Wendy Elizabeth Aguilar
English 114B
Sean Pessin
April 30,2013
Hybrid Essay: Why is Los Angeles a great place to live at?
What makes a city a great place to live? It all depends on the person and what they are looking for. For example, an adult won't be looking for the same things a teenager would look for. Parents won't be looking for the same thing any one else is. Now what is it about Los Angeles that makes it a great place to live at? Few of the things that make it so great is the variety in climate. It isn't always hot, we also get rain and snow or it can be cold or it can be warm. Another thing about Los Angeles is that it is very diverse. There is all kinds of races of people living here. Which then brings us to food too because of the great diversity we get to try new foods. Now something else about Los Angeles is the entertainment. Los Angeles also has great geographical sites that one can go visit and be astonished by nature.
To begin with, Los Angeles is great because of the variety in climate. One day we can have very hot weather and the next we can be ennjoying from the both hot and cold. Many see this good because not in all places do they enjoy of all kinds of weather they usually experience just hot weather or its always cold. In a website called Sparling's best places a guy named Don comments , "I don't think any city in the world has the unique combination of climate and cultural diversity hat Los Angeles has, and that's the main reason I love it here." As we can see that is one great reason why many chose to live here in L.A.
Now something else that makes L.A. such a great place is the diversity we have. Thanks to this we can meet different kind of people and we can learn about different cultures. This also means different kind of foods. When one lives here we get to eat all kinds of food and some that we didn't even know it existed. We can have from Chinese food to American food.
Something else that L.A. has that many other cities don't have is entertainment. We get to enjoy our free time by going to different places full of entertainment. Some places we have are Six Flags, Universal Studios, Disneyland and much more. On the weekend many can go and enjoy this. It is even better for students because they get discounts just for being students. These are few things that we enjoy from as residents of Los Angeles. Many of my friends like to go to these attractions during the summer vacation because these places take advantage of students being out of school and make prices cheaper so more can go.
Another thing is that we have great places to relax in. In other words we have great geographical places. There so many beautiful places to go to just to enjoy nature. There are the Santa Monica Mountains. This is a great place many go to hike and get some fresh air. One time I went to hike with my family and some friends and they found rabbits and we also heard rattlesnakes. It may sound dangerous but only once did we here them so it's not that bad.
Now speaking of danger many say Los Angeles isn't a great place to live because it's more dangerous than any other place. In the article "Reasons why Los Angeles Is The Worst Place Ever," we see how the author compares Los Angeles with London. He states how in Los Angeles one has so many dangers to worry about. Like we have to worry about earthquakes and tsunamis too since we have the ocean connected to us. Another worry is when we go to the mountains to hike we can't go hiking peacefully because we may find a dangerous animal while going up. This has happened to me before but that is why one should know what not to do when one see's an animal. Los Angeles isn't the only place that is dangerous.
In conclusion, some people may see it as a bad place but it really is a good place to live at. I think that to enjoy something you should always look at the good things because everything will always have it's dangers to it. Los Angeles is great because it has a combination of everything. It offers us the combination of diversity and great climate. It also offers geographical places and entertainment. Yes it may have it's down sides to it but it still has good things to it.
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