# Things Less Impressive In Person

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-less-impressive-in-person/478229>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [December 21, 2008, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-less-impressive-in-person/478229 "2008-12-21T20:57:03Z")\
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**Author:** ![Beware\_of\_Doug](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/278dde/32.png) [@Beware\_of\_Doug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beware_of_Doug)\
**Post date:** [December 28, 2008, 4:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-less-impressive-in-person/478229/101 "2008-12-28T04:29:00Z")

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> [@Lust4Life](#):
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> Los Angeles wasn’t what I expected,seemed very grubby and crumbling.

I think you need to buy more into the “flyover country” concept: ie, that there is NY and LA and nothing else worth a shit.

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