i currently went to America for a holiday .. and hollywood was not what i expected. it was so lame and run down. i thought it would be all glitz and glamour .. i was sooo wrong! anyone with me? give me your opinions on Hollywood <3
2006-11-28 15:00:06 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Travel ➔ United States ➔ Los Angeles
Exact your scorn elsewhere..
2006-11-28 15:03:48 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 2⤋
READ THIS ARTICLE...it's EXACTLY what you're saying:
http://www.seeing-stars.com/live/BeverlyHills.shtml
And I (as well as other Los Angelenos) agree completely.
Hollywood is skid row, run-down, nothing what any tourist expects!
If the link doesn't work, here's what it says:
Tourists arriving in Southern California often confuse Hollywood with Beverly Hills.
Many visitors come to Hollywood expecting to find a gleaming city filled with movie stars, posh restaurants, grand mansions and expensive shopping areas. They are, of course, very disappointed; the actual suburb of Hollywood is far from glamorous. The real "Hollywood" is a state of mind, not a place; it's not so much a city as it is shorthand for the general movie and entertainment industry.
But if that fabled, glittering Hollywood of the tourist's imagination exists anywhere, it exists in Beverly Hills. It is in Beverly Hills, not Hollywood, where many stars actually live, dine and shop.
Only a few minutes drive southwest of downtown Hollywood, the City of Beverly Hills offers all of the glamour and opulence that anyone could reasonably hope for...
2006-11-29 12:53:52 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
That's because Hollywood is a state of mind. Most movie studios are not even in Hollywood, but in the south end of the San Fernando Valley.
But, glamour is where you find it. I lived in the heart of Hollywood for years, and there are parts that are really awesome, and other parts that are really trashy.
As a tourist, you probably didn't have the time or the natives' knowledge of where to go and what to see. Too bad, because it still is Tinseltown, at least in places.
2006-11-28 15:10:02 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Went to Hollywood while I was Stationed in the Military Out there one time during my service career, and I pretty much had the same experience you did -- not glamorous at all, just grimy, dirty, run-down, and the condition of the buildings, etc -- well, I just have no desire to EVER go back there at all. I was also shocked to see (unfortunately) one individual who just was standing on the sidewalk, at the side of the building, and well ... the best way to say this was emptying his bladder.
2006-11-28 17:57:47 · answer #4 · answered by sglmom 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Not sure about the one in Hollywood but the one in Orlando is great! The park is dark and actors jump out and scare you as you walk past. Fog machines make everything really creepy. Fun, Fun, Fun!!
2016-03-29 15:05:03 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I went through there in 1989 and it all looked the same as any other place that I'd been to albeit a lot more expensive.
2006-11-28 15:08:05 · answer #6 · answered by Awesome Bill 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
when i was there i saw the FUNNIEST thing.
so theres the red carpet and some actors.
big names but who cares......
the funny part is that there was a huge line of black suvs.
all 100k plus and i mean a big line of "rich people" vehicles all the way down the street.
but In the middle there is a dirty white old ass acura legend with MD tags................
laughed are asses off maybe cause were from there, who knows..........
2006-11-28 15:12:58 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Its quite ghetto actually. Now they added the Kodak center and stuff, still parking is hell at night so i stopped going there.
2006-11-28 21:10:21 · answer #8 · answered by euleexxx 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yeah.....the people living there. Eveybody else thinks living there would be fantastic!
2006-11-28 15:02:53 · answer #9 · answered by BadBill 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
YEP, it is the arm pit ofhumanity
2006-11-29 03:08:50 · answer #10 · answered by copestir 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋