Comparing Two Cities -- New York and Los Angeles

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Summary: A conparison and contrast of the cities of New York and Los Angeles.  While the two cities are on opposite coasts and have different weather patterns, they share a number of similarities in terms of population, history, and activities.

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Compare and Contrast Essay: Two Cities NYC and L.A        

New York City has been through a tragedy in the past few years.  The 9/11 attacks has made a huge impact on the United States.  Despite that event, Los Angeles is a popular city just as well as New York; they have many similarities and differences based on topics like location, population, climate, history, and activities.

New York City is located in New York State; it lies on the Hudson River, and has a population of 18 million people.  Los Angeles is located in California with a population of 3.5 million people.  These two cities are on opposite coasts, New York is on the east and Los Angeles is on the west, with that fact it's obvious that these cities have different temperatures.  In the summer, New York City can reach from 70-90 degrees, and Los Angeles can reach from anywhere in the 90's to higher temperatures. New York City has freezing winters with temperatures of 30 degrees or below. Los Angeles winters are somewhere between 40-60 degrees and also has a rainy season that extends from November to April.

The history of these two cities is an important topic to discuss.  New York City used to be called New Amsterdam, until 1664 the British stole it.  The British seized control, without firing a shot and stole New Amsterdam from the Dutch.  The British renamed it New York City in 1664.  Its flag has red, white, and blue horizontal strips, with a Dutch picture in the middle.  New York City is huge all around with a total of 301 sq. miles.  The earliest residents of the Los Angeles area were the Gabriele no and Chum ash Indians, who arrived in the desert region between 5000 and 6000 BC. Los Angeles stretches 44 miles and can be divided into 30 areas.

Both cities are "big" on sports; representing New York City's baseball teams are the New York Mets, and the famous New York Yankees. The basketball team is the Knicks, and last but not least the football teams are the Giants the Jets. Representing Los Angeles baseball teams are the Dodgers, for basketball it's the Lakers, and for football it's the Raiders.  In the world of sports these two cities are considered "big markets" meaning they have a very large fan base.  Both cities have lots of money to spend of their superstars; therefore they both have successful franchises each with their share of championships.

In major cities there are always activities to get involved with.  In New York City there's the Statue of Liberty, museums and restaurants to explore, or even an exciting game of baseball, basketball or football to watch.  In Los Angeles there are galleries, the movie industry, and the beach to relax on.

In conclusion, these two cities are very far apart from each other, yet still have many similarities and differences based on the topics, location, population, climate, history, and activities.

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Comparison and Contrast
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Write an essay in which you compare and contrast San Diego with a city that you have lived in before. Your purpose is to convince tourists to visit either one or both of these sites. Footnotes and a bibliography is not neccessary.

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                Compare and Contrast San Diego with a City That You Have Lived In Before

        Can two cities, located within the same region of California share similar qualities, yet have distinct differences?  I have lived in San Diego for the last five years and I have also resided in Los Angeles for 10 years.  As a result of living in both cities, I have found many similarities and differences between these two sister cities.  Three major similarities and differences can be found within the environments, lifestyles and the job markets of both major metropolitan cities.  These cities are both known worldwide and have mass appeal.  If one is faced with an option of moving to either city, it can prove to be a hard decision to make.

        Los Angeles and San Diego have similar environments.  Both are large cities, with a large population.  Cities with a large population tend to be overcrowded, have a higher rate of automobile traffic, high crime rate and a competitive real estate market.   These are qualities Los Angeles and San Diego share.  Although San Diego does not have as great of a problem with traffic and statistically has a lower crime rate than Los Angeles, both cities, nonetheless have a presence of these negative issues.  San Diego may have a large population, as does Los Angeles, but it does have a small city feel to it.  Los Angeles is a more of an aggressive city where the people are oblivious to others around them.  San Diego is more laid back and because of this, the people seem to be more polite and acknowledge others around them.  For example, I find that the locals of San Diego are more likely to say hello to a stranger than in Los Angeles where a local is more apt to ignore someone and not even make any eye contact.

        The lifestyles of Los Angeles and San Diego both have the infamous Southern California feel.  Both cities take pride of the almost year round sunny weather and its large athletic healthy community.  With the sunny weather comes a huge beach culture that both cities share.  I find that San Diego has a large surfer community.  Los Angeles has a large array of beach activities, but it seems San Diego has a more serious surfer following and less beach activity options.  Also, both cities are known for having a large extreme health conscious following.  Each urban community is thought to exercise heavily and to consume salads for every meal; an over dramatization of the facts, but still what each city is known for healthy eating habits.  I find that Los Angeles is more extreme in its health conscious community; almost cult like in a way.  San Diego, as mentioned, is more laid back and is not as fanatical about exercising and embracing every new diet that comes along, as Los Angeles does.

        San Diego and Los Angeles, because they are major urban metropolises, possess a huge job market.  Both cities offer blue collar and white collar industries that, prior to our nationwide economic downslide, was a job seekers dream.  People flocked to both cities to find better job opportunities.  The major difference between both cities, in regards to the job market, which I have witnessed and heard complaints about, is the pay rate.  Although the cost of living of Los Angeles and San Diego are comparable, San Diego does not compare to the benefit packages that a lot of the major companies in Los Angeles offer.  There is a general consensus that San Diego has not quite caught up with Los Angeles and there is a $2-$5 per hour range or $3,840-$9,600 annual range deficit between both cities.  This issue plays a major decision in a lot of cases in which families are faced with the decision of living in Los Angeles or San Diego.

        Although there are only separated by approximately 130 miles, the city of Los Angeles and San Diego have very distinct differences and close similarities.  The similarities between both cities make them great vacation hotspots and destinations where people aspire to live and work.  I myself feel that San Diego has a greater appeal.  I like the relaxed atmosphere and the big city, small city feel to it.  Even though Los Angeles may have a greater point of interest index and is known more worldwide than San Diego and has higher rate of pay, the hustle and bustle and aggressiveness of the city outweighs its positive attributes.  If a friend or family member was faced with the decision of moving to Los Angeles or San Diego, I would recommend San Diego whole heartedly.  They don't call it American's Finest City for nothing!

Anthony Gutierrez

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