Los Angeles is worst than singapore
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How bad is LA? Lets start from the Airport.... Once I get to the airport, I usually need to get a cab. Unlike Singapore where the pubic transport is excellent, people in LA have to drive themselves around - terrible. On my first trip, I went to the airport information counter and ask them how to get to the city - they said the best way is to rent a car.
When I said I can't drive, the jaw of the guy at the help desk drop - he has never seen an adult my age who can't drive in LA - everyone drives, including teenagers - I was told. In LA, every single taxi I took was driven by a foreigner or new immigrant - some were Nigerian or Russian.
In Singapore, every taxi is driven by a Singaporean. The job of driving taxi is seen as a step forward in life. In Singapore, you may be a bank manager but end up as a taxi driver once you get retrenched.
They really need Comfort to teach them how to turn their taxi drivers into money making machines. I always book a hotel near a bus stop with a DASH service - US$0.25 cents per ride - flat fee + free transfer. I heard the bus company is making a lost. They should really learn from Singapore bus companies on how to turn it into profit.
Whenever I'm there, I usually visit my friends who have emigrated there. I take the opportunity to tell them what they are missing in Singapore - good govt and all the recent accomplishment of the PAP govt. They usually complain to me about how difficult life is in LA - how hard it is to decide which car to buy at US$21,000.
One of them has a hard time washing his big Lexus - I really sympathise with him. His house at St. Gabriel area is also very big with a garden, very troublesome to clean compared to the 3 room flat that he was living in Singapore previously. I've tried many times to persuade him to return to Singapore but he was just too stubborn to listen to all my reasoning. Imagining living in a state where the governor is a former champion bodybuilder and Hollywood actor - how to sleep well at night with this kind of people running the government?
The only good part about LA is its proximity to Las Vegas. There are free bus offering day trips + free meals usually to the lesser known casinos. I would take this bus together with some of the residents from Chinatown. They seem to enjoy it because I keep seeing the same faces.
Although those day tours are free, the day trippers usually end up losing more than a few hundred bucks. I'm so glad the govt of Singapore is bringing the best of America - which is the casino- to Singapore - hope they also give free meals and drinks.....and hours of enjoyment for retirees to spend their retirement money. -
There is no way you can compare cabbies here with Singapore because car ownership in LA is extremely high. The ratio of vehicles to owners is about 3.2:1 Since car ownership is sky-high (due to the price), cabbies tend to go out of job.Originally posted by caramon.:How bad is LA? Lets start from the Airport.... Once I get to the airport, I usually need to get a cab. Unlike Singapore where the pubic transport is excellent, people in LA have to drive themselves around - terrible. On my first trip, I went to the airport information counter and ask them how to get to the city - they said the best way is to rent a car.
When I said I can't drive, the jaw of the guy at the help desk drop - he has never seen an adult my age who can't drive in LA - everyone drives, including teenagers - I was told. In LA, every single taxi I took was driven by a foreigner or new immigrant - some were Nigerian or Russian.
In Singapore, every taxi is driven by a Singaporean. The job of driving taxi is seen as a step forward in life. In Singapore, you may be a bank manager but end up as a taxi driver once you get retrenched.
They really need Comfort to teach them how to turn their taxi drivers into money making machines. I always book a hotel near a bus stop with a DASH service - US$0.25 cents per ride - flat fee + free transfer. I heard the bus company is making a lost. They should really learn from Singapore bus companies on how to turn it into profit.
Whenever I'm there, I usually visit my friends who have emigrated there. I take the opportunity to tell them what they are missing in Singapore - good govt and all the recent accomplishment of the PAP govt. They usually complain to me about how difficult life is in LA - how hard it is to decide which car to buy at US$21,000.
One of them has a hard time washing his big Lexus - I really sympathise with him. His house at St. Gabriel area is also very big with a garden, very troublesome to clean compared to the 3 room flat that he was living in Singapore previously. I've tried many times to persuade him to return to Singapore but he was just too stubborn to listen to all my reasoning. Imagining living in a state where the governor is a former champion bodybuilder and Hollywood actor - how to sleep well at night with this kind of people running the government?
The only good part about LA is its proximity to Las Vegas. There are free bus offering day trips + free meals usually to the lesser known casinos. I would take this bus together with some of the residents from Chinatown. They seem to enjoy it because I keep seeing the same faces.
Although those day tours are free, the day trippers usually end up losing more than a few hundred bucks. I'm so glad the govt of Singapore is bringing the best of America - which is the casino- to Singapore - hope they also give free meals and drinks.....and hours of enjoyment for retirees to spend their retirement money.
Anyway, what is so bad about LA? You only mentioned the governor and how bad the public transport is. The LAX Airport itself would make even the most artistic person grimace in disgust.
I personally think the food here is comparable to a survival camp's meals. Throw a couple of bread, mashed potatoes and some meat and they call it American food. How tasty!! -
im not gonna read all of that crap
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LA ni men ye bu fang zai yan li ya .Originally posted by SMAPLionHeart:im not gonna read all of that crap -
lol..i like da way da writer wrote...da comparisons he made..u cant help feeling that he is being sarcastic... or is he serious
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it's sarcasm.Originally posted by valentinoo:lol..i like da way da writer wrote...da comparisons he made..u cant help feeling that he is being sarcastic... or is he serious 
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PLenty of sacarsam -
I hope you realised the sarcasm in his message...Originally posted by philia:There is no way you can compare cabbies here with Singapore because car ownership in LA is extremely high. The ratio of vehicles to owners is about 3.2:1 Since car ownership is sky-high (due to the price), cabbies tend to go out of job.
Anyway, what is so bad about LA? You only mentioned the governor and how bad the public transport is. The LAX Airport itself would make even the most artistic person grimace in disgust.
I personally think the food here is comparable to a survival camp's meals. Throw a couple of bread, mashed potatoes and some meat and they call it American food. How tasty!! -
too long i lazy to read so i +1.
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Imagining living in a state where the governor is a former champion bodybuilder and Hollywood actor - how to sleep well at night with this kind of people running the government?
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fook u, arnold is the man -
As a Californian, I don't deem it as sarcasm. He said the governor sucks and how wrecked the airport is at which I agree. Furthermore the public transport here is pathetic.Originally posted by DrTech:I hope you realised the sarcasm in his message...
Being brought up in a metropolitan city such as NY, I have always prefer to live in condominiums / flats as compared to big houses with a garden to tend to.
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i didn't know they teach crap english in the US.Originally posted by philia:have always prefer to live
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Didn't know Singaporeans concern themselves with such triviality. Even made a post out of it.Originally posted by vito_corleone:i didn't know they teach crap english in the US. *prefer to live* -
unless someone's BS'ing ...Originally posted by philia:Didn't know Singaporeans concern themselves with such triviality. Even made a post out of it. -
So you think I am not in the States?Originally posted by vito_corleone:unless someone's BS'ing ... -
Ignore Vito...he loves to 'childishly' harp on inconsequential stuff.Originally posted by philia:So you think I am not in the States?
The thing abt LA is that without a car, it's hopeless. Sometimes you could stand at a bus stop (or what they deem as a bus stop) for 1/2 ~ 1 hour before a (very slow) bus ambles by.
Their trains are fine though. -
im not gonna read all of that crap [/b] -
I was there in 1999, nothing wrong with LA at that time.
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"Whenever I'm there, I usually visit my friends who have emigrated there. I take the opportunity to tell them what they are missing in Singapore - good govt and all the recent accomplishment of the PAP govt. They usually complain to me about how difficult life is in LA - how hard it is to decide which car to buy at US$21,000. "
How can I be complaining for the Labour Charges that is so high that can reflect the owner's financial status. Sometimes, I am confused which is more expensive over long term : paying the service or owning the car??
Ya, you see the people from ChinaTown going to La Vegas over and over again. IT is good because you dont see many chinese do well in other trade except restaurant, luandry shop and they only have time to kill.
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ho w much tax u pay in LA?
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Wait till you try to catch the evening flight from LAX to Sin, via TW or HK. that is worst damn international airport that I have seen. The freaking queue is as long as those queuing for amercian idol.
as for the cab, most drivers there are asian and the freaking cab fare is ridicules. once I spend USD300 just to for Lax Airport to hotel along Hollywood Blv and visit a customer in downtown and back to hotel.
And LA is full of posers..the only thing I like about LA is the strip joints..Girls Girls Girls and the...Baked Potatos -
This is sarcasm. Complaining about choosing which car to buy at US$20k is sarcasm.
But then its getting repetitive. Especially the part on how the government is doing a 'good' job. -
given the annonimity of the internet i wouldnt trust anyone.Originally posted by philia:So you think I am not in the States? -
That's the difference between USA and Singapore.
Their job is to give every penny to you.
And Singapore's job is to take every penny from you.
There's a very bad connection force here. If I were to choose, I'll forfeit safely and spoiled welfare with more liberal living condition.
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there's no such thing as a free lunch in this world.Originally posted by The Emperor:That's the difference between USA and Singapore.
Their job is to give every penny to you.
And Singapore's job is to take every penny from you.
There's a very bad connection force here. If I were to choose, I'll forfeit safely and spoiled welfare with more liberal living condition.