Hi it’s been a while! 👋🏼 Been in a creative fatigue lately, so thought I’d come back with a topic I know best 😉 lots of fun and coffee was had in the making of this video. Thanks for supporting as always 🙌🏼❤
Super fun video.. Very thoughtful and well written as always! We need to see more of you.. You can try doing videos by neighborhoods or cities.. showing what you think the city's uniqueness..😊
Fortunately it’s getting better. Just look how far Santa Monica has come along just in the last 5 years. It’s pretty crazy. The new light rail extensions are doing a lot of good.
There are many walkable areas in LA, and as the LA Metro continues to expand, it will better connect these walkable neighborhoods to each other. The opening of the Regional Connector on the LA Metro has begun to do that in a more efficient way. I can now hop on in East LA and go to Santa Monica for the day, and it's now a one seat ride. Santa Monica is very walkable.
As someone who also has a life in the northeast and California, I am really happy you emphasized the walkability and more naturally community building in the northeast. People in the northeast are more prepared/willing to talk to strangers which makes it more of a community imo. Half the time I ended up having a meaningful conversation with a stranger in CA, they were from NY. Also, I agree with your ending and am happy you did not pick a place. The grass is greener is a constant for me too.
but urban-wise NYC is much prettier than LA. Much of LA's trees feel fake and forced. @9:20 to me is the ugliest urban land scape. LA is prettier to drive in, but NYC is prettier to walk in.
Missed your videos! I ended up moving back to nyc last month after living in LA for 2.5 years and I love both cities for different reasons. Your feelings towards LA resonate with me so much (therapeutic at times) and although I’ve come to the conclusion it makes more sense for me to be back in nyc for now, LA has definitely made me a better person and now I can better appreciate what LA has to offer. Now that I’ve left LA, I will look forward to your LA videos even more (or nyc videos!).
loved the video as a creator I can def appreciate the work and thought put into it, great job Michael! I'm an LA native thinking of moving to NYC soon lol we'll see how it goes (:
Lol that is so true, whenever I look at other drivers, they too look dead inside😁. Great to have you back Michael, greetings from Australia🦘. I'm definitely an LA/Southern California fan. Wide open spaces, sunshine, hiking trails ... but enjoyed the NY/LA perspective in this video.
Thank you for this video! I am a lifelong St. Louisan who loves both cities and considered moving to both. Even though I am still in St. Louis, I still can’t help think I will wind up in either LA on NYC. I go back and forth so much between both, and this video helped me see why. I actually get the same feelings. It’s like a tug of war. I was in LA in October for a week and NYC last weekend. I definitely feel more of an energy in NYC, but at the same time, I feel a different energy in LA. I have been to NYC 30 times over the past 10 years, and LA about 22. There are ups and downs in both. But overall, even though at times when I’m in the cities I am like ok, could I really make it here? And then when it’s time to go I get sad. I feel like I need a therapy session regarding this. But thank you for the video! It really hit on a lot of the issues I feel, and I am glad I’m not the only one! I just wish I was living in one of the cities. Maybe soon!
There are a few places for New York pizza in LA. JOE'S PIZZA (Hollywood, Downtown), LAMONICA'S (Westwood Village). Also try NUMERO UNO'S (at Wilshire and Highland), FOLLIERO'S (Highland Park, cash only). Trust me.
There are many other great places, too. Pizza in LA has gotten so much better in the last 15 years. And there's a huge variety of fusion pizza places, too.
Enjoyed this very much! I've never lived in NYC and always wanted to but I think I'm planted here (LA) but I'll always enjoy visiting NYC cause I love it there too!
Love the comparisons! Fellow mid-western and seasonal depressioner here 🙂Your videos make me want to move to CA more than I already do. The weather seems amazing and there are so many plant-based restaurant options! If only my salary supported the move 😫😆 I'll get there one day 💙
I love the LA weather, beaches and the chillness but can't get over the car dependency. Walking, biking and the superior transit makes NYC take the cake for me.
Yes, but the things you like about LA are a natural part of the city. The things you like about NYC are infrastructure related. LA is continually improving its public infrastructure, so things like the public transit, biking, and walking will only get better. Not so much with NYC. Their transit infrastructure is already very comprehensive. Their improvements will be smaller by comparison in many ways.
Yes, but the things you like about LA are a natural part of the city. The things you like about NYC are infrastructure related. LA is continually improving its public infrastructure, so things like the public transit, biking, and walking will only get better. Not so much with NYC. Their transit infrastructure is already very comprehensive. Their improvements will be smaller by comparison in many ways.
This is literally me. I was brought up in both places and will always love both. When I’m in one place I miss the other but the goal is to be happy within yourself wherever you are. 😊
I’m usually a silent watcher because I live in Italy and I don’t relate to many comparisons or other stuff but I just wanna say this video was EXCELLENT. Can’t wait for the next one
I think SF and NYC are a lot more similar in terms of lifestyle than LA and the Bay Area also offers you the chance to go to the beach and snow in the same day. NYC and LA and total opposites. I don’t think LA offers a better quality of life as the unsheltered homelessness is A LOT worse in LA. I’m actually highly considering moving out of LA due to the worsening homelessness problem. Most people in LA don’t notice it because they drive everywhere but I try to walk when I can since I live in a walkable neighborhood and sometimes LA just feels like an open air mental asylum. You don’t really see hardcore open air drug use as much in NYC either.
Omg that’s how I feel about growing up living in 2 countries I love both equally and when I’m in USA I miss Mexico but when I’m in Mexico I miss USA I wish they would merge into one 😩
That would be Los Angeles. It's the one city that merges both cultures the best. On the Eastside, it's more like Mexico, and on the Westside, it's more traditional USA.
This is great and ur the only youtube NooYakaa, I can tolerate. Used to like KC Neistat but his life got too boojee, he even tried living in LA, but didnt do it right.
Have you considered living in San Francisco out of curiosity? I know you visited recently. I feel like in a way it combines a lot of the best things about LA and New York. I live in San Diego at the moment and find it much more liveable than LA! The good things about LA without a lot of the bad haha. But I also absolutely love urbanist, walkable cities and adore New York. It's always been a dream to live there for a while (though probably not long term). I'm not American though so am limited in how long I'm here.
Welcome back, me I live in Aoteroa New Zealand and would find both cities too big. Aa a photographer I love the gothic ilght of four seasons and Victorian buildings, San Francisco ❤ Great food matters. Hey a solution is get rich and live in both cities😂
LA has a surprising amount of nature in certain areas, a few walkable neighborhoods with history, but just so car-dependent, not enough going on in each neighborhood to make you live within one area. NYC is so walkable, cultured, great history, architecture, design, way better, overall.
You don't know LA very well. NYC is much smaller. LA is about 40% larger. Being car dependent has changed over time. That's partly due to the continually expanding LA Metro. As the Metro gets bigger, the less people drive. For example, I live in East LA. I drive my car about 10 minutes to the nearest metro station and then hop on the train for the rest of my outing for the day when I go to neighborhoods like DTLA, Chinatown, Little Tokyo, Exposition Park, Santa Monica, Pasadena, Culver City, etc. In LA, the car will always be part of the transit equation. The goal is not to necessarily not drive at all in a 500 square mile city and 4750 square mile county, but to minimize the amount of driving as practically as possible. Driving my car 20 minutes total for a days outing is huge in LA. Ironically, I attended the LA Auto Show this past Sunday and easily got there using the E line. Met up with Somes friends first at The Original Pantry diner, and then we walked over to the Convention Center. Two of the four used the LA Metro to get around. Things are changing in LA. Public transit will only continue to get more popular. LA also has one of the largest bus systems in the USA. LA's public transit is much better than people realize.
@@alejaan6778 Haha if you're talking about safety, if you try to defend yourself in a blue city, you will be put in cuffs. And in terms of practicality, only a few neighborhoods have enough density to live your life there fully.
@@mrxman581 I know LA very well, lived there most of my life in about a dozen different areas, including with just a bike in dtla for years. It's too sprawling of an area, but it's getting better with metro expansion. It needs way more density anywhere near a rail station. Bus line life full time won't get it done efficiently enough, the last mile is a big problem. Safety is a big issue, the govt there does nothing about the random lunatics, women are not safe with public transit. If your destinations are near a rail line, you're fine, but that's rare and not the case for majority of people. NYC is 10x better than LA. I only miss places like griffith observatory at sunset or south pasadena. Ventura coast is nice, though. Those small beach towns are cool.
Right? I was born and raised in Los Angeles. I don't see myself here in the next 5 years. I love NYC and the culture, but is too cold for me and the fact that a lot of people need to have 3 jobs to make ends meet. is too much! not saying L.A is cheap, but doable
Hi it’s been a while! 👋🏼 Been in a creative fatigue lately, so thought I’d come back with a topic I know best 😉 lots of fun and coffee was had in the making of this video. Thanks for supporting as always 🙌🏼❤
Super fun video.. Very thoughtful and well written as always! We need to see more of you.. You can try doing videos by neighborhoods or cities.. showing what you think the city's uniqueness..😊
Beautiful Video. Glad you're back Michael. ✨
Really humorous take . IMHO LA would be perfect if it was a walkable city instead of a sprawling burb built on car culture .
Fortunately it’s getting better. Just look how far Santa Monica has come along just in the last 5 years. It’s pretty crazy. The new light rail extensions are doing a lot of good.
It's also good that they're finally sealing oil wells. That's the other thing that would work wonders for LA.
There are many walkable areas in LA, and as the LA Metro continues to expand, it will better connect these walkable neighborhoods to each other.
The opening of the Regional Connector on the LA Metro has begun to do that in a more efficient way. I can now hop on in East LA and go to Santa Monica for the day, and it's now a one seat ride. Santa Monica is very walkable.
@@mrxman581 Santa Monica has become one of the most dangerous cities in Los Angeles . Full of homeless and drug addicted people .
As someone who also has a life in the northeast and California, I am really happy you emphasized the walkability and more naturally community building in the northeast. People in the northeast are more prepared/willing to talk to strangers which makes it more of a community imo. Half the time I ended up having a meaningful conversation with a stranger in CA, they were from NY. Also, I agree with your ending and am happy you did not pick a place. The grass is greener is a constant for me too.
We missed you. Glad you are back. 😊
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@@MichaelMartelloThis was wonderful Michael. Thankyou and greetings from tropical north Australia! 🇦🇺
In NYC, you're surrounded by concrete; in LA, by sky.
but urban-wise NYC is much prettier than LA. Much of LA's trees feel fake and forced. @9:20 to me is the ugliest urban land scape. LA is prettier to drive in, but NYC is prettier to walk in.
Missed your videos! I ended up moving back to nyc last month after living in LA for 2.5 years and I love both cities for different reasons. Your feelings towards LA resonate with me so much (therapeutic at times) and although I’ve come to the conclusion it makes more sense for me to be back in nyc for now, LA has definitely made me a better person and now I can better appreciate what LA has to offer. Now that I’ve left LA, I will look forward to your LA videos even more (or nyc videos!).
I love this ❤ Good luck back in NYC and LA will always be here!!
loved the video as a creator I can def appreciate the work and thought put into it, great job Michael! I'm an LA native thinking of moving to NYC soon lol we'll see how it goes (:
Lol that is so true, whenever I look at other drivers, they too look dead inside😁. Great to have you back Michael, greetings from Australia🦘. I'm definitely an LA/Southern California fan. Wide open spaces, sunshine, hiking trails ... but enjoyed the NY/LA perspective in this video.
I’d say a Malibu beach house and an upper East side townhouse would be pretty perfect. ……anyone have $20 million?!? 🤔🤷🏼♂️🥂
That was beautiful Michael. It was like watching a love movie 🍿 I definitely enjoyed it ❤
Dude, just live in SF. It’s like if LA & NYC had a baby & shrunk it in size. Oh and it closed down at 2AM 😂
Thank you for this video! I am a lifelong St. Louisan who loves both cities and considered moving to both. Even though I am still in St. Louis, I still can’t help think I will wind up in either LA on NYC. I go back and forth so much between both, and this video helped me see why. I actually get the same feelings. It’s like a tug of war. I was in LA in October for a week and NYC last weekend. I definitely feel more of an energy in NYC, but at the same time, I feel a different energy in LA. I have been to NYC 30 times over the past 10 years, and LA about 22. There are ups and downs in both. But overall, even though at times when I’m in the cities I am like ok, could I really make it here? And then when it’s time to go I get sad. I feel like I need a therapy session regarding this. But thank you for the video! It really hit on a lot of the issues I feel, and I am glad I’m not the only one! I just wish I was living in one of the cities. Maybe soon!
What a great concept for a video-bravo!
Notice how singers, actors and overall rich artists always move from NYC to LA and end up staying.. there’s a reason why.. it’s just better 🤷♀️
some of them are junkies and alcoholics.
it's not better
They can afford it, also. Most normal people can't. I prefer Midwest culture to vapid Hollywood culture.
Cause nyc is more people and could be overwhelming, La has rich ass neighborhoods that are quiet and hidden which nyc does not
@@julianmejia4675 Yeah, there's def more quiet space in LA.
There are a few places for New York pizza in LA. JOE'S PIZZA (Hollywood, Downtown), LAMONICA'S (Westwood Village). Also try NUMERO UNO'S (at Wilshire and Highland), FOLLIERO'S (Highland Park, cash only). Trust me.
There are many other great places, too. Pizza in LA has gotten so much better in the last 15 years. And there's a huge variety of fusion pizza places, too.
Enjoyed this very much! I've never lived in NYC and always wanted to but I think I'm planted here (LA) but I'll always enjoy visiting NYC cause I love it there too!
Loving the long form content!
Very creative, reflective and innovative , You need your own show. Keep at it.
Love the comparisons! Fellow mid-western and seasonal depressioner here 🙂Your videos make me want to move to CA more than I already do. The weather seems amazing and there are so many plant-based restaurant options! If only my salary supported the move 😫😆 I'll get there one day 💙
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🖤loved the video. Have a thing going on with The O.C. 🍊 and Chicago. The older I get the more The West Coast seems to win my time and heart. 😎
It's kinda crazy that NYC is 41% higher cost of living compared to LA. I guess we in LA don't know how good we have it! 😄
I love the LA weather, beaches and the chillness but can't get over the car dependency. Walking, biking and the superior transit makes NYC take the cake for me.
Yes, but the things you like about LA are a natural part of the city. The things you like about NYC are infrastructure related. LA is continually improving its public infrastructure, so things like the public transit, biking, and walking will only get better. Not so much with NYC. Their transit infrastructure is already very comprehensive. Their improvements will be smaller by comparison in many ways.
Yes, but the things you like about LA are a natural part of the city. The things you like about NYC are infrastructure related. LA is continually improving its public infrastructure, so things like the public transit, biking, and walking will only get better. Not so much with NYC. Their transit infrastructure is already very comprehensive. Their improvements will be smaller by comparison in many ways.
We missed your videos, Michael ! So good to see you again and enjoy your adventures and sense of humor ! Regards from Utah
Thanks for the support!❤️
Great video man!!
This is literally me. I was brought up in both places and will always love both. When I’m in one place I miss the other but the goal is to be happy within yourself wherever you are. 😊
I’m usually a silent watcher because I live in Italy and I don’t relate to many comparisons or other stuff but I just wanna say this video was EXCELLENT. Can’t wait for the next one
Thank you soo much
Pretty cool video Michael 👍
Great video!
This was really good to watch... so much
to draw from
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Any plans to do videos on neighborhoods in LA? I live in Koreatown and could give you a couple popular spots that would make a pretty good video
Glad to see you back! It's great that you can visit when you like. I think home is where you feel your best. BTW go Yankees🍎💚
New York is way better, I'm LA born and raised.. but NYC slaps, it has more culture
Hey Michael what are your thoughts on living/moving to Orange County? TIA
Great QOL if you like the suburbs, have a family or maybe past your 20s
@@MichaelMartelloAnd don't use public transit.😂
LA FOR THE WIN !!!!! Planning on moving to LA very soon.
All I want is a soy vanilla latte 😘
Lol the way NY Michael slammed the pizza cracked me up
No acting needed!!
Pizza in the greater LA area can be fantastic. You just have to know where to go. That's the tricky part.
LA is for introverts while NYC is for the extrovert
Beautiful video ❤❤
I think SF and NYC are a lot more similar in terms of lifestyle than LA and the Bay Area also offers you the chance to go to the beach and snow in the same day. NYC and LA and total opposites. I don’t think LA offers a better quality of life as the unsheltered homelessness is A LOT worse in LA. I’m actually highly considering moving out of LA due to the worsening homelessness problem. Most people in LA don’t notice it because they drive everywhere but I try to walk when I can since I live in a walkable neighborhood and sometimes LA just feels like an open air mental asylum. You don’t really see hardcore open air drug use as much in NYC either.
By the time you chnaged t shirts, the sun went down lol :D
Changed shirts? This all really happened 🤔
Omg that’s how I feel about growing up living in 2 countries I love both equally and when I’m in USA I miss Mexico but when I’m in Mexico I miss USA I wish they would merge into one 😩
That would be Los Angeles. It's the one city that merges both cultures the best.
On the Eastside, it's more like Mexico, and on the Westside, it's more traditional USA.
This is great and ur the only youtube NooYakaa, I can tolerate. Used to like KC Neistat but his life got too boojee, he even tried living in LA, but didnt do it right.
Have you considered living in San Francisco out of curiosity? I know you visited recently. I feel like in a way it combines a lot of the best things about LA and New York. I live in San Diego at the moment and find it much more liveable than LA! The good things about LA without a lot of the bad haha. But I also absolutely love urbanist, walkable cities and adore New York. It's always been a dream to live there for a while (though probably not long term). I'm not American though so am limited in how long I'm here.
Welcome back, me I live in Aoteroa New Zealand and would find both cities too big. Aa a photographer I love the gothic ilght of four seasons and Victorian buildings, San Francisco ❤ Great food matters. Hey a solution is get rich and live in both cities😂
Hands down the best city comparison video I've ever seen. Great job, Michael!
Thanks so much 😊
Beautiful video wq
can you try living in london to do a comparison?
Sure I will move tomorrow
Avalon building? 🤔
If you want a New York City in California…go to San Francisco 😅
LA has a surprising amount of nature in certain areas, a few walkable neighborhoods with history, but just so car-dependent, not enough going on in each neighborhood to make you live within one area. NYC is so walkable, cultured, great history, architecture, design, way better, overall.
Anywhere in LA is walkable if you’re not weak 💆🏽♂️
You don't know LA very well. NYC is much smaller. LA is about 40% larger.
Being car dependent has changed over time. That's partly due to the continually expanding LA Metro. As the Metro gets bigger, the less people drive.
For example, I live in East LA. I drive my car about 10 minutes to the nearest metro station and then hop on the train for the rest of my outing for the day when I go to neighborhoods like DTLA, Chinatown, Little Tokyo, Exposition Park, Santa Monica, Pasadena, Culver City, etc.
In LA, the car will always be part of the transit equation. The goal is not to necessarily not drive at all in a 500 square mile city and 4750 square mile county, but to minimize the amount of driving as practically as possible. Driving my car 20 minutes total for a days outing is huge in LA.
Ironically, I attended the LA Auto Show this past Sunday and easily got there using the E line. Met up with Somes friends first at The Original Pantry diner, and then we walked over to the Convention Center. Two of the four used the LA Metro to get around. Things are changing in LA. Public transit will only continue to get more popular. LA also has one of the largest bus systems in the USA. LA's public transit is much better than people realize.
@@alejaan6778 Haha if you're talking about safety, if you try to defend yourself in a blue city, you will be put in cuffs. And in terms of practicality, only a few neighborhoods have enough density to live your life there fully.
@@mrxman581 I know LA very well, lived there most of my life in about a dozen different areas, including with just a bike in dtla for years. It's too sprawling of an area, but it's getting better with metro expansion. It needs way more density anywhere near a rail station. Bus line life full time won't get it done efficiently enough, the last mile is a big problem. Safety is a big issue, the govt there does nothing about the random lunatics, women are not safe with public transit. If your destinations are near a rail line, you're fine, but that's rare and not the case for majority of people. NYC is 10x better than LA. I only miss places like griffith observatory at sunset or south pasadena. Ventura coast is nice, though. Those small beach towns are cool.
@acjohn6995 being not white in any red area puts me in danger
Who in their right mind would want to live in NYC or LA?! 🤮
Right? I was born and raised in Los Angeles. I don't see myself here in the next 5 years. I love NYC and the culture, but is too cold for me and the fact that a lot of people need to have 3 jobs to make ends meet. is too much! not saying L.A is cheap, but doable