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LIR Andie: I think there's a danger of giving away your secrets too easily

Posted by con_carne Jan 22 '15, 10:55

Sure, I have my predetermined list of cool things to do and great neighborhoods, etc. But then you find out 90 per cent of what you just told someone is irrelevant to their needs anyway. What's bad about that is, in the meantime the word gets out about something and it's no longer a bargain. That goes for great neighborhoods (see Silver Lake/Echo Park) as well as local hangs.

More broadly, I'll add that the sheer size of Los Angeles is an issue. Like credit default swaps, no one person knows about all of it. If a person seeking advice reveals no vital information, then that one guy who knows the area well won't know to chime in. :-)

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I think that people ask things that way online because they are used to asking their friends like that - zork Jan 22, 11:33
but that is my point, someone who has a plane ticket to LAX doesn't know what neighbourhoods they want to visit, they are just names. - Andie Jan 22, 10:59 3
- To borrow your example, surely you can see how always sending everyone to Topanga for hiking is bad. - con_carne Jan 22, 11:18 2
  - i think you are overthinking it. people just want a few things that locals would actually know and know are interesting. (a) they won't do everything - Andie Jan 22, 11:21 1
    - Nah, for a starting point we have "The Reddit Guide To LA" on the side bar of every page (kinda like our own wiki for visitors) - con_carne Jan 22, 11:31

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