Yea, SF is nothing like Anaheim. ...and thank God for that. http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/2002/10/18/MN96151.DTL F'ing upper-middle class, boring, no culture having, soul-less, money controlled, SUV driving, Gap shopping scumbags. I couldn't even fathom cheering for a city like that.
Atleast its not dedicated to a town where geys are the majority. Im from LA and i dont like baseball. I personally just dont like the Giants and Anaheim is closer to LA than SF is. The only BAD thing out of LA is the Galaxy.
You seem like an exceptionally intelligent individual who leads a well rounded life. You probably have many friends that contribute alot to this world and are making a change for the better. Thank you for making me realise that I should cheer for a team based on what the citizens of it's town do with their dicks. Your spelling is fantastic, as well.
I'll take SF anyday, an actual city with culture, over Orange Country, basically a collection of strip malls, freeways, swimming pools with beaches and skate parks filling in the gaps. The only good thing to come out of Orange County is.... I'll get back to you on that.
Dude, it's spelled realize...you know, with a Z. Thought I'd point that out, since you seem to be such a stickler for spelling!
The only problem with getting on a bus in Anaheim is you'd still be stuck in traffic two weeks from now. Actually, the only good thing to come out of Orange County is Dog Town and Z-Boys. My 2nd favorite documentary film of the past year or two.
Hmm... I think it's rather telling when the REAL "only good thing to come out of Orange County," i.e. the pop/ska group No Doubt (and then, how good IS No Doubt anyway?) parodies how lame the Big Orange really is on their second album...
I can answer your question quite easily: not one iota. Like Aerosmith and Janet Jackson, they've been hard at work on their one song for years now. The only good thing to come out of OC would be the Angels if they knock off those doo doo chasers.
Good. You should stay away, you wouldn't like it. That goes for the rest of you too. There's no reason for you to move to SoCal. Come and dump some tourist bucks, fine, but there's no need to move here. Go Halos, just remember your place in the LA pecking order after you win. P.S. The Giants kill kittens on purpose.
You're telling us? Yeah, thanks. The Russians and the Chinese should retarget every one of their missiles to strike Sac-town and reduce it to a scorched blot on the globe. At least Anaheim has Disneyland. Sacramento's number one attraction is a trolley that leads to a Westfield Shoppingtown. The Sacramento Bee newspaper's most impressive feature is the "Agriculture Beat", which provides a bodycount for the multitude of murder victims dumped in fields outside Sac city proper. Except that Dogtown is in Venice/Santa Monica. Los Angeles County. Such a mistake would be similar to the placement of "Ass-toria" in New Jersey (and everyone knows how much New Yawkers hate that). Why, the Metreon and Stinson Beach rolled into one!
a buddy of mine just moved from SF to chicago. here is a snippet of an email he sent me shortly after his arrival in the windy city......... Our neighborhood is awesome. We walked by Wrigley Saturday, its only a few blocks away, and grabbed some Chicago style pizza in a sports bar (remember those?). And like civilized people, we finished our pizza, ordered a round of Old Style beers and smoked our cigarettes inside! And here's another thing: I haven't been asked for change once! I know alcoholics with shopping carts begging for change between heated intellectual debates with the parking meter is what passes for neighborhood character in SF, but really, you can get by without it. We watched the World Series last night and had avocado-less subs delivered. Can you imagine? A real chicken parm sub! Delivered! No hummus or aioli! Try doing that after 9 in California.
Re: You're telling us? Only the biggest idiot would confuse NJ and NY, whereas, such mistake is expected, when different areas of SoCal are virtually indistinguishable.
Hmmm, let's see... Chicago style is great if your idea of a pizza is drowning yourself in tomato sauce. Smoking is for suckers who believed all the tobacco advertising. When I was in California, I enjoyed coming home from the bar not smelling like other people's nicotine. Obviously your friend has never been inside the loop, or anywhere near downtown for that matter. Edit: I spent 3 months in both SF and Chicago doing internships. I worked in the Financial District in SF and inside the Loop in Chicago. There was quite a bit of homelessness in SF, but I wasn't asked for change very often, and it was usually confined to parts of Market St with a high density of tourists - that is to say, if you wanted to avoid them, you could. On the other hand, I was asked for change on an almost nightly basis in Chicago in various parts of Downtown. This comes as a surprise. Were the sandwiches I thought were delivered actually appeared at my door as some form of magic? Did all those sandwhiches have double-secret invisible avocado? I must aleart the Board of Health right now!
About San Francisco... Yea, the homelesness is a problem, no doubt about it. Chicago has it as well, they've just learned to confine it to certain neighborhoods. I guess that deserves congratulations. I live in the Haight, work in Protero Hill, and hang out quite a bit in the Mission. I get spare changed constantly in all neighborhoods. It is annoying and I really can't argue with that. As a smoker and quite a good drinker, I appreciate not having to hang out in smoky pubs and bars. I like waking up in the morning and not having my clothes and hair reek of nicotine. But hey, that's just a personal thing. And about the avocados and hummis on sandwiches. Uhm...I just ask for them to leave it out. It's a pretty simple request. Really, it only takes about 3 seconds, if even that. Basically, you're friends arguments are pretty lame.
Re: Re: You're telling us? Only because New Yawkers scream bloody murder anytime someone lumps New York in with New Jersey. Good luck providing distinctions between Brooklyn Heights and Hoboken; Yonkers and Fort Lee; LaGuardia and Newark; Montauk and Bayhead. Nonsense. For example, Ventura (northern Southern California) and Chula Vista (southern Southern California) are as distinct from one another as possible.
Well, of course...but that doesn't mean we can't reply to it. Were you picturing screaming these answers out while my face is beet red at the thought of someone putting down my place of residence?? The things that guy was saying are the same responses I hear all the time (hippies, no smoking, spare changing, etc, etc). It doesn't hurt to refute them every once in awhile.