Who would make better friends: The crew from The O.C.

or One Tree Hill?

Thats not the purpose of this piece, though.

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One Tree Hill / The O.C.

to get to do this, they will be analyzed in three different categories.

From there, the winner betweenThe O.C.andOne Tree Hillwill be decided.

Which friendship valued trust and respect?

A good friendship is built on a solid foundation of trust and respect.

Its about knowing the others always have your back and wont betray you.

The friendship group inOne Tree Hillcontains one main problem, though: They cant keep it in their pants.

They have betrayed each other over and over again because of romance.

At some point, everyone has dated everybody in this group, and that created turbulence and resentment.

In terms ofThe O.C., its clear who loves who here, and they dont attempt to cross-pollinate.

Winner: The O.C.

Who opened the door for newcomers?

Friendships are all about making the circle bigger.

Theres nothing worse than being a newbie whos deliberately frozen out because you arent an O.G.

So, for this category, its all about seeing which group welcomed newcomers with open arms.

The good news is both groups inThe O.C.andOne Tree Hillproved to be good at this.

That said, they werent the largest friendship circle and chose to keep their numbers small.

In other words, it wasnt unusual to see new characters join the friendship group with each passing season.

Winner: One Tree Hill

Which friendship lasted longer?

Sorry,O.C.ers, but the crew from Tree Hill wins this pivotal round.

One Tree Hill vs. which friendship is the best?

Theres no getting around it:One Tree Hills friendship group beatsThe O.C.s here.

Even when they leave high school and become adults, they figure out a way to stay friends.

Tree Hills folks are all about the latter.

Final result: One Tree Hill defeats The O.C.

2-1 in the friendship test.