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Originally Posted by the urban politician
Outside of New York, there is no city on the Western Hemisphere that has the whole sum of things to offer as Chicago does. It's absolutely ridiculous that tourists from outside the US are coming to the US, renting cars, and driving around LA. For what, exactly? To see Hollywood and the houses of the stars? What do you see after that? I bet you anything that these foreigners go home thinking that they've seen the best that America has to offer.
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Now, LA has a lot to do, but apart from true ocean beaches (which IMO pale in comparison to the ones in Florida/Caribbean), it doesn't offer really much more than what Chicago offers minus the difference in culture IMO (I say this with a father from LA and tons of family there too - I like the city, but just being realistic here).
The funny thing about the whole stars thing is it's really true. Again anecdotal, but I have so many co-workers from outside of the US as well as my fiance's parents who all literally thought that they'd see a bunch of movie stars walking around places like Hollywood which is why they went. Once they realized it's not true most of them said they didn't have much of a reason to visit.