Forget the World Series – Here Are 17 More New York-Los Angeles Rivalries

The Los Angeles Dodgers and New York Yankees (teams from America’s two most populous cities) are currently facing each other in the World Series, and if you love baseball, that’s a big deal.

But if you don’t do that Maybe you care so much about America’s pastime because the games are so long or the snacks are so mediocre compared to football? (And don’t you dare bring up Cracker Jacks. to reject To acknowledge Cracker Jacks!) Then I encourage you to look at the World Series through a different lens. This isn’t just a series of baseball games… it’s also the latest chapter in a long-running debate.

New York and Los Angeles are going through a big process Do you know-a contest that has been rocking since time immemorial. Alvy had words Annie Hall that he does not want to live in a city where “the only cultural advantage is being able to turn right at a red light”; All that sniping between Tupac and Biggie; two parts Sex and the City The arc at The Standard on Sunset Boulevard, where a mission rushes Carrie back to Manhattan; Joan Didion, on the other hand, after chasing her dreams on the same island, looks around one last time and says “goodbye to all this” and sets off for Los Angeles.

What about this World Series? It’s not like that Only baseball bell. It’s a scoreboard on a board, an invisible hand guiding the minds of future generations, an undetectable breeze swinging the pendulum of great power, and it got us thinking about other great encounters on the East and West Coast. For example, who would win in the tabloid press battle: New York Post Or TMZ? And which area can claim the ultimate hipster crown, Bushwick or Silver Lake?

After finding 18 hyper-specific competitors (real or imagined), we asked our bicoastal region. Vogue Contributors will decide which city wins in each category. Some are New Yorkers who moved to Los Angeles; some are Angelenos who moved to New York; and others are unsure which city will eventually hold their hearts. But they all lived and paid taxes on both!

Below, the results. Definite? Absolutely not. Controversial? It definitely is.

Bougie Market

Teams: Citarella – Erewhon

Winner: Erewhon

Reason: In the only clean sweep of these matchups, each participant conceded Erewhon’s absolute market superiority. Hailey Bieber smoothies, buffalo cauliflower and Balenciaga products; Even the most ardent New Yorkers must admit they’re jealous of Los Angeles’ unlimited access to ripe avocados.