A city is a large community where people are lonesome together. ~Herbert Prochnow

When the class brought up that Angel seemed more of an adult show than Buffy, and I sort of agree. Angel has some darker and adult nuances. To me that just adds to the over all male oriented feeling to show. In the first episode there's booze, fast cars and damsels in distress.

What I think makes Angel situation seem more adult, besides his character being over 200 years old, is the different setting. Cities to me have always represented an isolationist attitude versus unlike the suburbs that focus on community. These of course are generalizations. So Buffy's support systems seems more intertwined. To throw off this generalization, out of the loneliness Angel starts to form his own gang. Although his traits seem to steer clear of humans, the plot makes him escape his isolation. Angel is overcoming the isolation and superficiality that is my stereotypical image of L.A.