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Comparing Apples and Oranges:
New York vs. Los Angeles
An Irreverent Comparison




New York	Los Angeles	...and the winner is:
Subways  that go everywhere  with very few accessible stations	Subway  hardly goes  anywhere but every station is accessible	New York because its transit covers  much more ground
Staten Island Ferry  is free  and goes to another burrough of New York	Catalina Island Ferry  costs  $30 and takes you to another  world	Los Angeles
Hudson River  cuts a majestic  swath through the area with  awe-inspiring national and  state parks lining its shores  and islands	Los Angeles River  is a trickle  relegated to a concrete ditch	New York
New York beaches  are great  in the summer but cold and  usually closed in the winter	Los Angeles beaches  are  legendary, and many with good  reason.  Open all year round.	Los Angeles
Central Park  is the city's  world famous park with many  opportunities for recreation  and culture	Griffith Park  is the city's  world famous park with many  opportunities for recreation  and culture	TIE
Empire State Building  and   World Trade Center  offer  outstanding views from the  city's tallest buildings	Security guards keep you from  the top of the city's two tallest  buildings, the Library Tower and  the First Interstate Tower	New York
New York is pretty flat	Majestic mountains  surround  Los Angeles	Los Angeles
Roosevelt Island Tram takes you a couple of  hundred yards across the  East River	Palm Springs Tram  takes you  5,873 feet up a breathtaking  vertical rise from the desert floor  to the alpine forests of Mt. San  Jacinto	Los Angeles
Times Square	Sunset Strip	New York
People walk and mingle on public transit	If you don't drive, you don't  exist here	New York
Coney Island &   Six Flags Great Adventure	Disneyland,  Knott's Berry  Farm,  Magic Mountain  & more	Los Angeles

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