Today is the LA Marathon. And all i can think is “SUCKERS!”
I am not, of course a runner. Never have been. I tried a few times. meh.
But skinny folk and rainy weather aside, this day is often the bane of an angeleno’s existence because of road closures.
A few years they brought it up to the valley (i guess so we would feel “included”) and all i can say is that i spent those days cursing the marathon because i couldn’t GET anywhere.
I know, i know–first world problems.
This is a big city. i mean a BIG CITY. and honestly–i like that.
I think i always knew i would end up in a big city. I spent enough time in small towns–which have their appeal, i grant you, but never ENOUGH appeal. Although in college i lived within walking distance to the bars–and THAT was nice. but i digress. I always figured i would end up in New York or Chicago–except for the whole freezing weather thing. yeah, about that…
City livin aint for everyone–but i really dig the hustle and bustle. I love that there are a gajillion different kinds of restaurants. I love the myriad cultural areas. I love the food truck explosion!
Yeah–traffic sucks. and? Like anyone in a traffic congested area–you learn to get around it. Hell, i drive a hybrid. Stop and go just saves me gas$$.
So, marathon aside, i really do love this crazy town. And while the bucolic cliches may be good enough for some, they mostly wanna make me puke.
I am not a runner either. I don’t find anything fun or exciting about the idea of running.
We have moved from a small-ish town to a big city a few years ago, and still aren’t used to it. But food trucks almost make it worth it.
My great-grandfather and his second wife (my grandpa’s stepmom) lived in LA, and my grandpa lived there when he was a teen. At 17, he joined the Navy with his parents’ blessing and got shipped off to Pearl Harbor. It was 1941, so yeah, I guess you can say he grew up faster than most 17-year-olds. After the war, he lived in California for a short time, but when he and my grandma got married, she made the executive decision that they would move to her small Midwestern hometown. Hence, I was born in the Chicago-ish area.
I think I would love the vibrant arts and cultural scene in LA, but I wouldn’t like the lack of public transportation or the traffic. Or the earthquakes.
I am definitely fascinated with big towns. I have visited NY and Chicago and loved them but never wish to live there. Where city people might like to get away from it all for a quite vacation – the city is where I like to go.
Chicago gets just like this the third weekend in October. I just love living in a big city for all the same reasons.
I’m not a runner. Loads of my friends are and I just don’t get it the torture.
LA? No way. No how. But yes, I always thought I would go from the country, where I never felt like I belonged, to the big city. Now I realize I’m more of a suburban girl. I like the FOOD and a little hustle and bustle but then I like to get away from it all.