Re: A city so nice they had to name it twice.
Gene Woo (pariah1980@yahoo.com)
Mon, 27 Dec 1999 20:49:43 -0800 (PST)
I agree. In California, I go to concerts, raves, and
other happenings, but the written word seems almost
dead here only to be replaced by disneyland, cheap
hollywood fashions, and thousands of suburbanite
families dragging their kids to "the city of angels."
Here's a quick contrast between New York and L.A.
UCLA and USC: both offer a pretty skimpy screenwriting
program.
NYU: offers a complete major in film/dramatic writing
with many internships at local playshouses, miramix,
HBO, SNL, etc..
Plus, so many people I've admired came out of New
York: Kevin Spacey, J.D. Salinger, F.Scott
Fitzgerald(I think), lenny bruce, jack kerouac(yes, i
know he was born in Massachusetts, close enough), the
Dalai Lama visits, martin scorsese, spike lee, oliver
stone, arthur miller, etc.. etc..
I'm sorry if I've ruined any one's idea of California,
and if you haven't been you really should visit, but
it's like living in a test tube. our way of life is so
different from the many other kinds out there. sorry
for rambling, but visiting New York for me was like
going to a whole other world. lol
--- Ed Fenning <ed361@yahoo.com> wrote:
> Thanks Gene for your kind thoughts about New York, I
> don't live in the city yet but want to - grew up on
> Long Island, lived in Boston for many years. The
> energy, diversity, jazz, nowhere else like it.
> Other
> places are nice to visit...but New York is the only
> place to live.
> - Ed
>
> --- Gene Woo <pariah1980@yahoo.com> wrote:
> > babylon and eden? lol yes, i got the babylon
> > impression of NYU as well. Funny you should
> mention
> > San Louis Obisbo since that is only 45 minutes
> away
> > from here. I'm going there tonight for a small
> rave.
> > farmer's market is every thursday,but personally
> > speaking as someone who's lived her over 17 years,
> > it's pretty redundant week after week, but
> something
> > cool to do when bored. Yes, california is nice,
> but
> > what I found interesting about New York is the
> power
> > of the pedestrians(if you jaywalk in L.A. you'll
> get
> > run over and left for dead), the great metro
> subway
> > system, the simplistic avenues and numbered
> streets,
> > the absence of fast food joints in favor of dehlis
> > and
> > restaraunts, etc.. I think the greatest culture
> > shock
> > I recieved when visiting new york was when my
> friend
> > that lived in New York all his life told me how
> > excited he was when he mowed a lawn for the first
> > time
> > in Michigan I think. So New York doesn't have the
> > beauty of nature, but I love the mad chaotic
> crowds
> > walking everywhere, angelika film theatre, etc...
> I
> > probably couldn't see myself living there, but I
> can
> > definately see myself going to school there for a
> > few
> > years.:)
>
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