New York City and Los Angeles Compared

M.Laser's video

Want your pick for two places to be compared? Your idea gets picked when you donate on Patreon

Or donate on Paypal

Mr. Beat's band

Mr. Beat on Twitter

Mr. Beat on Facebook

Mr. Beat compares and contrasts Los Angeles and New York, the two largest and most influential cities in the United States.

All images used under fair use guidelines or found in public domain. Music by Elf Squad

Thanks to Mr. Betts, Grant Hurst, and the Cynical Historian!

Mr. Betts Class

Grant Hurst

Cynical Historian

Sources:

Photo credits:

Chun Yip So

DaveofCali

Jengod

Zenhaus

Tuxyso

Caleb George

Jean-Christophe BENOIST

Michael Vadon

Anthony Quintano

Eli Duke

Sam valadi

Arnoldius

Michael Foran

NYC and LA are the two largest cities in the United States. New York has the most people, with a population of 8.5 million, while LA has around 4 million people. The New York metropolitan area, however, has 20.3 million people. So about 1 in 16 Americans live there. The Los Angeles metropolitan area has about 13.1 million people.

Both are cosmopolitan, world famous cities. Two cities that never seem to sleep- always hustling and bustling. Over the last century, the two cities have dominated and influenced the culture of the rest of the country. It’s like the two forget the fact that the rest of us exist. You see this on mainstream TV. Most national news and entertainment programming occurs in LA or New York, although LA has way more YouTubers than New York.

Both are by oceans. NYC by the Atlantic Ocean, and LA by the Pacific.

Both are diverse. We’re talking people flock from all over the world to these two cities to start new lives. More than 37% of New York residents were born in another country. Nearly 40% of LA residents were born in another country. Almost half of the residents of LA are considered either Hispanic or Latino. New York has historically been the main way immigrants come to the United States. In both LA and New York, you’ll see lots of ethnic enclaves, or neighborhoods dominated by one ethnic group.

Both tend to have younger residents compared to most other cities around the United States, although LA’s a bit younger. (The median age in New York is about 35.8, while the median age in LA is about 34.6.)

It’s really freaking expensive to live in both cities, although LA is about 8.3% less expensive than New York. But it’s a lot more expensive to buy a home in LA. The median household income in both cities is similar. (LA 61,931, NYC 64,605) The unemployment rates and job growth rates are also comparable.(LA 4.2%, NYC 4.2% ) (LA 1.2% job growth, NYC 2% job growth)

Related to how expensive it is in both places, of course, is how crowded both cities are. While LA is notorious for its bad traffic, by some metrics New York’s traffic is actually worse. Here’s another surprise. If you look at the entire metro areas, LA, the city known for its sprawl that goes on for miles and miles, has a higher population density than New York. But city proper, ain’t nobody as dense as New York City. We’re talking 27,000 per square mile in NYC versus around 8,000 people per square mile in LA. The average commute time for both cities is way higher than the national average.

New Yorkers use more public transportation than LA folks BY FAR. I mean, there’s really no comparison. In LA, people own cars. They drive. In New York, over half of the households don’t own a car. 75% of Manhattan residents don’t.