Brit Reacts To NEW YORK & LOS ANGELES COMPARED!

[@Yvonne-Bella]

There is a High Speed rail network in progress from The Bay Area through the Central Valley to L.A. and Anaheim. So we are getting that.

[@ajruther67]

You need to visit Southern states if you ever visit America again. The South is COMPLETELY different than any other place you have visited.

[@coyotelong4349]

And Hawaii!

[@sassycatz4470]

Nope. Every one of these videos of foreign observers involves coming to the U.S. and spending their entire time in Texas and Florida, the two worst states in terms of political rights and influences in this country. Nice to see people go elsewhere.

[@can_you_guess_my_new_username]

​@sassycatz4470 Florida is so backwards. I've sworn off visiting Florida as a tourist for now.

[@can_you_guess_my_new_username]

Yes, the south is very very different. I do like Charlotte and Atlanta alot.

[@dalemoore8582]

​@@can_you_guess_my_new_usernameooohhh booo boo hooo says Florida. What ever will they do without one communist visiting their state. I have e feeling Florida will survive.

[@woodsea434]

I've lived in 9 different states (New York, Montana, Alaska, Washington, Texas, Oregon, Louisiana, Colorado, California) and they all vary pretty significantly in surprising ways. There a lot of similarities too, but to understand America it really takes seeing most of the country. I worked for a European company and lived and worked in the Netherlands for a but and a lot of my European coworkers were surprised with the sheer size and diversity (culturally, cuisine, accents, etc.) they encountered visiting or working in the States.

[@can_you_guess_my_new_username]

I agree 100%

[@cshubs]

Regarding the large percentage of hispanics in LA: They were already there. As they say, They didn't cross the border -- the border crossed them (when the US won the Mexican war).

[@George-ux6zz]

LA was part of Mexico 🇲🇽. We took it during the Mexican American War. That includes Arizona, New Mexico, and Texas as well.

[@n7y8c7]

You're right. Most movies are filmed in Atlanta today. You can tell when you see the 🍑 peach logo in the credits. There are movies also filmed in Vancouver too.

[@tareqmahmud7792]

You might be surprised to know that the largest immigrant communities in New York City these days don't actually come from Europe. NYC has the largest Chinese community in the world outside Asia (some estimates up to 700,000 people), as well as the largest populations of people from the Dominican Republic, Colombia, and Ecuador outside of those countries, and a large proportion of the city comes from the Caribbean in general. It also has the second-largest Bangladeshi population outside Bangladesh (after London of course).

[@skyydancer67]

That was certainly the case 100 years ago, with the Eupoeans. A lot of ethnic groups have helped shape NYC to be what it is today.

[@kimberlys8422]

How can they afford to get there? Usually they'' go to the southern states because it's closer to their home countries Not trying to be insensitive

[@tareqmahmud7792]

@@kimberlys8422 I would say you can't underestimate the importance of networks in immigration trends. The Caribbean and Chinese communities in NYC are already two or more generations old, and the South Asan communities are a few decades old. Already established communities attract newer immigrants to the extent that people will immigrate to a place just because people who are from the same village as they are from in the home country are already there, forget about being from the same country. You immigrate, you get a job in your second cousin's bodega breaking down boxes in the storeroom, you sleep on the floor in the corner of your uncle's living room, you get a second job in your dad's childhood friend's restaurant washing dishes...and that is how you make your way in your new country. These kinds of networks play a bigger role in immigration than factors like geographical proximity or simple cost of living.

[@catw6998]

Is San Fran have a lot of Asian too, don’t they?

[@edmundooliver7584]

why would China be closer to southern sates than NY? @@kimberlys8422

[@franciet99]

The homeless condition is getting bad everywhere in the US. I was surprised by the increase in homelessness in Oregon.

[@allanrose2964]

Kabir, look up "LA Subway!" or "rail transit in LA". You'll see!

[@dougbowers4415]

There’s lots of movie & TV production elsewhere but LA still fully utilized its facilities and continues to build more.

[@kenyonmoon3272]

For reasons that won't fit in a KZbin comment, the US sold itself a bill of goods mid-century that it is EITHER cars OR transit. So we tore out transit, especially trains. We had train systems on par with the rest of the developed world and sold them out to snake oil salesmen on the promise of the personal car completely replacing the need for them (rather than augmenting). Hell, that process could probably be a whole series of reactions if you really want to go down that rabbit hole.

[@kevinprzy4539]

They're trying to build a high speed rail but it's extremely expensive and they have to somehow make the high speed rail earthquake proof.

[@isaacdrost15]

You should do a reaction of San Antonio and Austin Texas compared. It’s a same guy doing the video as well.

[@DaisyDee5610]

It’s funny that you say LA is chill. I’m from there and after a trip to Hawaii, I felt LA is too fast pace and busy for me,lol. If you want to know chill and relaxed, visit Hawaii.

[@ninja_tony]

Yeah, Hawaii is more chill than LA for sure, but LA is definitely more chill than New York. I live in New York, and I love it to death but it’s stressful as heck to just exist here lol.

[@tmghui888]

California and most of today’s US Southwest was part of Mexico at one point. The US won the Mexican American war which gave the US all that land. So, that is part of the reason why there are a lot of hispanics living in California and the Southwest.

[@JH-td4uu]

Kabir, also I’ve recently traveled the last few years to some cities I highly recommend if you do US again. I personally LOVED Chicago, so clean, and lots to do. Denver was pretty chill and you have do some kayaking or hiking, it’s all about the outdoors. Don’t know much about the South but I’m sure some country people on here will tell you about it. They’re known for food.

[@kenyonmoon3272]

NYC -> LA is almost equal in distance to Moscow -> Lisbon. It's a big country.

[@gacaptain]

They are trying to build high speed rail from L.A. to San Francisco. It has been an incredibly expensive and slow project. Just one reason for this is the entire system has to be built earthquake proof.

[@dylanlevy2107]

That train ride rn is so long its like 16 hours, it took me a day an a half just to get to eugene oregon

[@Silas.Marner]

​@@dylanlevy2107I think you're talking about the Amtrak Coast Starlight. Unfortunately, due to the slowness of the service, it has no practical use. Basically, you'd ride it because it's a rolling hotel with sightseeing and dining.

[@dylanlevy2107]

@@Silas.Marner it was miserable man i now only fly to my friends.. we got stopped in the mountains cause the conductors hours ran out an we waited for hours tell a truck pulled up with new conductors an he said the government fined them as part of it an apologozed to us

[@ac1455]

Not sure that make sense to me, China, Italy, and Japan all are or have very earthquake prone areas yet didn’t face the same amount of issues, and shouldn’t the tech have gotten cheaper since they built it faster and earlier than us?

[@dylanlevy2107]

@@ac1455 yea but the fault is in the sea over there, here the fault splits lancaster an palmdale which could literally seperate the cities breaking the line in half

[@MrPenguinLife]

LA has a subway that was initially built in the 1980's (started operation in 1990), the problem is no one used it, for years it was a running joke that even the people that lived in LA did not know they had a subway.

[@greatnessdelton1381]

As an LA resident, this is not true. Our Metro is the second biggest public transportation system in the country.

[@emilyb5307]

3:48 Generally speaking, folks settled in New England to start with but it wasn't long at all before plenty of European Settlers drifted all over the map, and nowadays with global travel as it is distance across the country has nothing to do with where European immigrants may choose to relocate.

[@Pauba1946]

Those dead trees you saw were because of the bark beetle that kills the trees.

[@ivanp2490]

I have a feeling you didn't experience LA the right way. Yes, there is a homeless crisis in a certain part of the city but LA is not all centralized like NY. LA is made up of many smaller cities so you definitely need a car. LA has more to offer if you explore Southern California in general. Again my opinion, love both LA and NY.

[@rrobinnyc11411]

NY isn't "centralized." There's more to the city than Manhattan. Just as there is more to LA than Hollywood

[@likemeordont5951]

I agree. Kabir needs to plan to be in L.A. for a few days, at least. And I really think he should try and connect with people who actually live here to show him around a bit. Maybe with other content creators? There really are so many special "spots" to experience the way locals do. Especially great places to eat.

[@JetBlack2024]

LA sucks I was glad to get away. Way too much homeless and costs out there are outrageous. And all people do is drink or go to beach if don’t go to generic tourist locations.

[@rrobinnyc11411]

London is my second favorite city in the world. It feels like home😊. I'm a native New Yorker, but I've also lived in LA. There's no way to compare the two, really. I think it's funny that people think Manhattan IS NYC. It's not. The majority of the people who live there are transplants ACTING and living the way the think NYers do. We do own cars, and houses, and as expensive as homes are here, homes in LA are more expensive.

[@skyydancer67]

THANK YOU! I get tired of the transplants adding to our "rude" perceptions by others, amongst other things.

[@ajruther67]

These are the quakes I've experienced in my life time living in Los Angeles, in order of magnitude. The Northridge quake scared me the most. 5.2 Whittier Narrows - October 4, 1987 5.9 Whittier Narrows - October 1, 1987 7:42am (this one felt much stronger - more like a 6.5 or higher) 6.1 Joshua Tree - April 23, 1992 4:51am 6.4 - Ridgecrest - July 4, 2019 10:33am (foreshock to Ridgecrest) 6.5 Big Bear - June 28, 1992 8:05am (aftershock to Landers) 6.6 Sylmar - February 9, 1971 6.7 Northridge - January 17, 1994 4:30am 7.1 Ridgecrest - July 5, 1992 8:19pm (main shock to Ridgecrest) 7.3 Landers - June 28, 1992 4:57am (main shock to Big Bear)

[@pat2562]

Living in the S.F. Valley since 1960, that would be my list. We were evacuated after Sylmar for fear the dam would collapse (it came close....a few more feet and thousands would have died), but only had minor damage to the house. The same house suffered 120k in damage after Northridge.

[@corinnepmorrison1854]

I was asleep when the Sylmar Quake hit… It emptied our toilets, sloshing the water onto the floors… Right after the Northridge Quake, our son asked us to turn on the lights in his room… He didn’t realize there WAS NO ELECTRICITY… We went over one week with no running water… The Red Cross handed out cases of bottled water… PS…Thomas Edison was a money-grubbing jerk…👎🏻 Nikola Tesla, on the other hand, was a good man…👍🏻

[@ajruther67]

@pat2562 I lived in Lynwood when the Sylmar quake hit so no actual damage. I can't even imagine how bad it was for those who lived close to the epicenter.

[@ajruther67]

@corinnepmorrison1854 My goodness. You must have lived closer to the epicenter. I was in Paramount for Northridge. As scary as it was, only furniture moved and dishes came crashing out of the cupboards. Electricity did go out as well but only for a short time.

[@eileenegger1466]

California has so many Spanish speaking citizens because of its proximity to Mexico. They traditionally migrate here for either farm work or in the service industry (think hotel staff). Over time,many have improved their circumstances,especially the next generation.

[@amyb1078]

It was also part of Mexico until 1848.

[@seasickviking]

Someone didn't do their homework for this video: The New Jersey Devils are a NEW JERSEY hockey team--not NEW YORK. Ironically, both New York Giants & New York Jets play their home games in NEW JERSEY, too.

[@lauracoventry780]

The provinces and territories would be good content to react to. They're so different from one another. If a movie is set in New York or Seattle, there's a good chance that it was filmed in Toronto or Vancouver. The first season of The Last of Us was filmed in Alberta. 141 million was spent in the province during the course of filming. Season 2 will be filmed in B.C.

[@pamelahoracek]

I have never been to NY, but what I see on TV, it looks busy with people, tall buildings which might block the sunlight. I have been born and raised in the west part of L.A. You went to Venice Beach and L.A.X. I live between those two areas in Playa del Rey. I believe our #1 reason to live in L.A. or most parts of CA is the weather. During the winter, there might be a chill in the air at the beach, but a drive East is probably the closest ski area. Probably the best ski area was next door to Yosemite over the Sierras, Mammoth Mountain and Lakes. We have a lot of different cultures, nationalities, jobs during the good economic times, but unfortunately, we have crime (after the Covid lockdown, more theft type crimes) and earthquakes. L.A, covers a lot of land and there are independent cities inside the L.A. areas. The County as a whole covers other area that get really hot in the summer and less populated. We have the beaches/coast, mountains, different types of cities atmosphere. L.A. still has their studios. Not far from me in Culver City was the MGM movie studio which now is Sony. I been there for a live taping of Wheel of Fortune. Unfortunately, we have less filming here. One thing is the taxes, all the permits to close streets, the cars and trucks for the stars, dressing rooms, catering, etc... they have to hire security and where I live, not much parking so they bring there vans for transporting people here and there. Also, the people in L.A. wants more money in wages than other places in America. Because of the crimes, job loss and taxes, we have jobs leaving to other states where taxes are lower and housing is cheaper and you get more land. Maybe a better school system since L.A. is lenient with kids graduating high school without the ability to do basic english and math. High speed rail... We have a lot of environmentalists in L.A. and San Francisco (those two areas, also San Diego, decides our laws in our state because most of the voting public lives in those cities. As a whole if you look on the voting map, land wise, the Republicans cover most of the state and those three cities combine has the most voting public. Our state's politicians want to get high speed rail. I think we got something past. They fool the public to vote on it because they under budget it and there is so much red tape, permits, environmental studies and it takes time, and the materials and workers cannot do it for the budget CA set aside. We were supposed to get high speed rail from L.A. to San Fran. You would think to start it in either city and go from there. No. It was started in between those cities in the farming areas, and it is a train to nowhere. They just laid the tracks down with no beginning or end. Ran out of money. Plus, the State did not purchase the land from those who own it. Our State has been plans for the environment, get the funds, but not enough and the delays. There were plans for a train from L.A. to Las Vegas too. I do not drive. I used to take the public buses to get here and there. Because of the lack of riders in my area, no more bus. My neighborhood is filled with environmentalists and the still drive their cars. Also what buses we had in my area and still have, the bus comes once an hour. There are times when I was on the bus, the driver feels why go the rest of the way with no riders. And they see me on the bus. They ask if they can go and pick up something to eat and they will finish the ride. Or when they decide no to go the whole route, I have to wait another hour for hopefully a next bus to come. The nearby adjoining city's Santa Monica and Culver City buses, maybe they are on busy streets, but there is more an hour and filled. A lot of services in L.A. are not too great. L.A. is too big, and some areas need more funds for their services than other areas that pay more of the taxes. The other two cities I mentioned, their housing cost more and better public schools because they are smaller cities and maybe have certain laws and rules that they do not slack off at. CA borders Mexico and maybe that is the reason we have a high Hispanic population. There are some who are illegal, and CA welcomes them, not so much the past 4 years, but some business hired the illegals because they will work for minimum wages. Or start they own landscape/construction businesses. The last three years with our President letting in 8 million illegals and 1 million+ snuck in, I do not know how our future is going to be. At least the illegals are spread across the larger cities of the U.S. Unfortunately, those liberal cities that welcome them, now know what the Texans were going through. Now the public knows that they will get less services to cover for the care of the illegals. NY gets upset of 10,000 illegals coming into their city, but southern Texas was getting that a day and they did not want the illegals coming in the first place. CA has a larger population of the homeless. The last few years, the city has been lenient and letting the make their homes here and there with no facilities for them to use. Things change, like NY, once your neighborhood is overwhelmed with homeless population on your streets, then they want a change. The city moves them, cleans up the area and they come back again. U.S. has to hit bottom for a change in the laws. The last three years maybe minds will change. Interesting story I heard, 1849 was the Gold Rush in CA., not too far from the bay area. Sutter's Creek and spread to other deserted areas. The men were mining the gold, but the Chinese came to the areas for service type jobs; laundry, meals, clothing, etc... Services the men needed. The Chinese got wealthy due to naming their price on the services. The men made it rich, but with the cost of things, drinking, women, gun fights, etc... ran out of money. Some areas just died after the gold rush. One town, called Bodie, east of the sierras, it is so beautiful, the mountains, open land, but it is a ghost town now. One can tour it. But the original buildings are still there to look at. It is beautiful with the buildings weathered wood, some falling apart. There is a cemetery there of those who died during its heyday.

[@ghosthunter1083]

If I had to pick I would say L.A. but its because I was born in Santa Monica

[@sopdox]

The NYC subway and bus system charge $2.90 per trip regardless of distance, but commuter trains like the Long Island Railroad and Metro North charge by zones. I am one of NY’s 39% who were born in another country. Had you had the time to visit the outer boroughs (those that aren’t Manhattan) you would have seen huge diverse communities, especially in Queens. Yes, I am biased towards New York. I’ve been to L.A. and had a great time there, but I’m staying put.

[@angelagraves865]

As Jim Morrison said, 🎶"The west is the best." 🎵 Actually, I haven't spent enough time in my adult years on the east coast to make that call. 😆 Also, bro, is your sweater on backward? Lol ✌🏽💜

[@darylsledge1456]

try Maine, NH, Vermont, CT, Upstate NY, Martha's VIneyard, you'd change your mind about the best.

[@JH-td4uu]

I’m sorry Kabir, but you barely spent any time in LA. You went to the most tourist Hollywood spot (which is crap), and didn’t go to all the best places us Angelinos could have recommended. Also all our neighborhoods are so spread out, you only can do so much in (1) day. Next time consider focusing a couple days. I feel like you missed out on SF/NorCal too, not enough time.

[@april6058]

There is some subways in the downtown and metro that goes out to the suburbs. But LA love their cars. Mostly we have a large Latinx population in California ( like all states that border Mexico ) it borders Mexico and also Central snd South America.

[@JacobDennisHarris8586]

I'm in and from Alabama, I'd choose L.A because the warmer weather.

[@randalmayeux8880]

Hi Kabir! New York is built on granite and is located in a very small area, so the only way to build is up. LA is in an earthquake zone and it's safer and cheaper to build out. Every year wildfires sweep California since it's the end of the dry season. Just enough vegetation grows in the spring and early summer, then dies, leaving a tinderbox. What amazes me is people keep building in the Hollywood hills, which is expensive territory, but burns every year. It's hard to get firefighting equipment there and all these multi million dollar homes go up in smoke.

[@edmundooliver7584]

you did talk about GDP

[@shawnanderson6313]

I choose Chicago!

[@HARSHA7049]

Agreed

[@jjnky127]

I believe L.A. already got the funding for the high speed train but it was never built. Hmmm makes you wonder what happened to that money.

[@dorothycordice]

Once you get out of NYC the rest of the state is at a slower pace. and different from the city. Over 8 M live in NYC while the whole state has over 19m. NYS is over 54, 000 sq. m while the city is only about 450sq, miles of the state.

[@gotham61]

New York State is bigger than England

[@gordieparenteau6555]

George Carlin had a whole routine about New York vs. California in his book Brain droppings. Its on KZbin. Give it a watch.

[@What_Makes_Climate_Tick]

Here's one KZbinr's perspective on how the US in general became car-centric. New York had some immunity to this because it was highly developed before the advent of cars, The already had subways and high population density. LA has mostly been built since then. Then there's the vicious cycle that, where mass transit service is poor and sparsely used, there is a stigma that says you are uncool or undesirable if you use it.

[@ajruther67]

The Gold Rush started in 1848 in Northern CA. No gold has ever been found in Southern CA where Los Angeles is located.

[@LeeMoore-tu4gr]

Saying you were shocked by the public transit in LA made me sad because until the 1950s LA had the largest Street car network in the US then the ripped it all out to widen roads :(.

[@ScottyM1959]

New York City appeared so hustle & bustle is alot of places there are businesses so you have alot of people running to or from appointments, lunch, or rushing to catch the right bus or train home to get home for dinner. Los Angeles has a large Hispanic population because their governor declared California a sanctuary city so latinos from Mexico and South America won't get deported there, with in mind to paraphrase Nancy Pelosi they need them to pick the fruits and vegetables. They also become domestic help, gardeners, and laborers in one field or another. Why was Time Square still busy at 9pm, what does Frank Sinatra sing about in his song New York New York? " I wanna wake in the city that never sleeps . . . ." You don't see people walking the streets in LA because it isn't safe. I know this for a fact because I visited a friend in North Hollywood and I got bored in her apartment so I left her a note saying I walked to the galleria. Well, I got stopped along the way by a kid on a bike who told me it wasn't safe for people to be walking around here. I looked around, and he was right other than the few cars and occasional bus no one was on the street. I'll leave the story there it's a long one. If they don't drive into the city or to the studio, they have a driver or take a bus. If you mean in the city around the court house you'll see much more people than I did.

[@knightspearhead5718]

Definitely no new york bias in this video at all lol.

[@bobbyanderson1054]

Yeah I'm NYC Mass Transit is $2.75 one way with a free transfer via subway or bus

[@gotham61]

It went up to $2.90 a few months ago

[@bobbyanderson1054]

@@gotham61 so I guess that means Gray's papaya is going up and the days of the $1 pizza slice from 2 Bros is no more 😭

[@binxbolling]

The real America lies between the coasts. Businesses sample their products in Missouri before going national because it's the most typical, representative American state. So try Kansas City (St. Louis is too dangerous).

[@leeannmcdermott8313]

I never knew the London rail charged by zone.

[@gotham61]

I remember before the zone system, when there were individual fares for a journey between every pair of stations in the system

[@sherryheim5504]

L.A. is far too spread out for public transport. There is public transport but it takes a lot of transfers to get from one place to another. If you lived in the San Fernando Valley and had to go to Venice Beach for work, it could take hours because you would have to take transport from where you live, which could be a couple miles from a main street with a bus line, then probably transfer to another bus that would take you to a hub that would then take you to Venice Beach. Just look at the network of freeways and understand the way that people travel in Los Angeles. If you don't have a car, you are going to spend a lot of time commuting. If you live near a bus line, you might be able to take it to Grand Central Station then take a train to the beach then a bus to where you work but when you consider that people often work 30 to 50 miles from their home, you start to get an understanding about how impossible it would be to make public transport convenient or affordable. If you live in L.A. City, it is not difficult to use public transportation but once you get beyond that, it is difficult.

[@amyb1078]

I remember when I found out LA has subways. I had no idea.

[@sherryheim5504]

@@amyb1078 I vaguely remember using subways when I was a very young child. There were busses and streetcars too. They later did away with the streetcars to make room for the large amount of automobiles that were now on the roads in Downtown. They also changed the two way streets to one way streets. I remember the Angel's Flight line. That was fun and super steep.

[@gacaptain]

I’m about to drive by a new movie studio in Atlanta right now on my way home from work. They’ve already built alot and just keep announcing new studios to be built in the area. I’m surprised there’s so much demand for film and tv production.

[@vincentwalton6343]

They have a lot of earth quakes in la

[@seijunsejuki]

At one point Los Angeles had the best public transportation in the country, but what happened was car manufacturers got together, colluded illegally, and bought up the rail, trolley, and bus lines and dismantled them. We've been a car culture ever since. God bless American corruption.

[@cyndigirl418]

PREACH!!!!

[@cencalsal4740]

High speed rail in California is a sore subject

[@catw6998]

Re: Metro rail/trains. There’s probably a lot of Not In My Back Yard [NIMBY] types in LA. So, by start up, the state would be facing a lot of that, whereas NYC probably started that but because it started so early, there probably wasn’t as much complaining way back then. Just guessing.

[@nneichan9353]

overwintering in NY would do me in.

[@can_you_guess_my_new_username]

Interestingly, if California were a country, it would have the 5th largest economy in the world all by itself. Bro, i think you know more about the US than i do, frfr.

[@georgefox4764]

99% of people would never choose either one of those cities to live in.

[@saiyongdawn7756]

'East coast west coast divide' No he did not just go there! 😅🤣🤣 Anyways, my dream always was to move to NY when I was a young girl growing up in the south. Why, bc I would read books about NY a lot. Loved the skyscrapers. I was a bookworm growing up. Two of my older brothers and their families were living in NY. Eventually I moved there. Not in the city but on the outskirts. Sorry for the long history.😅 Thanks Kabir Considers! Great Reaction!🤩👌✌️

[@pantaleonpangelinan4371]

Why, they are not about to give up their freeways or cars lol

[@donnadubyak6504]

You think LA is chill, try the south, everything moves slower.

[@EiferBrennan]

Fun fact New York and London are considered "sister cities".

[@Alex-kd5xc]

Hispanic/latino influence in California (and the southwestern US in general) has far more to do with recent and continued immigration from Mexico, so it’s not really seen as having to do much with Spanish colonialism from hundreds of years ago. LA has a very distinctly Mexican-American culture, not Spanish. I believe in Texas, only as of this year, Hispanics passed non-Hispanic whites as the largest demographic group in the state, so clearly this immigration is still going strong all over the southwest.

[@dorothycordice]

California borders Mexico.

[@cshubs]

New Mexico has become a center of filmmaking. 100 years ago, it was the center, around Las Vegas New Mexico, which sits on the border of the Great Plains and the Rocky Mountains. The industry has returned due to the same geological choices, and tax breaks and lower cost of living. I think Breaking Bad helped jumpstart the return of producers back to NM.

[@juanheredia2293]

11:32 yep i agree LA is more American

[@dport9563]

Film studios in LA dont pay taxes on individual films each studio and production and distributor pays 1.5% on profits to city county and state 4/4/2 split. Avg is 4.5bil if connected to biz you personal income tax from state is 2.5% Taco bell employees pay more than actors in percentage. 😅

[@stevenblacker1700]

Why does the video that's being reacted to show NY on the left side and LA on the right side? Should have been reversed to match geographically. Regardless, a very enjoyable video.

[@robynaboverubiesorpearls]

I wondered the same thing. It was very distracting to see NY and LA on the wrong side of the screen.

[@jonadabtheunsightly]

If you think the east and west coasts are different, wait until you visit the non-coastal areas in between. From my perspective, living in a city of ten thousand people in central Ohio, the differences between New York City and Los Angeles are minor footnotes, compared to how different those places are from here.

[@saybanana]

La metro and bus is #1.75 with 2hrs free transfers. One of the cheapest in all of Amerika. More wozu use it if LA was built like most worlds cities with a central core like central London or Manhattan. Downtown LA is the place that gets many transit users because traffic and expensive parking fees

[@SlugCult718]

George Carlin said it best when he stated that: "California is a small woman saying, "F*ck me." New York is a large man saying, "F*ck you!"

[@cshubs]

You might enjoy videos about the most expensive apartments on Billionaire's Row in Manhattan. They're sick!!! The views are the best.

[@epongeverte]

Forget those 2 cities and go to Chicago, it's actually the best. ;)

[@edmundooliver7584]

chicago"s GDP $700 billion, CALIF GDP 3.6 trillion.

[@anonymouse7877]

I can guess 1 reason for no underground structures: Gigantic Earthquakes

[@dominique9934]

People like to drive in the US. Even in cities with the worst traffic people would rather drive over public transportation.

[@jake94575]

As a southerner the south is totally different than the rest of the country with some transplants setting up shop in between, it's almost in some parts of the south like being in a different country and that is so cool to me. The SOUTH is definitely cooler. I have Lived in Los Angeles area before with relatives there but honestly i would never live in New York, been there a few times. And i would never live in California again. really liked LA for a while when i was there for what it was but that's it. Both cities have huge problems that 99.9% American cities would never want, especially California now and New York is a wreck too, If i had to pick between cities to stay i would CHOOSE Los Angeles!! It has a lot of beautiful landscape, Palm trees, good weather, has tons of space, wide open, the mountains, dessert, beaches and more. and the vibe has more groove, New York is always pop, pop, fizz fizz

[@rrobinnyc11411]

Spoken with the ignorance of someone who knows nothing about New York. If I judged the South by a few visits, I'd say it's full of racists flying rebel flags from their pickup trucks and nothing more. But I'm not ignorant.

[@rockingredpoppy9119]

EARTHQUAKE RISK - California's transportation and skyscrapers are limited due to earthquake risk.

[@dennisfitzgerald8486]

I have lived in both cities, if I had to move back to either city I would probably move back to NYC.

[@tylineburgos8879]

Visit Chicago

[@Kim-427]

I wish that people from England like Kabir would understand the geography here. They talk about NY,NY and the Burroughs. They have no idea about the other cities in NY. Upstate,Long Island. There are suburbs that are what Kabir said California was to him “laid back”. You can find laid back in other parts of NY. They don’t understand the concept of cities and states. I hear them speak about cities and states as if they’re two different things. For instance I heard Kabir say something like yeah because Vegas is this way and Nevada is so.. But,He spoke as if it was two different places. Many of the KZbinrs from “Across the Pond “(Laurence) speak of cities and states the same way. A disclaimer;Not Laurence. Lol

[@chucktaylor824]

Everybody around the world's DREAM is to come to either or both of these cities LMAO it's crazy, LA is just normal.... regular life to me lol but I love my city and my state. The way chicks and everyone around the world jocks it is crazy and amazing 😂

[@brkaz5864]

Would not want to live in either. Prefer the solitude, friendliness, open clean air skies of the desert southwest, no matter how hot it gets. As a tourist, give me NYC any day over LA.

[@VictoriousDrucilla]

Lol, both Tupac and Biggie were born in NYC!

[@hifijohn]

You do realize there is more to the US than just LA and NYC??

[@rrobinnyc11411]

I'm sure we do. But both cities are a great introduction to the diversity and energy of the country, especially for someone coming from London. I know that bothers many in the middle of the country, which is far less diverse. Oh, and BTW, there's so much more to both California and New York than their major cities. The coastal and rural areas of both states are probably similar to the Midwest and South.

[@SlugCult718]

Many films are made in the UK to get away from the American Actor's and filmmaker's unions. George Lucas famously filmed Star Wars in the uk for this reason. The iconic opening scroll and Star Wars would have never happened in the United States because union rules dictated that the actors and filmmakers names must appear before anything else in a film. That would have upset the flow and purpose of the story in Star Wars, But he also had to put up with the crew demanding tea time at regimented hours. True story. 😂

[@Altessee2145]

I don't know WHAT those two at the end we're talking about.... I drive in NY daily. But they're right about pizza.

[@HRConsultant_Jeff]

California is 1/2 hispanic because Mexico is next door and no one is stopped. In fact, half way between San Diego and LA is the check point for smuggling people. Not very effective when it is 100 miles from the border. Of course, Mexico did rule 200 years ago and many people come from down south to work in Agriculture.

[@jayerlinger9459]

California was given billions yo build high speed rail. Sp nothing still hmmmm

[@0101tuber]

In the years to come I will speculate that people living in either of these cities will wish they were somewhere else. What is happening in these cities should give people a clue about the societal breakdown that has occurred in all the big cities.

[@tombigelow8905]

As a 63 year old American, I have no desire to visit either.

[@edmundooliver7584]

who wants you to

[@LauanaSimmons]

Cocaine is a hell of a drug😊

[@darylsledge1456]

dude, why do you keep going on about times square? it does what it supposed to do. it is the center piece of the world. it's gonna be loud and bright. you act like it should be a small farming town. get over it. it's bright and loud millions of people.

[@robynaboverubiesorpearls]

😂

[@gotham61]

Most of us who live here try to avoid Times Square as much as possible

[@2012escapee1]

The rest of America feels squeezed between LA and NYC.

[@janeknisely4383]

Los Angeles could SOLVE poverty with an efficient high speed rail! And the solution would spread to the Bay Area as well, and from there up to Sacramento.

[@caulkins69]

As if high-speed rail will magically turn all of L.A.'s tent-dwelling opioid addicts into productive members of society.

[@krisschobelock4973]

Parts of California, Arizona and New Mexico was owned by Mexico . . . yes, high hispanic population! Why would go to 1 of the largest cities in the United States and assume it is going to be quiet and calm . . it's a major city!! It's goes 24 hours a day . . most stores/restaurants etc. are open 24 hours / post pandemic some close at midnight now but open at like 4 or 5 am . . . If you want to know the real US . . you shouldn't go to either city you went to . . the mid-western states, the southern states are more representative of the US.....but you keep your opinions....SMH

[@krisschobelock4973]

Should have maybe checked out that information BETTER you just go to US .... SMH