Dear New Yorkers: Stop Shitting on Los Angeles

Manhattan can still be great, even if you end up letting yourself love Los Angeles

Source: Author / Silverlake, looking east to Echo Park

People have unrealistic expectations of Los Angeles. This is okay. The first time I visited — Fourth of July weekend in, like, the year 2000 or something — Los Angeles let me down. Traveling the coast from San Francisco, I instantly swore off…