San Francisco International Airport has taken a not-so-subtle jab at LAX in a new YouTube marketing video "I Wanna Go Through SFO."
The video, which has gotten over 20,000 views, is an effort to attract people flying to the United States from Australia and New Zealand. Here’s more from The Daily Breeze:
While SFO officials insist the video doesn’t bash any particular facility, the "bad airport" bears striking resemblances to the dilapidated terminals at Los Angeles International — the only other California airport that offers direct flights to the Land Down Under.
Read the full story here, and see the YouTube video at right or here.
Some other interesting L.A.-area items around the Web:
• Venice Beach peddlers are battling for space along the tourist-rich walkway to sell their goods. The Daily News has the story:
In recent months, though, that freewheeling hippie circus has gotten edgy thanks to a stubbornly sour economy heightening competition for the 200 peddler spaces along the 1.5-mile-long asphalt strip bordering the beach. That has longtime store owners and artists steamed, and residents in the rapidly gentrifying neighborhood clamoring for a clampdown on the increased noise and transients.
• Anderson Cooper in L.A.: Anderson Cooper paid a visit to the Los Angeles Police Department’s Hollenbeck Division for a report on gangs. Here’s a link to the video and an excerpt from Cooper’s blog:
There is a long history of gangs in Hollenbeck. Some current gang members have grandfathers who were once gangsters themselves. Since then, gang killings have dropped in Los Angeles, and we wanted to return to Hollenbeck to see what’s happening there now.
• Rent in L.A. is higher than New York: The Center for Housing Policy released a report on rental markets across the United States — and Los Angeles came in as the 10th-most expensive. New York is 13th. LAist has the full story:
The most expensive rentals in the U.S. are in San Francisco. Meanwhile, Southern California is well-represented in the upper portion of the rankings; Oxnard comes in at No. 8, and Los Angeles No. 10. N.Y.C., often considered on par with the pricey rentals of S.F., actually ranked No. 13, with the average rent for a 2-bedroom unit coming in at $61 cheaper than L.A.’s $1420.
— Anthony Pesce
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