5. Getty Villa
6. Griffith Park Observatory
7. Hollywood
8. Huntington Library and Gardens
9. Los Angeles cathedral
10. Los Angeles County Art Museum
11. Norton Simon Museum
12. Olvera street and birthplace of LA
13. Page Museum and La Brea Tar Pits
14. Rodeo Drive
15. Santa Monica Pier
16. Sunset Strip
17. Universal Studios and Citywalk
18. Venice beach
19. Venice canals
20. Watts Towers
>> Anonymous
>-Rose Bowl/Pasadena

Old shitty stadium is both old and shitty.
>> Anonymous
Did you guys know that the zipcode for West Hollywood is 90069?
>> Anonymous
>>11782
SPOILERS: More major movie studios are based in Burbank than in Hollywood.
>> Anonymous
Gatlinburg, Tennessee. Man that is a beautiful town. It's all so mountainous and crisp.
>> Anonymous
>>11776
the only good thing to ever come out of pasadena is ozma
>> Anonymous
LA is a deception. The city itself is more teeming mass of humanity and business district than the image suggests, and Hollywood is now an obsolete idea as all the stars moved out to Beverly Hills and the city went to the shits.

If you really want to pretend the area is still what it isn't anymore, then go ride the Uni Studios tram ride and go to a Leno taping and pretend the region isn't a hellhole, but good luck.
>> Anonymous
LA/OC sucks and I say that as somebody who lived here his entire life.

grass, green, other side, etc
>> Anonymous
>>11853
As with everything else.
>> Anonymous
I've always had a dream to live in England. I thought it was this perfect place until I had my dream brutally crushed by reality.
:(
Now I think twice before I wistfully long for a place I know nothing about.
>> Anonymous
>>11879
That goes the same for everything else.

Except for Sweden in my case. My god that place is pretty, nice and clean as hell, too bad everything is expensive
>> Anonymous
>>11782

Yeah cause San Diego is 50 times better
>> Anonymous
Why is San Diego 50x better?

Yes, most of the studios are in Burbank. So what? Do you actually expect to get onto a studio? If you're a tourist, you go to Hollywood, plain and simple.

Go to Broadway, Union Station, Pershing Square, Staples Center, Dodger Stadium, Griffith Park, McCarthur Park (if you want to get into the gritty stuff), Watts Towers, Long Beach, Venice canals, 3rd Street Promenade, the Grove, etc.

People who hate LA typically know nothing about the city really or have never visited it. I'm guessing that most of the posts here are from the latter.
>> Anonymous
>>12017
Read the thread, most of the LA hate comes from Angelenos themselves.
>> Anonymous
If going to LA also check out the LA Farmer's Market and The Grove. The former has wonderful, wonderful, really reasonable food. Their crepes are fantastic as well as their Korean barbecue. There's also a stand-out store dedicated to hot sauces called Light My Fire just off of the older food court. The later is just a nice place to wander around after gorging oneself at the Farmer's Market.

Other things I enjoy about the LA vicinity: Amoeba Music, Nate 'n' Al's in Beverly Hills, people-watching on Melrose, the Garment District (only go if you speak passable Spanish-- seriously).

As far as Orange County, it fucking sucks. My cousins live in Irvine and I've been visiting once or twice a year since the mid-90's. The only things that really stand out in my mind are the Orange County Swap Meet (fun if you're a shopper-- hell otherwise) in Costa Mesa-- get the most amazing beef jerky from Jerky Hut at the food vendors-- and Lulu's, a great French restaurant that WAS in Lake Forest but has since, I think, moved. Otherwise, it's all sub-developments and malls.
>> Anonymous
>>12017
They make porn there.
>> Anonymous
>>12019
Those were only the people who noted that they lived there. It wasn't the majority.
>> Anonymous
>>12017
>If you're a tourist, you go to Hollywood, plain and simple.

And if you're like everyone else who has visited for the past 30 years, you then say "wow, what the fuck happened to this place?"

You want to play spot celebrities, go to Bel Air or Beverly Hills. Hollywood as it conceptually exists in the minds of the avereage Joe is gone.
>> Anonymous
I admit i've never lived in LA, but can someone tell me the appeal of going there just to spot celebrities? Thats the dumbest shit i've ever heard of, Americans seem to want to have a caste system so bad they invent celebrities to worship instead.
>> Anonymous
>>12215
LAfag here.
I saw Justin Timberlake the other day in Hollywood.
>> Anonymous
Washington DC is a fucking tourist trap. I lived near there for about six years and it's really not worth all of the attention unless you enjoy paying $5 for bottled water. Same goes for NYC but New York at least has good shopping and broadway.

Orlando is great if you have kids and a lot of money or if you just enjoy tacky theme park stuff. Make sure you hit up Disneyworld, Universal Studios and Sea World if you do go.

If you don't want to go to LA but you do want to visit California I'd visit San Francisco or San Diego. When I went the people in both places were very polite and the food was fantastic. Make sure you've got plenty of cash on hand.
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>>11776Haha, so much irrational LA hate.

As a northern CA'er going to the LA area is disgusting. So much smog, exhaust, and ugly gray skies. Not to mention the urban sprawl. Bleh, don't get lured into that hell by some touristy stuff.

Anyway, I suggest going to Yosemite National Park and hiking up Half-Dome.
>> Anonymous
DEVIL'S TOWER
>> Anonymous
Of course a NoCaler would make fun of LA. They're jealous that we're the biggest city in California now and that we take their water. Ugly skies in LA? Boy you must be crazy. San Francisco is constantly covered in smog and it's colder than a motherfucker up there compared to LA.

It is stupid to go to LA just because of the celebrities because there is so much other stuff to do there.
>> Anonymous
>>12360
fog is diffrent from smog. fucking l.a so dumb. i spent a month down there and as soon as i got back it was a breath of fresh air. all colors where brighter and people were more polite and new how to drive. came across less idiots in everyday situations as well. i thought the bay area was getting kind of wack. but after coming back o god im never goin back to l.a
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Don't listen to any of the people in these threads. Visit LAS VEGAS!
>> Gentleman
Wow, so by reading this thread everybody hates where they live and thinks they should go somewhere else so as they don't go near their own shit stain.

Way to represent America guys.
>> Anonymous
>>12378
I like where I live.
>> Anonymous
>>12381
As do I. New England FTW.
>> Anonymous
>>12378
Not everybody hates where they live. Just us LAfags. Great food though.
>> Anonymous
>>11763
or your into easy women, that have shit to take while they sleep.
>> Anonymous
>>11750
>So, ITT, worthwhile American roadtrips.

are you including the whole continent or just the big country full of fagotry?
>> Anonymous
>>12390
>HURRR I AM A NITPICKY FAGGOT
>> Anonymous
12390 probably uses words like 'USian' unironically and needs to jump off a cliff.
>> Anonymous
>>12382
YEAH NIGGA!
>> Anonymous
Go through Colorado, from Denver to Grand Juntion to Montrose (avoid little towns, such as Olathe).
Also see Utah and Nevada. White Fish, Montana, and Washington/Oregon are good too.

I mostly love them for the scenery.
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Cabazon, California

DINOSAURS! FUCK YEAH!
>> Anonymous
>>12365
I never said that it was the same thing you dumbass.

I'm from LA and I love LA. Born there and still live there to this day. I have no plans of ever leaving. All people who hate LA are jealous of everything we have and everything that their city can't have.
>> Anonymous
>>12882
Also from LA and love it here except for all the transplant faggots. If half the people who came here in the last 10 yrs would go back home, LA would be huge WIN.
>> Anonymous
>>12882
San Francisco is constantly covered in smog

WTF DOES THAT SAY. IT SAYS SMOG. ITS FOG YOU FUCKING IDIOT. THE LACK OF BREATHABLE OXYGEN IN L.A IS MAKING YOU INTO A FUCKING IDIOT. L.A IS SHIT PLACE TO LIVE. GET OVER IT. ITS NOT JEALOUSLY ITS FUCKING PITY AND ANGER THAT MOST OF THE WORLD GETS THERE VIEW OF CALIFORNIA FROM FUCKING L.A. FUCKING RUIN IT FOR THE REST OF US. L.A IS WHY WE CAN HAVE NICE THINGS!
>> Anonymous
>>12520
Seriously, I fucking love the desert cities. Gays, old people, and the Claude Bell dinosaurs (now, coincidentally, a creationist museum). Oh. And swing by Hadley's for a date-banana milkshake. Also, Coachella! And wind-mill tours! And antique shopping in Palm Springs if you're into making your house look like the set from Leave it to Beaver.

>>12373
I'm going to Vegas on Friday. Shit yes.
>> Anonymous
>>12373
Enjoy losing your money in the casinos.
>> Anonymous
>>11752
I wouldn't be surprised if there was such a place in texas officially labeled that.
>> Anonymous
>>12911
I love palm springs and spent many happy childhoods easter vacations there, but i have to admit that the area has hone downhill a bit in recent years.
Though Shields still exists, thank god. Date Shakes, FTW.
>> Anonymous
>>12907
FUCK! I'M PISSED! I MUST CONSTANTLY YELL AND PUT ON MY CAPS LOCK!!! ARGHHHHHHHh

Seriously, have you ever heard of a typo? I meant to say fog, FOG! Seriously, how has LA offended you that you hate it so much? Is it just from the SF-LA rivalry? If it's from that, then guess what, it is jealousy.
>> Anonymous
>>12960

New York-fag here. You guys are fighting way too hard for second place.
>> Anonymous
>>12962
They've already won, in my opinion. less claustrophobic and freezing in winter.
>> Anonymous
>>12962
Um.. LA and SF fighting for second place doesn't make sense because Chicago is already the Second City. I don't care if LA has more actual people (SF still does not) the moniker STAYS, WE OWN IT!
>> Anonymous
>>12936
Palm Springs is definitely getting a bit sketchy. Great teppanyaki place in Palm Desert, Matchbox wood-fired pizzas on Palm Canyon Drive, Hadley's date-banana milkshakes, flawless weather, and great hiking totally make it for me, though.
>> Anonymous
>>12964

nobody cares about Chicago.
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>>12994
YOU'LL CARE WHEN YOU RUN OUT OF FRESH WATER!
JERKASS!
>> Anonymous
>>12994

Except for, um, everyone in the commodities trade.
>> Anonymous
>>12994
>>13321
and even then they won't give to you.
we here in arid-zone-a (credit to the clever poster who cleverly posted this) requested to build a fresh water pipeline from chicago to here, but they kindly declined our request :(
>> Anonymous
>>13335
That's because we were stupid enough to build an OPEN CANAL through the FUCKING SONORAN DESERT to get our drinking water, which now has eight-foot algae-eating fish in it. lol CAP canal.