[mym1990]

At the end of the day, this is an outlook of someone who enjoys the city, and I can get behind that. But there is not much in this article that wouldn't still hold true if you replaced Los Angeles with 'X well known metropolis in the world'. I moved to San Francisco a couple of years ago and had a negative mindset going into the move given my circumstances at the time...and you know what, I had a bad attitude that led to a worse experience. Ultimately, fantastic things can be found almost everywhere these days, we just have to go in with an open mindset.

[jayd16]

I don't think many other places have the geography or the sprawl but I agree many cities are under appreciated.

[mym1990]

This is true! Tokyo was pretty crazy though.

One view I would take is that every city is simply unique in its own many ways. I don't necessarily travel somewhere and right away compare it to other places, I feel like a greater experience can be had by just appreciating where a person is in that moment.